HP/COMPAQ NONSTOP™ HIMALAYA PRODUCTS

Compaq's NonStop Division provides reliable, scalable products to meet the critical requirements of businesses around the globe. Each time you make a credit card purchase, trade stock, withdraw money from an automated teller machine, dial emergency 911, request directory assistance, or place a cellular call, chances are that you have touched a Compaq server.

The NonStop Division of Compaq's Business Critical Solutions Group delivers the most reliable, available, scalable products and solutions in the industry. The NonStop Himalaya S-series server—the centerpiece of Compaq's overall enterprise computing strategy—provides the 24 x 7 uptime that global infrastructure industries expect. And the explosion in electronic commerce has created a new set of businesses that absolutely require NonStop system fundamentals in order to survive and prosper in the Internet economy.

In fact, according to a research note from D. H. Brown Associates, Inc., NonStop Himalaya servers process 66 percent of credit card transactions, 95 percent of securities transactions, and 80 percent of automated teller machine (ATM) transactions worldwide. They also participate in 75 percent of the world's 100 largest electronic funds transfer (EFT) networks.

With such industries as stock markets, banks, securities institutions, and telecommunications providers depending on NonStop Himalaya servers and solutions, it is no exaggeration to say that Compaq systems keep the world's business running smoothly.