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HP launches new Superdome servers

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Hewlett-Packard launched a new campaign to gain market share against IBM and

Sun Microsystems with a new line of HP Superdome Unix servers that start at

$400,000.

The Superdomes are hitting the market only slightly behind the original

November/December launch plan. Sun and IBM are expected to refresh their

high-end Unix lines later this spring and summer. HP is under pressure to

experience a strong roll-out of the Superdome systems which could contribute

significantly in HP’s attempt to achieve a 17 per cent 2001 sales growth rate

at a time when most of the company’s competitors are lowering sales growth

targets in view of the uncertain economy.

HP shares on Wall Street have remained fairly steady in the past month,

trading between $30 and $35 following a steep decline in the September and

October timeframe when investors dumped the stock over concerns of a risky

merger with PricewaterhouseCooper. That deal was called off in November.

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