-Caveat Lector- http://www.theregister.co.uk/991027-000018.html Compaq pushes spooky follow your keystroke system Posted 27/10/99 3:20pm by Mike Magee An integrated technology which includes ex-Tandem, ex-Compaq and ex-DEC kit and a heap of software can track a consumer's every move, the company has revealed. The high end system, which the company demonstrated at the Geneva telecomms show, uses a method of integrating 111Tb (terabytes) of data and 128 processors from different types of Compaq boxes, allied with Corba databases and other pieces of software. Compaq has built a demonstration system at Cupertino in California and is persuading telecommunications companies, government agencies, banks and retailers of the benefits of the approach. David Liles, a senior consultant at Compaq's advanced technology centre in Algonquin, Illinois, said the system will scale from two processors upwards and will let large corporations use on-the-fly software to track a customer's every phone call. The so-called zero latency system will allow Compaq's corporate and government customers to track every movement a customer might make, even with her or his mouse, and will also present opportunities for the consumer, in terms of better deals on books, mobile phones and other tariffs, said Liles. A high end system similar to the one Compaq has built in Cupertino will cost telcos and banks around the $22 million mark, said Liles. That compares to similar systems from IBM, using Sysplex, which can cost five times that much, he said. Compaq has already signed Sprint and NTT as customers but would not be drawn on which government agencies were interested in the technology. The software, as standard, includes so-called government compliance customer care. Liles explained that in the United States, at least, it would allow reporting on which telephone numbers were called and the frequency of such dialling. It would take Compaq between four to six months to build such a system into a telco, bank or agency, Liles said. But the Cupertino system is simply built as a demonstration tool and does not handle Compaq transactions. Liles also confirmed that his company had noticed no difference in business as a result of the up-and-coming Y2K technology. Last week, IBM shares fell sharply on news of concerns that its mainframes were not performing too well. ® The Register and its contents are copyright © 1999, Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Mail: 20-22 Maddox Street, London, W1R 9PG. Tel: +44 (0)171 499 2264 Fax: +44 (0)171 493 5922 COPYRIGHT NOTICE-- In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed prior interest in receiving this info for nonprofit research + educational purposes only. Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
