Bangkok--June 4--Hewlett Packard Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) Ltd. announced that, according to a recent report published by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the total market share of HP Servers in Thailand in the first quarter of this year was 25%. The company also said that it took a second place in the entire PC market here in the same period. "We are committed to build up confidence in HP products among our clients by striving for bigger market share and maintaining continuous growth," said Khun Chajchaval Chittikuladilok, Market Development Manager, Personal Systems Group, Commercial Channels Organization, Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) Ltd., "To attain these goals, we have laid down work plans to strengthen our distribution channels, to introduce more diverse product lines at affordable price, to leverage partnership with selected leading software vendors such as Microsoft or Novell, to more actively promote marketing activities, educational seminar and product demonstration and to expand our market to cover more provincial areas." He also added, "These activities have been proven to be attributed factors to the first place position in server market and the second place ranking in overall PC market we attained in the first quarter of this year. This success, accomplished even in the midst of this economic bad time when potential clients are forced by the situation to be more cautious about their purchase, reconfirms that HP understands the needs of its customers and is always ready to respond to those needs. The report of IDC, indicating that HP also took a leading position in servers market in many countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines also reaffirmed our commitment to be the leader in this whole region. HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament. Selected for its technology and skills to support and manage mission-critical applications, HP will help create an information-management infrastructure for handling game-scoring; media centers; personnel accreditation; hotel information; and various ticketing, stadium, warehouse and back-office operations. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. It is the second-largest computer supplier in the world, with computer-related revenue in excess of $35.4 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. End.