The negotiations with Hitachi Ltd for Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH to acquire National Advanced Systems Europe have been terminated, and Comparex will to continue to operate under its former rolling agreement with Hitachi, although it will now be competing against a company calling itself Hitachi Data Systems, the planned new name for National Advanced. Comparex also announced that Nixdorf Computer AG is to add the Comparex 8/8x models to its 8890 IBM-compatible line in an extension of a six-year-old agreement whereby Nixdorf acted as a direct agent for Comparex. Nixdorf is trying where possible to move its customer base onto its Targon Unix line, but knows that some of its larger 8890 customers will want to remain in the 370-compatible world.Comparex UK explains development – page
