In the next step in its concerted campaign to come to be seen as a full-line computer company, Compaq Computer Corp has formed a finance company, Compaq Capital Corp, intended to play a key role in the Houstoner’s efforts to develop programs and partnerships to help its customers manage technology costs. Compaq will be seeking partners for Compaq Capital, but in the meantime, Irving Rothman has been named president – he was a group president at AT&T Corp’s AT&T Capital Corp so knows a bit about financing vast networks of computers for customers.
