Fort Collins startup snags Compaq deal

FORT COLLINS — Mirus Technologies Inc. has joined forces with Compaq Computer Corp.

Fort Collins-based Mirus has been awarded a three-year contract with the Houston-based computer manufacturer to provide and test software applications for Compaq tape-storage drives.

The program — Tape Storage Management Console, or TSMC — is sent with Compaq utility packages to every customer who purchases a tape drive or library system from the company. Compaq officials would not disclose the amount of the contract with Mirus, nor the number of customers to whom the utility packages have been sent.

Mirus also would not disclose the amount of the contract. Mirus…