To enable a wide range of scientific discovery efforts, including storm surge mapping of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana State University (LSU), in August 2005, installed a powerful combination of technology from Silicon Graphics (BULLETIN BOARD: SGID) for its Center for Computation & Technology. Purchased through James River Technical, Inc., SGI exclusive higher education reseller, the Silicon Graphics Prism(TM) Extreme visualization system and SGI(R) Visual Area Networking (VAN) technology with SGI(R) OpenGL Vizserver(TM) software will also add real-time 3D collaborative visualization to the emerging statewide 40Gb optical network called LONI (Louisiana Optical Network Initiative).
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To answer the demand for scalable, flexible computing platforms among users of SAP enterprise applications, Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) today announced an
agreement with REALTECH AG, a leading technology consulting and software firm, naming REALTECH as a certified SAP migration partner for SGI platforms. REALTECH is based in Walldorf, Germany.
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With Linux gaining momentum as the open-source solution worldwide, enterprises relying on SAP(R) solutions now have a compelling new option for implementing flexible IT infrastructures. Today Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) announced that SAP solutions are now certified, supported and available on the award-winning SGI(R) Altix(R) server platform for Linux(R) environments. The certification means that both new and existing SAP customers can leverage the same scalable and high-throughput SGI(R) servers already adopted by many of the world’s leading automakers, energy giants, pharmaceutical companies, and manufacturers.
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Intel has begun a partnership to help a start-up company, Transitive, with software that enables computers with Intel chips to run programs written for rival processors. ………
Intel is Transitive’s third major publicly announced customer. The first was Silicon Graphics, whose customers can run software for their older MIPS-based computers on newer Itanium models. The second was Apple Computer, whose Transitive-based Rosetta product lets software for older PowerPC-based models run on new Intel Core-based machines.
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NEC and SGI Japan have come together to create the friendship bracelet of the 21st century. While geeks living the digital lifestyle aren