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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo today, SGI (NYSE:SGI) announced plans to form a worldwide SGI User Group. Encompassing users of both Linux(R) and IRIX(R) operating systems, the new SGI User Group will establish a community for SGI customers, enabling them to share information and learn how to get even more technical productivity from the company's high-performance computing and visualization systems. To introduce the program to customers, SGI will host its first annual Technical Users' Conference June 12-13 in Mountain View, California. The event will give SGI customers an opportunity to network, to share challenges and learn technical solutions, and to provide feedback to SGI on existing and future products. "Scientists, engineers and other technical computing users face increasingly unique challenges," said Bob Bishop, chairman and CEO of SGI. "As SGI's highly scalable Linux and IRIX systems set performance records for technical computing, high-performance users will benefit tremendously from regular interaction with colleagues involved in similar pursuits. The SGI User Group will help these customers establish and nurture a global community of like-minded professionals-and will give SGI an opportunity to integrate even closer to our customer base." Open to all SGI customers in every industry, the SGI Technical Users' Conference will cover all systems, with a focus on technical users. SGI will waive registration fees for customers who attend the inaugural conference. In the near future, SGI will debut a special user group Web site with additional event details and allowing customers to register online for the June technical conference and submit proposals for papers to be presented. In the interim, questions may be directed to sgiuser@sgi.com. As the SGI User Group solidifies in the coming months, the site will serve as the portal for member registration, for information collection, coordination, and dissemination, and for fostering online community.