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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- At LinuxWorld, SGI today unveiled comprehensive services and support to enhance the company's recently announced SGI(R) Altix(TM) 3000 family of servers and superclusters. SGI is putting its muscle behind the new SGI Altix family with a full range of services and support offerings-from design to implementation and managed support to training. Backed by a team with unmatched technical know-how and more than 20 years experience, SGI is delivering tailored Linux(R) OS-based solutions to architect, implement and support successful system implementations for customers in the sciences, manufacturing, energy, government and defense and media markets. SGI debuts the new SGI Altix 3000 this week at LinuxWorld, Jan. 22-24, Booth 221, Hall 3D, Javits Center, New York City. "SGI is simply the best in understanding the business needs and meeting the demanding technical challenges of our customers," said Terry Oberdank, vice president, SGI Technology Solutions. "Although the Intel Itanium processor and Linux operating system are standards-based environments, customers want to reduce risk when integrating new technologies into their existing environment and to maximize productivity of current investments. SGI is the only company focused solely on the needs of technical and creative professionals, and our services and support team has the superior skills and proven methodologies to ensure customers experience a smooth deployment of the Linux environment with the SGI Altix 3000 family." The SGI Altix family combines SGI's supercomputing architecture with Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors and the Linux operating system, and has already shattered scalability and performance records (see press release "SGI's New Linux Servers and Superclusters Shatter Scalability and Performance Records," Jan. 7, 2003). The SGI Altix 3000 platform boasts the combined speed of SGI's shared-memory NUMAflex(TM) architecture with Intel Itanium 2 processing power to create an open-source Linux environment. The SGI Altix family is designed to help SGI customers master their toughest problems and achieve breakthrough results with a 64-bit architecture that is scalable to thousands of processors. A representative from the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute commented, "The University of Tokyo has selected SGI Altix 3000 for exploring new research initiatives for earthquake and volcanic eruption analyses. In addition to the systems high-performance computing capabilities, we are extremely impressed with the comprehensive Linux services and support offered by SGI. We believe efficient integration of new technology is important to long term success, so we expect continuous service and support from SGI based on SGI's proven experience in the technical and scientific markets, keen understanding of our research needs and ability to provide reliable Linux OS-based solutions to achieve new levels of productivity." Robust Solutions and Services for Greater Linux Compute Power SGI can move customers quickly and efficiently into the Linux environment with expertise in all key areas -- NUMAflex architecture, 64-bit technology, technical computing implementation, and the Linux operating system environment -- to integrate the SGI Altix family into an organization's infrastructure and tune systems for highest performance and throughput. Knowledgeable SGI engineers will assess needs, goals, and operational environment to architect a Linux implementation that can deliver maximum productivity from both commercial and in-house developed applications. SGI can tailor Linux OS-based solutions, available today, for the implementation of SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters with the following services: -- Linux Infrastructure Services -- Optimal integration of Linux into an existing heterogeneous environment -- Linux Networking Services -- All aspects of network services, including Files Server (XFS(TM), NFS, SAMBA), Print Server, Network Router/Bridge, Firewalls, and IP services -- Linux Interoperability Services -- Increased interoperability between Linux systems and other systems to create common access to print and file servers -- Linux Migration Services -- Migration of key applications/environments from UNIX(R) systems and 32-bit Linux systems to the SGI Altix 3000 64-bit Linux platform -- Linux Storage and Backup Services -- Comprehensive solutions that range from SAN to NAS and include sizing, configuration, scheduling, performance, availability, and other services -- Linux Clustering -- Integration of SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters into heterogeneous Linux clusters -- Linux System Implementation -- Comprehensive system implementation and software configuration, with the option of choosing service modules to achieve maximum results in minimum time -- Linux On-Site System Administration -- Expert set-up and ongoing system management services with flexible scheduling options -- Linux System Tuning -- System performance optimization to improve response time, system availability, and throughput -- Embedded Support Partner (ESP) -- Implementation of ESP for proactive monitoring and notification, enabling integration of heterogeneous systems and devices with support management from a single console "Only SGI has the unique capability for creating and implementing high performance computing Linux solutions that also tightly couple with SGI's advanced visualization and industry-leading storage management capabilities," adds Oberdank. SGI solutions combine best-of-breed technologies in high- performance computing, visualization, and the management of complex data. For more information about SGI(R) services and support visit www.sgi.com/support/. For more information about SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters visit www.sgi.com/servers/.