[SLUG] Fwd: SGI announcements at Linux World NY

["Grahame M. Kelly" <gmkelly@nospam.zip.com.au>]

This may be of interest to some of you.

Cheers, Grahame

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Subject: SGI announcements at Linux World NY
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:34:03 +1100
From: "Paul Rushton" <paulr@nospam.sydney.sgi.com>


I thought you might be interested in the following.
Regards,
Paul

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SGI ROLLS OUT NEXT WAVE OF LINUX OFFERINGS AND EXTENDED GLOBAL SERVICES

*** Company Unveils New Internet and Clustering Solutions at LinuxWorld
Expo; Offers Sneak Peek at Graphics Workstation  ***

Sydney (Feb 1st, 2000) -- SGI today announced several additions to the
company's growing portfolio of Linuxoperating systems offerings, including
the introduction of a new SGI Internet server, SGI Advanced Clustering
Environment and global Linux services. With these additions, SGI marks the
second year of its drive to help accelerate the commercial adoption of Linux
as well as establish a foundation for its Intelprocessor-based products.

These announcements support SGI's dual-platform strategy in which the
company offers both Intel and Linux as well as MIPS and IRIX solutions to
expand its leadership in visual and technical computing.

LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2000, February 2-4 in New York City, will
provide the venue for the debut of two new Linux O/S-based server solutions
and global services geared toward Internet service providers and technical
computing professionals. In addition, SGI will offer a sneak peek at the
industry's first hardware-accelerated visual workstation to support the
OpenGL platform. New global services and education programs will also be
previewed. Highlights of the new solutions are outlined below, with detailed
information available at www.sgi.com/features/2000/jan/launch.

"These announcements are great news for Linux and make it much easier for
organisations to incorporate Linux-based systems into their mainstream
operations" said Paul Rushton, Marketing Director for SGI Australia and New
Zealand.  "An exciting further item of news is that SGI will be showing
these new systems and services at the Linux Open Source Expo and Conference
being run at Darling Harbour, Sydney from March 7-10.  Bob Bishop, SGI's CEO
who is Australian, will be delivering the keynote speech at this Sydney
Linux conference, which is being treated as an event of international
importance by SGI."

Details of the Linux Open Source Expo and Conference can be found at:
www.linuxexpo.com.au


Comprehensive Portfolio of New Linux Services
===================================
SGI now offers a comprehensive portfolio of Linux service, support and
education products that are integral to its solutions approach to providing
customer value. Based on SGI hardware, software, professional services and
partnerships, the new set of services ranges from Linux clustering and
technology migration services to custom Linux business programs. These are:

* Eight new SGI Linux Managed Services focused on system deployment,
implementation and administration. Based on standard service descriptions
and delivered according to proven methodologies, these services are designed
to improve productivity and help customers focus on their core competencies.

 * Full support for the six leading Linux distributions running on the Intel
IA32 platform. SGI offers its entire portfolio of support services for Red
Hat, Turbo Linux, Suse, Mandrake, Debian, and Caldera.

* A full suite of worldwide Linux technical training courses delivered
anywhere-either at customer sites, in SGI Training Centers or via the Web.
In addition to custom courses, standard curriculum includes system and
network administration, GUI programming, clustering, security and Linux
internals. SGI also offers four courses designed to help students prepare
for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certification testing.

Integrated Internet Serving Solution
=========================
Extending the company's suite of Media Commerce(tm) solutions, the SGI
Internet Server is designed for the rapidly growing Internet market space.
Based on the powerful SGI 1200 thin server platform, the SGI Internet Server
is a low entry cost, rack-and-stack solution combining the convenience of an
appliance with the flexibility of an open system. Designed specifically for
ISPs, application service providers (ASPs) and co-location facilities
seeking a fully supported, cost-effective solution with quick deployment and
ease of installation, the SGI Internet Server includes Internet-specific
management, monitoring and security tools with integrated basic services for
Web serving and messaging.

The SGI Internet Server includes:
* Preinstalled, fully supported tools for quick installation, easy
monitoring and remote, lights-out administration
* Web-based tools to streamline installation, troubleshooting and networking
* Bastille Hardening Program lockdown scripts to secure configuration and
protect against unauthorized use
* TripWire intrusion detection software that actively monitors configuration
files to safeguard from corruption or tampering
* Integrated basic services for Web serving and messaging
* Preinstalled Apache Web Server plus SGI performance enhancements,
providing a significant increase in performance for Web hosting environments

SGI Linux Advanced Cluster Environment
==============================
With the recent introduction of the SGI Advanced Cluster Environment (ACE),
an economical solution for compute-intensive environments, SGI extends its
leadership in technical computing. At LinuxWorld, the company will debut the
SGI Linux ACE, a new generation of high-performance clusters built on
industry-standard SGI 1000 series servers. Other examples include the
132-processor SGI 1400L cluster at the Ohio Supercomputer Center and the
first Intel Itanium processor-based cluster recently demonstrated by SGI,
Intel and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the
SuperComputing '99 conference.

Designed for bioinformatics, education and research, energy and electronic
design automation, SGI Linux ACE brings together SGI's heritage in scalable
computing with the latest developments from the Open Source Software
community. The result is an integrated, high-performance and robust
technical compute cluster solution with the industry's lowest total cost of
ownership.

The SGI Linux ACE consists of a suite of programming, management and
performance tools, services and support to provide a high-performance
compute cluster. ACE implementation services, including installation and
configuration, are available to get users up and running quickly. ACE is
fully backed by SGI's Global Services organisation, and customers with SGI
support contracts receive regular software updates and technology
improvements to stay on the cutting edge of Linux compute clustering.

Introducing the New SGI 1200 Server
===========================
The solutions that will debut at LinuxWorld are based on the new SGI 1200
server. Hitting the sweet spot of the Linux market, the SGI 1200 server line
is an ideal platform for supporting rapidly growing Internet serving
environments and technical compute clusters. With a 2U form factor (3.5
inches), up to 19 SGI 1200 servers fit in an industry-standard rack. SGI
1200 comes preinstalled with Red Hat? Linux 6.1 and the SGI ProPack for
Linux 1.2 and is equipped with one or two Intel Pentium III processors, up
to 2GB SDRAM memory, and up to 4 Ultra2 SCSI disks.

SGI ProPack for Linux 1.2 for Red Hat Linux 6.1
===================================
SGI ProPack for Linux, formerly referred to as SGI Linux Environment, is an
easily installable value-added layer to the Red Hat Linux 6.1 distribution.
Fully qualified and supported for SGI 1400L and SGI 1200L servers, SGI
ProPack for Linux provides significant performance and reliability
enhancements for enterprise-class Linux applications

Building on SGI's extensive experience in developing robust and powerful
multiprocessor UNIX systems, SGI ProPack for Linux features technology
recently released by the company to the Open Source Software community. This
initial release supports database development and can be downloaded from
http://www.oss.sgi.com.

Pricing and Availability
=================
Local pricing and availability for Australia and New Zealand will be
announced in the near future.

In the USA,  pricing for the SGI Internet Server starts at under US $4,600
U.S. list and features a 550 MHz Intel Pentium III processor, 128MB RAM, 9GB
drive with preinstalled Red Hat Linux 6.1, SGI ProPack for Linux 1.2,
integrated Internet serving tools and worldwide technical support.

In the USA, pricing for the SGI Linux ACE starts at US $125,000 U.S. list
for a typical configuration including 16 SGI 1200 servers (for a total of 32
processors), SGI Linux Advanced Cluster Environment software, 100Base-T
interconnect and implementation services.

About SGI
========
SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced
graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their
toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with
offices worldwide, the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com and at
www.sgi.com.au .


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