SGI Invests in SuSE
Dec 1st, 16:16 UTC
"SGI is pleased to partner with SuSE and thereby extend its already deep commitment to the Open Source community," said Robert Bishop, chairman and CEO, SGI.
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2000--Today, SuSE Linux,
the international technology leader and solutions provider in open
source operating system (OS), announced a new strategic partnership
with SGI (NYSE:SGI), a world-leader in high performance computing and
visualization solutions. The terms of the agreement include, SGI's
equity investment in SuSE Linux Corporation the cooperative
development, deployment and support of the Linux operating system and
infrastructure code. The companies' customers benefit from the
high-end enterprise applications derived from this partnership.
"SGI is pleased to partner with SuSE and thereby extend its
already deep commitment to the Open Source community," said Robert
Bishop, chairman and CEO, SGI. "Through our combined efforts, we can
significantly advance the applications of Linux for our customers."
Earlier this year, the companies successfully introduced Linux
FailSafe, a scalable and modular high-availability solution based on
IRIS FailSafe. Linux FailSafe offers advanced clustering capabilities
to Linux and signifies an important step in the maturation of Linux
into a platform of choice for enterprise-class, high availability
applications. SGI and SuSE jointly participated in the highly regarded
IA-64 Linux effort.
"The technical precision of SuSE Linux provides the stability and
reliability that is crucial to the continuing deployment of Linux
throughout the enterprise," said Dirk Hohndel, CTO, SuSE Linux AG.
"Our partnership with SGI broadens the availability of Open Source
solutions to more and more enterprise computing environments."
About SuSE
SuSE Linux is the international technology leader and solutions
provider in Open Source operating system (OS) software. SuSE's unique
expertise in Linux and its largest development team worldwide
dedicated to Open Source software has contributed to the recognition
of SuSE as the most complete Linux solution available today.
SuSE Linux AG, headquartered in Germany, and SuSE Inc., based in
Oakland, Calif., are privately held companies focused entirely on
supporting the Linux community and Open Source development. With a
workforce of more than 500 people worldwide, SuSE has offices
throughout Europe, Latin America and in the US. More information
please see www.suse.com.
About SGI
Known as a strong advocate for open technology, SGI is committed
to contributing technology from its core competencies in visualization
and high-performance computing to the open source community. 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.
Silicon Graphics and IRIS are registered
trademarks and SGI, the SGI logo, Linux FailSafe and IRIS FailSafe are
trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc. SuSE is a registered trademark of
SuSE Linux AG. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All
other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective
owners.
CONTACT: The Terpin Group (for SuSE)
Xenia von Wedel, 650/344-4944
xvonwedel@terpin.com
(Submitted by John Wolley of Linux Today)
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