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Leading Australian IT Solutions Provider IPEX Chooses SGI Technology as Foundation of Its New Server and Filesystem Products IPEX, a Volante Group Limited Company, Targets Australia's Government, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Education and Retail Markets With New OEM Solutions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics (NYSE:SGI) today announced that its SGI(R) Altix(R) 350 midrange server and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage Shared Filesystem CXFS(TM) will serve as the foundation of new products from IPEX Information Technology Group, one of Australia's leading Information Technology (IT) solution providers. As part of a three-year OEM agreement, IPEX will license SGI technologies for use in the IPEX Cenix 350 server and IPEX CXFS filesystem. The new products will target a broad range of users in Australia's government, telecommunications, financial services, education, and retail markets. Cenix 350 servers will extend IPEX's reach into the data center, enabling mission-critical applications and databases, and addressing the needs of customers seeking to consolidate servers and applications. IPEX CXFS adds a powerful shared filesystem to the company's storage solutions, enabling no-compromise data sharing, enhanced workflow, and reduced costs in data-intensive environments. "Throughout Australia, the customer base is growing for systems and software that expand on demand to handle even the most extreme workloads," said Yaron Schwalb, technical director, IPEX, a Volante Group Limited company. "Delivering SGI's technology under the IPEX brand allows us to target that opportunity. These new products will help our customers consolidate their enterprise and workgroup IT purchases. We chose SGI as a technology partner because they are the only company that could provide genuinely differentiated technology solutions in a market crowded with commodity technology." "SGI is delighted to welcome IPEX to our growing list of OEMs," said Darren Covington, director, channels and strategic alliances, SGI. "IPEX excels at identifying and pursuing market opportunities in an industry where technology is a quickly moving target. We look forward to working closely with them as they bring SGI technologies to some entirely new user environments." SILICON GRAPHICS | The Source of Innovation and Discovery(TM) SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at http://www.sgi.com/. NOTE: Silicon Graphics, SGI, the SGI cube, the SGI logo, Altix, InfiniteStorage are registered trademarks, and CXFS, The Source of Innovation and Discovery is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding SGI technologies and third-party technologies that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. The reader is cautioned not to rely unduly on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of future or current performance. Such risks and uncertainties include long-term program commitments, the performance of third parties, the sustained performance of current and future products, financing risks, the ability to integrate and support a complex technology solution involving multiple providers and users, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's most recent SEC reports, including its reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. MEDIA CONTACT Caroline Japic 650-933-7210 SGI PR HOTLINE 650-933-7777 SGI PR FACSIMILE 650-933-0283 DATASOURCE: SGI CONTACT: Caroline Japic, , +1-650-933-7210, or SGI PR HOTLINE, +1-650-933-7777, or SGI PR FACSIMILE, +1-650-933-0283, all of SGI Web site: http://www.sgi.com/

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