BANGALORE: As part of their global solution tour 2002, the US-based Silicon
Graphics Inc. (SGI) has announced a host of new solutions to maximize the
potential of the Indian industry. The products include one on Visual Area
Networking and a brand new workstation, Silicon Graphics Fuel Visual, based on a
new architecture.
SGI has also announced extensions to the SGI Onyx 3000 series, thus creating
the widest and the most powerful family of graphics system. The solution tour
also showcases some of the leading applications which reinforces SGI leadership
in high performance visualization and complex Data management. The new
technology and product announcements enhance SGI strengths in its core markets
of manufacturing, media, sciences, defense and energy.
Speaking on the occasion, SGI-India managing director, Prasad Medury said,
" After entering the graphics market, we have now hit the road taking
technologies, products and solutions to the people who use them. Problems
associated with designing complex products like automobiles and aircraft,
creating thrilling special effects for movies, discovering newer and life saving
drugs to oil exploration, we offer a range of customized designing
solution".
He said, "At the SGI-India, has brought high performance visualization
technology to India’s major manufacturing companies and changed the face of
the entertainment, post-production industry. Our major customers in India the
public sectors BHEL and ONGC and also many academic institutions of higher
learning like IITs, Film and broadcasting companies defense, Pharma and
healthcare segments"
Explaining the VAN concept, SGI, vice-president, marketing, Greg Estes says,
" Visual Area Networking (VAN) includes graphics infrastructure software,
graphics hardware and desktop systems that make this vision a reality. The new
software, OpenGL Vizserver 2.0, will allow users to interact with visualization
supercomputers either individually or by a group. It allows globally dispersed
teams to visualize and interact with data in ways previously not possible".
He said, " We have around 43 international customers and our major focus
market are Manufacturing, media, life sciences and government and now looking at
new areas of Bioinformatics. Our revenue for the last fiscal was around $2.3
billion. Though our profits have fallen marginally, partly due to economic
slowdown and our re-focussed strategies, we are expecting to break-even in this
fourth quarter.