Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc.
FREMONT, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA., April 1, 2009 — Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale data centers, today announced its agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (NASDAQ: SGIC) for approximately $25 million in cash, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, plus the assumption of certain liabilities associated with the acquired assets.
The combined businesses will provide customers with market leading hardware and software technology within large-scale x86 cluster computing, HPC, Internet, Cloud Computing, large-scale data storage environments and visualization platforms across many verticals and geographies. This combination is also expected to result in a stronger global services organization; reaching commercial, government and scientific sectors on a worldwide basis.
"The combined company will be positioned to solve the most demanding business and technology challenges our customers confront today," said Mark J. Barrenechea, president and CEO of Rackable Systems. "In addition, this combination gives us the potential for significant operational synergies, a strong balance sheet, and positions the combined company for long-term growth and profitability."
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Editor's note
Submitted by marcbe on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 11:39.I'm posting this news for historic reasons since SGI was once the leader in high-end 3D / VR computer systems.
SGI have had hard times in the past which forced them to leave the 3D market to enter the server business for a while.