SGI Positioned in the "Visionaries" Quadrant of the Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems

MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 31, 2016 -- Today, SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), a global leader in high-performance solutions for compute, data analytics and data management, announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the October 2016 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems.

SGI believes the move to the "Visionaries" quadrant, since last year’s position within “Niche Players,” represents a progression of SGI’s completeness of vision. According to Gartner, "'Visionaries' are typically vendors that are focusing on strong innovation and product differentiation, but are smaller vendors with limited reach or achievement to date, or larger vendors with innovation programs that are still unproven.”

Integrated systems are defined by Gartner as "combinations of server, storage and network infrastructure, sold with management software that facilitates the provisioning and management of the combined unit."

The report notes that, "the integrated system market is outgrowing other data center segments, but the growth has been stabilized. According to Gartner statistics (see 'Market Share Analysis: Data Center Hardware Integrated Systems, Worldwide, 2015'), in 2015, integrated system sales grew 11.2% over 2014, totaling $9.6 billion, constituting approximately 5.6% of all server, external controller-based storage and data center networking spend by the end of 2015.”

Gartner subscribers can view the new 2016 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems at www.gartner.com or at www.sgi.com/GartnerMQIS.

Announcement Highlights

• Gartner positions SGI in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the 2016 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems.
• View the new 2016 Integrated Systems Magic Quadrant at www.gartner.com.

Supporting Quote

"SGI’s commitment in high-performance computing continues to lead the way for advancing HPDA solutions,” said Jorge Titinger, president and CEO, SGI. “Since 2014, SGI has successfully expanded beyond our HPC roots to become a leading vendor of high-end SAP HANA appliances. We are extremely pleased with Gartner’s continued recognition of SGI. We believe we are trailblazers in the integrated systems market.”

Over 30 Years of Innovation

SGI is building on over 30 years of technology leadership with scale out and scale up compute solutions to deliver industry-leading speed, scale and efficiency to some of the world's most powerful supercomputer systems - helping find answers to the world's biggest challenges. SGI is committed to innovation and focused on delivering high-performance solutions for compute, data management, and data analytics with unmatched performance, scalability and efficiency for a broad range of customers.

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