Silicon Graphics Announces Strategic Business andMarketing Relationship With Oracle
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: SGI) today announced a multi-faceted strategic business and marketing relationship with Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) to accelerate the adoption of Oracle(R) products on the Silicon Graphics(R) platform.
Silicon Graphics and Oracle will jointly maintain a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) chartered to develop and market synergistic hardware and software solutions as well as engineer Oracle applications to take maximum advantage of Silicon Graphics industry-leading Origin server technology. The SBU will be integrated globally across both companies operations over the next quarter.
"We're teaming with Oracle to benefit our mutual customers, keeping ahead of the curve by bringing together the great technological competencies both companies possess," said John R. "Beau" Vrolyk, senior vice president, Server and Supercomputer Business Unit, Silicon Graphics. "Obviously there is considerable benefit in working together to create true harmony between the core components of network systems and ensure reliable, rapid deployment of business-critical applications."
"With the formation of the SBU, Oracle is making its powerful information management software even more accessible to the corporate marketplace," said Ray Wong, vice president, Oracle Corporation. "The combination of Oracles' industry-leading applications and Silicon Graphics' visual and enterprise computing solutions will benefit our mutual customers worldwide and enable both companies to delve deeper into markets with stronger technological unity."
Through closely coordinated customer support efforts and the cross-company exchange of information, a primary mission of the SBU is forging lasting relationships with customers. Dedicated SBU personnel will directly handle customer queries, while internal and external training programs will better equip field representatives to service accounts. The goal is to improve overall customer understanding and satisfaction via refined procedures for assessing needs and addressing problem areas.
SOURCE Silicon Graphics
CO: Silicon Graphics; Oracle Corporation
ST: California
IN: CPR FIN
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07/27/98 07:14 EDT prnewswire.com
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