<<What is the connection that you see between SGI and the Internet?>>
As I say, I know nothing about SGI except that I see it frequently praised in effusive terms by academics, JPL/NASA scientists, in movie credits, etc. I did think, without knowing, that SGI work stations provided some of the backbone for the Internet. Your question prompted me to go to the company web site, where I found this among other things:
sgi.com
Introduction
Internet Service Provider (ISP) environments need full-function web technology for creating, deploying, serving, and maintaining sophisticated, complex services. SGI servers support the top-rated applications for web hosting, e-mail, news, proxy, and authentication -- all the basic services your customers expect. Plus, SGI provides the best platform and applications to deliver the emerging value-added services such as e-commerce and media-streaming that are becoming increasingly important to attract and retain customers.
SGI provides the solutions and technical expertise to help you:
reduce costs
retain your customer base and attract new customers
provide a highly reliable, stable environment
expand your infrastructure without disruption
understand your market and profile your user base
improve customer service
That's why large ISPs with highly demanding environments such as Hiway Technologies, @Home and GTE Internetworking rely on SGI solutions to easily and cost-effectively support their dramatically increasing user loads, huge traffic peaks, and complex database-driven content without hitting the performance and scalability wall. |
