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SGI Federal and World Wide Technology Announce Agreement to Sell SGI Products And Services on GSA Schedule New Partnership Expands SGI's Access to U.S. Government Market Tuesday April 10, 6:00 am Eastern Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI Federal(TM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGI (NYSE: SGI - news), today announced it has entered into an agreement with World Wide Technology Inc. (WWT) to sell SGI(TM) products and services offered on the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule. WWT is a leader in providing comprehensive, Internet-based, business-to-business e-marketplaces for the buying and selling of information technology products and services. Under the agreement, WWT can now sell all SGI products and services to any GSA customer nationwide. ``We are proud to add SGI world-class visualization and computing solutions to the growing list of products and services we offer to the federal government,'' said Joe Koenig, corporate vice president and general manager, WWT. ``The SGI line of visual workstations and scalable servers further diversifies WWT's offerings to the federal government by taking advantage of SGI industry-leading advanced graphics capabilities and core competency in visualization.'' The agreement with WWT is the latest alliance between SGI Federal and computer resellers and system integrators focused on leading-edge information technology solutions for the U.S. government. ``This agreement reinforces SGI's strategy of partnering with premier resellers and federal systems integrators,'' said Anthony Robbins, president, SGI Federal. ``To extend our presence in this important vertical market, we have partnered with WWT -- the premier government e-marketplace -- because they understand the federal government and our customers' needs in the engineering, scientific and technical communities.'' About World Wide Technology, Inc. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in St. Louis, WWT (www.wwt.com) is recognized as the premier government e-marketplace. As a one-stop e-commerce destination, WWT's e-marketplace is about more than buying and selling information technology products. Its services also enable participants to Web-manage some of their common responsibilities such as product availability inquiries, delivery coordination, inventory tracking and project collaboration. WWT's vendor-neutral approach and open, scalable market is attractive to both purchasers and suppliers. At this time, the company's e-marketplace includes comprehensive databases that aggregate more than 500,000 products representing over 1,000 different suppliers. WWT has established its e-marketplaces as an effective medium for transacting business as evidenced by revenue of more than $800 million in 2000, up from $413 million in 1999. About SGI SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with offices worldwide, the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com. About SGI Federal SGI Federal, based in Silver Spring, Md., is dedicated to providing high-performance and visualization solutions to support its federal customers in solving America's most demanding problems. From weather mapping and fraud detection to medical breakthroughs and cockpit simulation, SGI delivers the technology solutions that the U.S. government demands. Comprising nearly 400 employees, SGI Federal offers dedicated sales, support, professional services and program staff to better understand and develop solutions for the federal government, which relies on SGI for its mission-critical applications. Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark, and SGI, SGI Federal and the SGI logo are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc. WWT is a registered service mark of World Wide Technology, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Gregory Slabodkin of SGI, 301-595-2618, or slabodkin@sgi.com, or SGI PR Hotline, 650-933-0777, or SGI PR Fax, 650-932-0737. SOURCE: SGI biz.yahoo.com