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Silicon Graphics International

2009–2016 computing company, formerly Rackable Systems

Field	Value
name	Silicon Graphics International Corp.
logo	Silicon Graphics International logo.svg
logo_size	182px
type	Public
traded_as

fate	Acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
foundation	, San Jose, California (Rackable Systems, Inc.)
defunct
location_city	Milpitas, California
location_country	U.S.
key_people	Jorge Titinger, President and CEO
Cassio Conceicao, Executive Vice President and COO
Eng Lim Goh, CTO
Bob Nikl, CFO
industry	Diversified computer systems
products	High performance computing, big data analytics, petascale storage solutions
services	Professional and managed services
website

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the company founded in 1999 as "Rackable Systems"

Cassio Conceicao, Executive Vice President and COO Eng Lim Goh, CTO Bob Nikl, CFO

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI; formerly Rackable Systems, Inc.) was an American manufacturer of computer hardware and software, including high-performance computing systems, x86-based servers for datacenter deployment, and visualization products. The company was founded as Rackable Systems in 1999, but adopted the "SGI" name in 2009 after acquiring Silicon Graphics Inc. out of bankruptcy.

On November 1, 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise completed its acquisition of SGI for $275 million.{{cite press release | url-status = dead | url-status = dead

History

Rackable Systems, Inc. era

Rackable Systems Inc. went public in June 2005, with 6.25 million shares offered at $12 per share.{{cite news

In 2006, Rackable announced it had signed an agreement to acquire Terrascale Technologies, Inc.

On April 1, 2009, Rackable announced an agreement to acquire Silicon Graphics, Inc. for $25 million.{{cite press release

Silicon Graphics International Corp. era

The "new" SGI began with two main product lines: servers and storage continuing from the original Rackable Systems; and servers, storage, visualization and professional services acquired from Silicon Graphics, Inc. At the time of the acquisition's completion, SGI said that they anticipated the survival of the majority of the two companies' product lines, although some consolidation was likely in areas of high overlap between products.{{cite news

In 2010, SGI announced the purchase of all the assets and assumed a limited amount of liabilities of COPAN Systems. COPAN was a provider of storage archive products for real-time access to long-term persistent data.{{Cite web |url-status=usurped

In 2011, SGI acquired all outstanding shares of SGI Japan, Ltd.{{cite press release |url-status = dead

In February 2012, it was announced that Jorge Luis Titinger would become SGI's president and chief executive officer.{{cite press release

In 2013 SGI acquired FileTek, Inc.{{cite press release

In 2015, an employee for Silicon Graphics International claimed that all engineering documentation of IRIS and MIPS hardware was destroyed in 2010.

On August 11, 2016, it was announced that Hewlett Packard Enterprise would acquire SGI for $7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued at approximately $275 million, net of cash and debt. The deal was completed on November 1, 2016.{{cite news

References

[http://investors.sgi.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=209436 Rackable Systems, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Terrascale Technologies, Inc.]
"Old Messages between me and an SGI (Rackable) Employee".

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