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SGI is a leader in high-performance computing. SGI delivers a complete range of high-performance server and storage solutions along with industry-leading professional services and support that enable its customers to overcome the challenges of complex data-intensive workflows and accelerate breakthrough discoveries, innovation and information transformation. SGI solutions help customers solve their computing challenges whether it's enhancing the quality of life through drug research, designing and manufacturing safer and more efficient cars and airplanes, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense, or helping enterprises manage large data.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Robert R BishopPeer Companies
NAICS Code Electronic Computer Manufacturing: 334111
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Silicon Graphics Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And there appear to be no questions at this point, gentlemen. Erik Bylin Okay, I think we can close the call then. Operator Thank you very much. That does complete the Q&A portion of our call. One final comment; SGI will be presenting at the...
Silicon Graphics Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Silicon Graphics SGIC Q2 2009 Earnings Call August 6, 2009 4:00 pm ET
Inside Synthetic Genomics, Exxon's New Algae Partner
Yesterday BNET's Kirsten Korosec covered a new $600 million deal by ExxonMobil to develop biofuels using algae, an uncharacteristic move for a company that has often scoffed at renewable energy. Much has been made of Exxon's decision to support algae over other alternative fuels, like cellulosic ethanol or biodiesel from...
Exxon Gives SGI's Algae-to-Fuel Effort $600 Million Kick-start
ExxonMobil's $600 million partnership with Synthetic Genomics to develop next-generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae is already being cast as a shift in the conservative company's modus operandi. And why not? The largest U.S. oil company by market value has shied away from investments in alternative energy and has been especially...
Silicon Graphics Illustrates Contracting Issue
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Defense signed a contract with Silicon Graphics to buy several supercomputers. DoD has a program where they buy a few of these each year to support various applications. They try to buy from different vendors in order to maintain a diverse base...
Liquidating Silicon Graphics: Innovation, Standardization, Commoditization
Joel West submits: If Silicon Graphics ran Christmas... Ornaments would be priced slightly higher, but would hang on the tree remarkably quickly. Also the colors of the ornaments would be prettier than most all the others. Options would be available for 'equalization' of color combinations on the tree. —...
Rackable Systems Suspends Buyback, Agrees to Acquire Silicon Graphics
Greenbackd submits: Rackable Systems Inc RACK has announced that it is suspending its buyback and acquiring substantially all the assets of Silicon Graphics Inc SGIC for “approximately $25 million in cash, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, plus the assumption of certain liabilities associated with the acquired assets.” Without...
Silicon Graphics Sells Itself to Rackable for $25 Million
Erick Schonfeld submits: Sadly, this is no April Fool’s joke. Silicon Graphics, the high-end computer computer workstation and server company founded by Jim Clark in 1982, today declared bankruptcy and sold itself to Rackable Systems RACK for $25 million plus the assumption of “certain liabilities.” In...
Silicon Graphics Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions There are no questions. Robert Ewald We would just say thanks to everybody for listening in. Thanks Kathy for all you've done. We appreciate it and best wishes moving forward from here. I'd invite everyone to give us a call. Kathy will be around for...
Stay Away From Silicon Graphics - Barron's
For more than a generation, computer makers have raced to build the world's most powerful computers and investors have watched with bated breath. Unfortunately for Silicon Graphics SGIC, says Barron's Tiernan Ray, its latest efforts look like they won't be any more profitable than previous attempts by the company. ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Anthony K Robbins | President, SGI Federal |
| Warren Pratt | Executive Vice President |
| Brian M Samuels | Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
| Jeffrey Zellmer | Senior Vice President |
| Lim Goh Engr | Senior Vice President |
| Sandra Escher | Senior Vice President |
| Kathy Lanterman | Vice President and Corporate Controller |
| Arthur F. Schneiderman | Involved |
| Norman Fogelsong | Venture Investor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert R Bishop | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
| Mark W. Perry | Vice Chairman |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| SGI Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | President, SGI Federal | Current |
| SGI Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Apple Inc. | partner | Former |
| Jacksonville State University | B.S. in marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Global Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Mercury Technologies, Inc. | General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary | Current |
| University of California, Hastings College of the Law | J.D. degree | Former |
| Smith College | B.A. degree in government and economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Vice President and Corporate Controller | Current |
| SGI Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| SGI Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| SGI Inc. | Corporate Controller | Former |
| Santa Clara University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | B.A. in Human Biology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Global Catalyst Partners, L.P. | Principal & Co-Founder | Current |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Partner | Current |
| Cirrus Logic, Inc. | Involved | Current |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Involved | Current |
| Quantum Corporation | Involved | Current |
| Centillium Communications Inc. | Involved | Current |
| Sagent Technology, Inc. | Involved | Current |
| NeoMagic Corporation | Involved | Current |
| Linear Technology Corp. | General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
| Relief International | Board of Directors | Current |
| Global Catalyst Partners, L.P. | Principal | Former |
| University of Wisconsin Law School | J.D. | Former |
| Beloit College | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
| University of Wisconsin | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bizfinity, Inc. | General Partner, Nea | Current |
| newScale, Inc. | Current | |
| Think3 Inc. | Current | |
| TiVo Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Alien Technology Corporation | Director | Current |
| KQED Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Arthur Young, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Vice President of Finance and Administration | Former |
| Arthur Young, Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Leapstone Systems, Inc. | Former | |
| Cendura Corporation | Former | |
| Harvard University | M.B.A. degree (with distinction) | Former |
| Amherst College | B.A. degree in Economics (cum laude) | Former |
| KQED Inc. | member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Venture Partners, Inc. | General Partner | Current |
| Cortina Systems Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Genentech, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Verisity, Ltd. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Aspect Software, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| 3Com Corporation | Venture Investor | Current |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Venture Investor | Current |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Artisan Components, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| MIPS Technologies, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| LSI Corporation | Venture Investor | Current |
| Applied Biosystems Group | Venture Investor | Current |
| Dust Networks | Venture Investor | Current |
| Linear Technology Corp. | Venture Investor | Current |
| SupportSoft, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Concur Technologies, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Compaq Computers | Investor | Current |
| Websense Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Lam Research Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Polycom, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Motion Computing, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| @Road, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Amgen Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Quantum Corporation | Venture Investor | Current |
| Digital River, Inc. | Venture Investor | Current |
| Institutional Venture Partners | General Partner | Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | computer programmer | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | management consultant | Former |
| Stanford University | Board Member | Former |
| Harvard Law School | J.D | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. degree in Management Science & Engineering | Former |
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