The Hindu Business Line : Silicon Graphics to expand presence

Mr J.S. Kulkarni (right), CEO, Redington India Pvt Ltd, addresses a press conference in Chennai on Friday. Also seen are Mr Bill La Rosa (centre), Senior Vice President, Intercontinental Field Operations, Silicon Graphics Systems Inc and Mr Prasad Medury, Managing Director, Silicon Graphics Systems (India) Pvt Ltd. - - Bijoy Ghosh

Chennai , Aug. 6

THE US-based Silicon Graphics Inc is increasing its presence in India for its high performance computing products. It has appointed Redington (India) Ltd as a national distributor to distribute supercomputers, workstations, virtualisation systems and storage solutions portfolio.

This is for the first time, globally, that the company has a distributor on a national level for high-power super computing (HPSC), said the Senior Vice-President, Mr Bill La Rosa.

The relationship would help SGI increase its presence in the country's deeper markets, and also help it increase revenue by about 5 per cent in the next couple of years, he told presspersons without giving any financial details.

For the $950-million firm, about 15 per cent of revenue comes from Asia-Pacific, including Japan, China and India. However, revenue from India is only a portion of the 15 per cent.

Dr Prasad Medury, Managing Director, SGI India, said the relationship would initially target companies in science and manufacturing market segments, with a primary focus on applications in CAD (computer aided design), CAM (computer aided manufacturing), engineering and bioinformatics.

The global market for HPSC was around $10 billion, and in India it was about $200 million, he said.Mr J.S. Kulkarni, CEO, Redington, said that through the alliance the company offered its channel partners an opportunity to address a new segment of the market, and also help SGI to expand its reach in India. Redington, which has sales offices in 32 Indian cities, would have a dedicated team to market SGI's products, he said.