ARMONK, NY - 19 Nov 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is dramatically enhancing its BladeCenter portfolio by bringing IBM’s best technology to bear to make blade solutions more open and easy to use. These innovations range from proven microprocessors and operating systems to a new, open I/O virtualization solution.

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager provides I/O virtualization and can help cut cost and complexity for clients through its open architecture. IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager supports the complete range of Ethernet and Fibre Channel technologies from vendors like Blade Network Technologies, Brocade, Cisco, Emulex, NetXen and QLogic unlike competitive offerings that lock clients into proprietary, costly switches.

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RENO, Nev. - 12 November 2007: HP today announced that it placed two systems in the top five of the TOP500 Supercomputer list, which catalogs the world’s 500 most powerful installed technical and commercial computer systems.

In addition, HP secured one-third of the implementations on the list to maintain its ranking as a leading provider of supercomputing systems.

The HP-based Computational Research Laboratories system was the largest Asia Pacific-based system on the TOP500 and No. 4 worldwide. An HP-based system for a Swedish government agency was the fifth largest worldwide.

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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. 16 Oct 2007: Oracle and HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that they have teamed to deliver complete software, hardware and service solutions tailored to midsize companies. These new offerings are comprised of unique combinations of Oracle® Accelerate solutions and HP reference configurations and are designed to offer midsize companies a proven, easy-to-own solution that enables them to achieve faster time-to-value. HP and Oracle will promote this new offering by launching a global tour of customer-focused events. HP reference configurations for Oracle are guidelines for HP servers, storage and software that are based on joint HP and Oracle engineering expertise and best practices. The HP-approved configurations, which support midsize company user counts of 25, 50, 100 or 200, can save customers valuable configuration time and provide guidance when deploying Oracle on HP hardware.

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SAN DIEGO - October 12, 2007: Verari Systems®, developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions, today announced the industry’s densest blade server system. The VB1160D server combines the latest Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 3200 series processors with the fastest, most power efficient DDR2-800 memory available in a blade server. The combination of Intel’s latest X38 chipset and second generation PCI-E x16 slots in a high performance blade server is a powerful enabler for a wide range of vertical markets such as the service provider market, where density and application performance are critical. With its power efficient blade-based solutions, Verari Systems enables its customers to stay competitive and continually push the envelope to drive business results while maximizing the utilization of their technology investments.

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LAS VEGAS - October 09, 2007: Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today unveiled new UltraSPARC® T2-based servers that deliver advanced virtualization capabilities, increased system utilization and industry-leading energy efficiency. The Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade ™ T6320 modules deliver the compute power of 64 individual systems on a single server or blade and beat competing RISC servers on web-tier tasks by over 4x while maintaining 6x better performance per watt. With the Solaris™ Operating System (OS) and free virtualization technologies built-in, these new Sun servers are the most flexible, cost-effective systems for maximizing system utilization.

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SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2007: Mellanox™ Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) (TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of semiconductor-based, server and storage interconnect products, today announced that a joint virtual infrastructure demonstration with Verari Systems® consisting of VMware Infrastructure, Verari Systems’ BladeRack®2 blade server chassis and server blades, and native InfiniBand storage from LSI® using LSI’s 6498 Storage System connected via Mellanox InfiniBand adapters, delivers compelling I/O cost and power benefits by replacing multiple Gigabit Ethernet NICs and Fibre Channel Adapters with a single Mellanox 20Gb/s InfiniBand adapter. This demonstration is a bellwether of the adoption of unified InfiniBand I/O in the rapidly growing virtualized data center market used to solve both cost and power issues in IT infrastructure, especially in blade server deployments.

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San Jose, CA, September 10, 2007: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application optimized, high performance server solutions, today launched a full range of native “Quad-Core” A+ Server and Workstation platforms. Optimized for Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ (Barcelona) processors, these energy-efficient Supermicro platforms deliver exceptional quality, reliability and performance. Key performance features include Universal I/O (UIO), Direct Connect Architecture, high memory capacity, dual HyperTransport™ links, as well as high-efficiency voltage regulator modules (VRMs) and energy-saving, earth-friendly power supplies.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. September 10, 2007: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the Sun Blade X8440 Server Module, the world’s first blade server designed for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Sun also previewed a next-generation four-socket, 2U quad-core server that will be available by the end of the year, powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Building on Sun’s momentum in the x86 server market, both systems enable customers to take advantage of Sun’s unique systems design approach built around the power of the Solaris Operating System (OS) and AMD’s much-anticipated native quad-core processors.

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San Jose, CA, September 5, 2007: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced availability of the industry’s first line of quad-core, quad-processor servers. Supermicro’s new 8015C-T, 8025C-3R and 8045C-3R SuperServers feature a larger memory footprint, improved energy efficiency and more form factors and CPU SKUs to choose from for better application optimization compared to previous generation quad-processor servers based on Intel® Xeon processors.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. August 30, 2007 — With a new CEO at its helm, SGI (NASDAQ: SGIC) completed its fiscal year 2007 with the launch of a breakthrough blade system purpose-built for high-performance computing (HPC), while racking up significant customer wins across SGI’s server and storage product lines. The company also released financial results for the Fiscal Year 2007 today.

The company’s fourth quarter, which ended June 29, was SGI’s first fiscal quarter under the leadership of Bo Ewald, who was named CEO in April. Working with SGI’s leadership and global workforce, Ewald has focused on positioning SGI for sustainable long-term growth and innovation through delivery of uniquely competitive, customer-focused solutions.

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