New Customer Win Expands OCZ's SSD Distribution Network and Represents Growth in Its Enterprise SSD Business

OCZ Technology has announced that the Company's Enterprise SSD solutions are now qualified within Silicon Graphics International (SGI) supercomputing solutions and Rackable Servers. The qualification designates OCZ as an official supplier and allows OCZ to begin selling its high-performance SSDs for integration into SGI's cutting edge products.

OCZ enterprise SSDs offer SGI's clients a way to overcome the performance, reliability and maintenance obstacles inherent in traditional mechanical HDD storage. OCZ enterprise-grade SSDs were selected for use in SGI's Octane III desk-side supercomputers targeted at strategic science, research, development and visualization challenges which require a system that keeps pace with intensive workloads and multitasking. OCZ drives will also be offered in select Rackable Rackmount servers and other SGI InfiniteStorage configurations for commercialized storage and data centers, adding flexibility for SGI's customers when choosing an ideal SSD configuration. SGI's breadth of customer base includes government, media, education, energy, cloud computing and manufacturing organizations, all of which are turning to the benefits of SSDs to optimize their storage infrastructures.

"We are thrilled that SGI has selected OCZ Solid State Drives for their Octane III and Rackable Rackmount Server product lines," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group. "SGI is a leader in high-performance computing and server storage, and the integration of our SSD products into their leading-edge solutions is a perfect example of OCZ's ability to deliver high-performance and ultra-reliable SSDs tailored for the enterprise client."

"We are pleased to partner with OCZ Technology as a key collaborator in our enterprise solid state strategy for both server and storage solutions," said Kurt Kuckein, Director of Storage Product Marketing at SGI. "By leveraging the exceptional performance and reliability of OCZ's SSDs, we continue to push the envelope in high-performance computing and data management and deliver an even more robust total solution to our clients."