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Egenera BladeFrame System Now Available on the immixGroup GSA Schedule
MARLBORO, MA, May 4, 2004 - Egenera Inc., a leader in utility computing, today announced that its EgeneraTM BladeFrame® system, BladeFrame ES system and support services are available to federal government agencies through immixGroup's GSA (General Services Administration) Schedule contract, GS-35F-0330J. Under this agreement, immixGroup will help to facilitate the government procurement process and accelerate the sale of Egenera solutions to the public sector.
"Our government customer base is looking for ways to dramatically reduce datacenter costs, mitigate server sprawl, create business continuity and operate in a mission-critical way," said Art Richer, vice president at immixGroup. "We are very pleased to be working with Egenera, a leading provider of utility computing solutions, to bring these benefits to government agencies."
United States government and military organizations worldwide are already relying on Egenera's utility computing solution, the BladeFrame, to dramatically reduce costs and increase availability for IT initiatives. Agencies leveraging the Egenera system include U.S. Intelligence Agencies, the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the United States Army and multiple e-Gov functions.
"As utility computing initiatives are implemented, the ability to reduce costs and increase availability is proving vital to the productivity and success of the government enterprise," said Doug Duenkel, vice president of federal operations, Egenera. "We have made the U.S. public sector a strategic focus and value our relationship with immixGroup for their thorough understanding of enterprise computing and the government end user."
About Egenera Inc.
Egenera's breakthrough virtualization technology optimizes the use of network, compute and storage resources to enable the next-generation utility datacenter. The Company's EgeneraTM BladeFrame® system combines blade server technology and virtualization software, enabling datacenters to run any application, on any resource, at any time, automatically. Today, the BladeFrame solution is installed at marquee customers worldwide, including America Online, Cambridge Health Alliance, Credit Suisse First Boston, Emory Healthcare, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, MChex, SAVVIS Communications, UFJ Group and others. A world-class service and support organization ensures customer satisfaction. Moreover, the Company has assembled a senior management team and engineering staff with an average 20-plus years' experience. Cooperative business alliances with Microsoft, Intel, BEA Systems, EMC, Itochu Techno-Science Corporation (CTC), Oracle, Red Hat and Veritas, among others, further strengthen the value proposition. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Hong Kong, Kansas City, London, New York City, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo and Washington D.C. For details, visit www.egenera.com, send email to info@egenera.com or call 508-858-2600.
Egenera, Egenera stylized logos and BladeFrame are trademarks or registered trademarks of Egenera, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names, service marks and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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