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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire/

SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced the introduction of its Business
Intelligence Software Developer Program, reaffirming the company's
commitment to the developer community.

The Business Intelligence Software Developer Program enables system
integrators and independent software vendors to deliver enhanced
product and service offerings to their customers using SGI(TM)
industry-leading data mining and data visualization technologies. SGI
is committed to providing its development partners with greater access
to tools, resources, marketing opportunities and updates on its
products in a timely manner.

Membership in the Business Intelligence Software Developer Program
provides developers with access to software development support,
flexible licensing schemes and technologies that are not commercially
available to facilitate their development efforts.

"We have rearchitected our software products from the ground up," said
Mario Schkolnick, director of the Business Intelligence Software
Engineering Group, SGI. "Our Software Development Kit and APIs provide
developers with extension mechanisms and flexible interfaces, enabling
them to incorporate every element of the data mining process into
their applications."

SGI(TM) MineSet(TM) provides a suite of software tools and a
development platform for data mining and data visualization
solutions. The suite includes data acquisition and extraction
capabilities, sophisticated analytical data modeling and deployment,
and intuitive visualizations. MineSet is available on the Windows(R),
Linux(R) and IRIX(R) operating systems.

For additional information on the Business Intelligence Software
Developer Program, please contact bi@sgi.com or see www.sgi.com.