SuSE Linux Ships its First Server Product for Intel Itanium 2 Processors

SuSE Linux Ships its First Server Product for Intel® Itanium® 2 Processors

First Major Installation Will Be National Science Foundation (NSF)
Distributed Terascale Facility, "TeraGrid"

Nuremberg, Germany, March 26, 2003 - SuSE Linux today announced the general
availability of the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for the Intel® Itanium®
Processor Family, and that it has been chosen to drive parts of the
"TeraGrid," a scientific computing system accessible to researchers across
the United States.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Distributed Terascale Facility
(DTF) is a joint undertaking of the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications, the San Diego Supercomputing Center, Argonne National
Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology. The "TeraGrid" -- an
interconnected series of clusters -- enables thousands of scientists around
the country to share computing resources over the world's fastest research
network in search of breakthroughs in life sciences, climate modeling and
other critical disciplines.

The deal for SuSE, estimated several hundred thousand USD, comes in
partnership with IBM Global Services - who is deploying clusters of SuSE
Linux systems at the four DTF sites. The servers will be based on current and
future Intel Itanium 2 processors. IBM supercomputing software -- CSM and
GPFS -- will handle cluster and file management tasks. Myricom's Myrinet
interconnect will enable interprocessor communication.

The system will have a storage capacity of more than 600 terabytes of data,
or the equivalent of 146 million full-length novels. A substantial portion of
the grid's storage infrastructure will be enabled by IBM TotalStorage
products and technologies.

"The availability of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Itanium 2-based
systems broadens the scope of Linux offerings on the Itanium processor
family, providing customers with an even greater opportunity to develop and
deploy high-end 64-bit Linux solutions," said Lisa Graff, director of
Enterprise Processor Marketing, Intel Enterprise Platform Group. "The
selection of SuSE for the massive Teragrid system demonstrates the stability,
scalability and performance of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and Itanium
2-based systems for complex implementations." 

"SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium Processor Family has been
developed in close collaboration with Intel, and designed to meet the highest
requirements in terms of availability, stability, scalability and
performance," said Holger Dyroff, General Manager Americas, SuSE Linux."SuSE
Linux Enterprise Server is the clear choice for all high performance cluster
efforts"

Intelligent Tools for Complex System Applications

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium Processor Family contains
four CDs, documentation, and the SuSE Linux Maintenance Program for 12
months. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium Processor Family can
be obtained by the end of  March from SuSE Linux Partners. For more
information, please refer to http://www.suse.de/en/sles/ipf.html

About SuSE Linux

SuSE Linux is one of the world's leading providers of products and services,
based on the Linux operating system. In addition to the operating system and
application software for private customers, SuSE offers software solutions
and complete systems for the use of Linux in the enterprise. SuSE supports
enterprise customers with a comprehensive range of qualified consulting,
training, and support services. Hosting the world's largest development team
for Open Source solutions, SuSE Linux shares its unique project and support
information online, in the largest existing Linux knowledge database. Further
information on SuSE Linux can be found at http://www.suse.de/en/

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