Silicon Graphics Inc. Renews Service Parts Planning Agreement With Baxter Planning Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004 High-Performance Computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. Leader Will Continue to Enjoy Outstanding Customer Support and Dramatic Overall Cost Savings With Baxter's Software Solution, Prophet Baxter Planning Systems, the leading provider of service parts planning services and Web-based solutions, announced today that the company has signed a multi-year contract extension with Silicon Graphics Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ), a leading provider of high-performance computing, storage and visualization products, services and solutions. "Baxter's software solution, Prophet, delivered on its promise," said Paul Smith, Global Materials manager for the Technology Solutions Group at SGI. "It is strategically imperative that we maintain our high customer satisfaction while reducing our inventories in over 300 inventory locations worldwide. The combination of Prophet software and SGI's experienced service and support personnel have enabled SGI to shrink our worldwide inventories more than 34%, realized immediate and sustained savings in repair activities and showed substantial increases to our service levels". SGI has been successfully using Baxter's Web-based solution, Prophet, for the past two years. In addition to the software, Baxter provides SGI with a complete turnkey solution including software license, software maintenance, server hardware, database administration, system administration, data feed monitoring and software upgrades. "By delivering a comprehensive turnkey solution, we (Baxter) offer the service parts industry the lowest cost of entry, lowest total cost of ownership and the highest level of dedicated support of any software vendor or service provider in the marketplace", said Greg Baxter, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Baxter Planning Systems. Silicon Graphics -- The Source of Innovation and Discovery(tm) SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics Inc., is the world's leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a , SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at www.sgi.com. About Baxter Planning Systems Inc. Since 1993, Baxter has pioneered the development of Web-based solutions to meet the unique demands of after-market, service, repair and spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. industries. The Prophet by Baxter(tm) suite of integrated forecasting and planning applications enables Baxter's clients to achieve industry-leading customer service levels while significantly increasing profitability. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Baxter is privately held, self-funded and profitable. Global 2000 and Fortune 500 enterprises deploying Baxter solutions include Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. 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