Few IT managers would argue the core benefits of a standards-based data warehouse:

• Linux® and other open source platforms evolve faster than proprietary products
• High-volume technologies drive down costs
• Components are readily available and can be more easily adopted and installed
• Enterprises can choose from a longer list of suppliers

SGI combines industry standard technologies like Linux and Intel with decades of expertise on systems architecture.

As a pioneer of standards-based solutions, SGI® knows what it takes to deliver on the promise of open source. SGI has long taken a leadership role in improving the performance and reliability of the Linux operating system. Within the open source community, SGI has leveraged its experience with high-productivity computing environments with contributions to Linux scalability, scheduling, memory usage, I/O, and other efforts critical to high-demand application performance. Among hardware vendors, SGI is the second most prolific contributor to open source Linux.

But for today's data warehouse environments, the advantages of open standards must come with enterprise-class reliability, scalability and support. SGI recognizes this, developing Linux OS-based offerings such as the SGI® Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution, that enable enterprises to keep up with the demands of growing data volumes and the needs of advanced business intelligence applications.

In fact, SGI is one of the few data warehouse solution providers to focus solely on enterprise-class Linux solutions - unlike other vendors who still maintain and sell costly proprietary platforms, offering standards-based Linux systems only when necessary.