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What: Silicon Graphics International Corp.
So what: The Korean Air Force has purchased and begun operating a high-performance computing system from SGI for use in weather forecasting. The deal includes servers, storage, archiving, security and services.
Now what: The services could provide a stable, high-margin recurring revenue stream coveted by hardware providers. In addition, the press release casts a positive light on SGI's capabilities in the high margin HPC (high performance computing) market that could help SGI win more business. The size of the deal was not disclosed, but announcing it suggests it is a material positive for revenue and earnings of this sometimes-profitable company.
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