—Egenera GmbH Established in Germany—
Marlboro, Mass.—November 8, 2004—Egenera Inc., a leader in utility computing, today announced that it has established a subsidiary in Frankfurt, Germany to capitalize on opportunities in the Central European region. From this location, Egenera will conduct business in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
The Frankfurt office is being staffed with sales, field engineering, channel-management, marketing and administrative personnel. Already, Egenera has started building a world-class customer base and reseller channel in the region, and is forging relationships with the leading names in high technology.
"We're investing in Central Europe in response to growing customer demand for our Egenera® BladeFrame® system and to take advantage of strong market conditions," said Mike Thompson, chief operating officer, Egenera. "For example, Germany is home to the largest financial-services market in Europe. Likewise, the region's IT executives are on the cutting edge of datacenter technology, having embraced both Linux and utility computing. We are pleased to bring the benefits of our visionary products and architecture to the Continent's leading companies."
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Egenera, Inc.
508-858-2605
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Egenera designs, markets and supports an enterprise-class datacenter computing platform, the Egenera BladeFrame system, which enables our customers to implement utility computing. This model, which we believe represents the next major transformation of the datacenter environment, enables users to dynamically allocate resources to applications on an as-needed basis. Today, BladeFrame platforms are installed at customers worldwide, including America Online, Cambridge Health Alliance, Credit Suisse First Boston, Emory Healthcare, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, MChex, SAVVIS Communications, UFJ Group and others. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices in or around Atlanta, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kansas City, London, New York City, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo and Washington D.C. For details, visit www.egenera.com, send email to info@egenera.com or call 508-858-2600.
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