Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems announced today that Appro’s XtremeServers were selected for Supercomputing Online’s "2005 Product of the Year" Award.

This year’s “Product of the Year” reflects the efforts of both established industry leaders and emerging innovators. The products were evaluated based on five criteria: innovation, performance, value, ease of use and manageability, ease of integration into existing environments, and functionality.

Appro’s XtremeServers support the very latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors with superior performance and memory flexibility that can scale up to 128GB, ideal for fast and accurate CFD simulations and for industries that are in need of supercomputing performance. Appro’s XtremeServers are designed to minimize overall power consumption and cooling requirements while delivering solid performance-per-watt capabilities. For a full Product Review of the Appro XtremeServers go to http://www.open-mag.com/00133844931.shtml

“We are very pleased that Appro XtremeServer has been recognized by SuperComputing Online’s judges as one of the best products of the year,” said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro. “Today, Customers demand innovative server architecture with excellent performance, flexibility and investment protection to scale across the enterprise, Appro XtremeServers address our customers’ needs by offering innovative server design that boost productivity and performance providing a competitive edge in the high-performance computing market.”

SupercomputingOnline selected the new Appro XtremeServers because it has met all of the criteria for the award; said Chris O’Neal, Editor-in-Chief of SuperComputingOnline. “In addition, customer feedback from different industries in the High-Performance Computing space has been superb".

About the SuperComputingOnline.com Product Of the Year Awards

The Product of the Year Awards Program provides IT professionals recommended innovative products to evaluate for addressing data-intensive computing challenges. The products were judged by the editors in conjunction with a team of high-performance computing experts. The products were evaluated based on five criteria: innovation, performance, value, ease of use and manageability, ease of integration into existing environments, and functionality. For more information, visit http://www.supercomputingonline.com/nl.php?sid=10854

About Appro

Appro’s headquarters is in Milpitas, CA with an R&D and manufacturing center in Asia and a sales and service office in Houston, Texas. APPRO accelerates technical, IT and business results through its innovative product architecture, industry leading engineering, people, and experience. APPRO enables a variety of network computing applications by developing powerful, scalable, and reliable clusters, servers, storage subsystems and high-end workstations for the high-performance computing (HPC), Internet computing and cluster market. To learn more go to http://www.appro.com .