Cray Research

Executive Summary Cray entered the industry as a pioneer, developing the foremost high-end supercomputer ever know to man. The customers were limited to academic and government professions. In the following eight years, Cray continued to develop even faster supercomputers and is set to release two more gen-erations, X-MP and Cray-2, in a year. Though Cray has not changed functionally, competitive land-scape has migrated significantly: consumer base is now a majority of industrial users, demanding software …showed first 75 words of 3606 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3606 total…From New Products <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>- From old products This would enable Cray to evaluate results of its new R&D and marketing efforts. * Employee satisfaction and retention: Need to ensure that employees are not demoralized or disillu-sioned by the changes brought in by the management. * Number of new marketable products developed and percentage of cost and time over runs.