CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The US Postal Service has issued a contract to FedCentric Technologies to deliver a High Density Supercomputing (HDSC) solution including Silicon Graphics International high density hardware platforms and FedCentric Technologies products & professional services to provide high availability and expanded functionality to the Transactional Record Processor (TRP) system.

The USPS handles approximately 160 billion mail pieces every year. This represents more than 40% of the world’s total mail volume. FedCentric uses SGI High Density Systems to process streaming mail piece data. “Today, the USPS uses our systems for visibility, reporting, sortation, fraud detection and deterrence. The current systems established the ability to process streaming mail piece data in real time. Future efforts will leverage this capability for additional high speed analysis and detection,” said Gerry Kolosvary, President, FedCentric Technologies.