2001-06-14
One-Stop-Shop Delivery and Support for Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Certified Configurations Make Clusters Simple to Buy, Expand, Manage, Maintain
HOUSTON AND REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF., June 14, 2001- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) today announced the availability of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Certified Configurations on the Compaq AlphaServer and ProLiant? platforms. Customers can now experience Oracle9i Real Application Cluster technology's unlimited scalability and total availability with a single part number, on a pre-integrated, pre-installed Compaq system. This one-stop-shop approach gives customers a single low-cost clustering solution with a faster-time-to-deployment at lower risk, and the ability to easily add more capacity as their business grows.
HOUSTON AND REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF., June 14, 2001- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) today announced the availability of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Certified Configurations on the Compaq AlphaServer and ProLiant? platforms. Customers can now experience Oracle9i Real Application Cluster technology's unlimited scalability and total availability with a single part number, on a pre-integrated, pre-installed Compaq system. This one-stop-shop approach gives customers a single low-cost clustering solution with a faster-time-to-deployment at lower risk, and the ability to easily add more capacity as their business grows.
Delivered complete with Compaq StorageWorks controllers, arrays and fibre channel product solution set, the combination of these fully integrated, SAN-ready Compaq cluster solutions and pre-installed Oracle9i Database enable faster time-to-solution and less risk in implementation.
Oracle chairman and CEO, Larry Ellison, is expected to demonstrate today to press and analysts an Oracle9i Real Application Cluster configuration running Linux on a four-node Compaq ProLiant? DL580 server proving the performance and scalability of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters.
"The combination of Compaq technology and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters offers our joint customers a deployment platform with unprecedented scalability and reliability, at a price point the market has never seen," said Michael Rocha, senior vice president, Platform Technologies Division, Oracle Corporation. "Oracle's partnership with Compaq has been integral to the development and delivery of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters technology. We look forward to continuing to provide our customers with proven Oracle and Compaq certified configurations and joint service delivery."
"By working with a global industry leader like Oracle, we are able to continue building on our strengths in high performance computing and clustering as the capacity in Internet architecture continues to increase," said Mike Winkler, executive vice president, Global Business Units, Compaq Computer Corporation. "The Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Compaq's Tru64 UNIX offering truly reflects the strength of our industry lead in clustering technology."
Oracle and Compaq recently announced a multi-year technology and business partnership to deliver clustered database server configurations based upon Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Compaq Tru64 UNIX clustering technology. The partnership is expected to deliver value to customers by enabling them to dramatically reduce the cost and risk of implementing clustered solutions while also speeding implementation, and making more efficient use of critical IT resources.
Compaq underscored its close working relationship with Oracle and a mutual commitment to fast time-to-solution by also announcing dramatically shortened deployment times of 9iRAC running on clustered AlphaServer ES40 and ProLiant DL 580 servers.
"With Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster and Tru64 Certified Configurations from Compaq and Oracle, we expect to get customers up and running within nine days of an order. Our Compaq Certified Integration Partner Plus (CIP+) status and our two decades in implementing Compaq clustering technology helps make the deployment of Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster on Compaq quick and predictable for our customers. It just doesn't get much easier than this," said Brian Armstrong, president, Avnet Enterprise Solutions.
The Compaq Global Services and Oracle Consulting alliance will provide customers with a full lifecycle of service offerings from a high-level review of the customer's needs, through developing, testing, implementing and managing the solution. While customers have access to the expertise of both organizations, there is a single point of contact for each customer, ensuring smooth interaction.
For customers with support contracts from both companies, a single phone call to either Compaq or Oracle can produce results, irrespective of the source of the problem. The joint service delivery will begin at first call, escalate to joint service sites then directly to engineering, thus increasing both companies' ability to optimize the total Oracle 9i RAC solution for Compaq AlphaServer and ProLiant Platforms.
In support of ISVs running on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, Oracle recently launched the Oracle9i Real Application Clusters laboratory with Compaq's AlphaServer and ProLiant platforms to test their application on a Compaq cluster configuration. Many of the ISVs have already participated and successfully tested their applications, citing scalability, availability and ease of migration as key reasons to upgrade.
Customers who run their Oracle9i Real Application Clusters solution on Compaq can be confident that they are running on the same platform used for Oracle9i Real Application Cluster ISV validation.
Availability
For more information on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Compaq's high performance AlphaServer and market leading industry-standard ProLiant server platform, visit: www.compaq.com/oracle/buy9iRAC
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Company Background
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is a leading global provider of technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures, and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, and communications products, commercial desktop and portable products, and consumer PCs that are sold in more than 200 countries. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at www.compaq.com.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation provides the software that powers the Internet.
For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000.
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Compaq and the Compaq logo Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: component shortages, delays in the implementation of changes in delivery models, increased competitive environment and pricing pressures, delays in product rollout schedules, slow acceptance for new form factors, employee retention, disruptions related to restructuring actions, the financial condition of resellers, delays in new systems implementation, operational inefficiencies related to sales cycles, equity investment volatility, and emerging market political or economic instability. Further information on the factors that could affect Compaq's financial results is included in Compaq's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and the latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Trademarks
Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.
Oracle chairman and CEO, Larry Ellison, is expected to demonstrate today to press and analysts an Oracle9i Real Application Cluster configuration running Linux on a four-node Compaq ProLiant? DL580 server proving the performance and scalability of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters.
"The combination of Compaq technology and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters offers our joint customers a deployment platform with unprecedented scalability and reliability, at a price point the market has never seen," said Michael Rocha, senior vice president, Platform Technologies Division, Oracle Corporation. "Oracle's partnership with Compaq has been integral to the development and delivery of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters technology. We look forward to continuing to provide our customers with proven Oracle and Compaq certified configurations and joint service delivery."
"By working with a global industry leader like Oracle, we are able to continue building on our strengths in high performance computing and clustering as the capacity in Internet architecture continues to increase," said Mike Winkler, executive vice president, Global Business Units, Compaq Computer Corporation. "The Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Compaq's Tru64 UNIX offering truly reflects the strength of our industry lead in clustering technology."
Oracle and Compaq recently announced a multi-year technology and business partnership to deliver clustered database server configurations based upon Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Compaq Tru64 UNIX clustering technology. The partnership is expected to deliver value to customers by enabling them to dramatically reduce the cost and risk of implementing clustered solutions while also speeding implementation, and making more efficient use of critical IT resources.
Compaq underscored its close working relationship with Oracle and a mutual commitment to fast time-to-solution by also announcing dramatically shortened deployment times of 9iRAC running on clustered AlphaServer ES40 and ProLiant DL 580 servers.
"With Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster and Tru64 Certified Configurations from Compaq and Oracle, we expect to get customers up and running within nine days of an order. Our Compaq Certified Integration Partner Plus (CIP+) status and our two decades in implementing Compaq clustering technology helps make the deployment of Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster on Compaq quick and predictable for our customers. It just doesn't get much easier than this," said Brian Armstrong, president, Avnet Enterprise Solutions.
The Compaq Global Services and Oracle Consulting alliance will provide customers with a full lifecycle of service offerings from a high-level review of the customer's needs, through developing, testing, implementing and managing the solution. While customers have access to the expertise of both organizations, there is a single point of contact for each customer, ensuring smooth interaction.
For customers with support contracts from both companies, a single phone call to either Compaq or Oracle can produce results, irrespective of the source of the problem. The joint service delivery will begin at first call, escalate to joint service sites then directly to engineering, thus increasing both companies' ability to optimize the total Oracle 9i RAC solution for Compaq AlphaServer and ProLiant Platforms.
In support of ISVs running on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, Oracle recently launched the Oracle9i Real Application Clusters laboratory with Compaq's AlphaServer and ProLiant platforms to test their application on a Compaq cluster configuration. Many of the ISVs have already participated and successfully tested their applications, citing scalability, availability and ease of migration as key reasons to upgrade.
Customers who run their Oracle9i Real Application Clusters solution on Compaq can be confident that they are running on the same platform used for Oracle9i Real Application Cluster ISV validation.
Availability
For more information on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Compaq's high performance AlphaServer and market leading industry-standard ProLiant server platform, visit: www.compaq.com/oracle/buy9iRAC
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Company Background
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is a leading global provider of technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures, and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, and communications products, commercial desktop and portable products, and consumer PCs that are sold in more than 200 countries. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at www.compaq.com.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation provides the software that powers the Internet.
For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000.
# # #
Compaq and the Compaq logo Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: component shortages, delays in the implementation of changes in delivery models, increased competitive environment and pricing pressures, delays in product rollout schedules, slow acceptance for new form factors, employee retention, disruptions related to restructuring actions, the financial condition of resellers, delays in new systems implementation, operational inefficiencies related to sales cycles, equity investment volatility, and emerging market political or economic instability. Further information on the factors that could affect Compaq's financial results is included in Compaq's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and the latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Trademarks
Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.