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Oracle Announces New Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Tuesday, February 15th 2011 at 11:10 GMT by Market Wire}  

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - February 15, 2011) - Oracle (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ])

News Facts

• Bolstering its enterprise-class x86 blade and rackmount servers for highly virtualized and private cloud deployments, Oracle today announced enhanced [ Sun Fire x86 clustered systems ].
• Oracle's Sun Fire x86 clustered systems posted five new world records(1), demonstrating enterprise leadership and superior performance for Java applications.
• Over a three-year period, Oracle's virtualized x86 systems with [ Oracle Linux ] and [ Oracle VM ] deliver up to 48 percent better TCO than HP with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and VMware.
• Oracle's Sun Fire x86 clustered systems have set [ more than 30 world records to date ], highlighting Oracle's industry-leading performance for decision-support and online transaction processing databases, business applications, and IT infrastructure running on operating systems including [ Oracle Solaris ] and Oracle Linux.
• Only Oracle's comprehensive portfolio of x86 systems is engineered with its business software and hardware to deliver complete application-to-disk solutions.
• Oracle's application-to-disk solutions can be managed and [ supported ] as a single system with Oracle [ Enterprise Manager 11g ] for simplified management.
• For faster deployment, Oracle's x86 systems ship pre-installed with Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux and Oracle VM, and provide a completely tested and supported virtualized environment for Oracle Software, including [ Oracle Database ], [ Oracle Fusion Middleware ] and [ Oracle Applications ].
• Oracle's Sun Fire x86 systems are part of Oracle's complete portfolio of cloud-ready software and hardware products, supporting Oracle's commitment to provide advanced cloud-computing infrastructure to help reduce the cost and complexity of running enterprise software.

Supporting Quote

• "Oracle delivers differentiated enterprise-class solutions for the x86 server market with its integrated application-to-disk approach and unique end-to-end Oracle Premier Support capabilities," said Ali Alasti, vice president of hardware engineering, Oracle. "With outstanding performance and operational efficiency, these new systems combine with Oracle software to provide a rock-solid foundation for enterprise consolidation and private cloud deployments."

Supporting Resources

• [ Oracle's Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems ]
• [ Oracle Benchmarks ]
• [ Oracle x86 Rack Servers: Optimized for Rapid Deployments and Operational Efficiency White Paper ]
• [ Data Center Efficiency with Oracle x86 Blade System Solutions ]
• [ Oracle's Sun Fire X2270 M2 Architecture White Paper ]
• [ Oracle's Sun Fire X4170 M2 and Sun Fire X4270 M2 Architecture White Paper ]
• [ Sun Blade Modular Systems White Paper ]
• [ Oracle Premier Support ]
• Oracle InfraRed [ blog ], [ Twitter ], [ LinkedIn ], [ Facebook ]

About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ]) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at [ http://www.oracle.com ].

Trademarks
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Footnotes

(1) More details on new performance records available at [ http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/performance-scalability/sun-x86-systems-gateway-082396.html ]