REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 26, 2012) - Oracle (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ])

News Facts

• Demonstrating to customers that their solutions are tuned to deliver optimum speed, scalability and reliability on Oracle Engineered Systems, [ Oracle partners ] are rapidly achieving [ Oracle Exastack Optimized ] certification.
• Part of the [ Oracle Exastack Program, ] Oracle Exastack Optimized enables Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and other qualifying members of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to optimize their applications to run even faster and more reliably on [ Oracle Exadata Database Machine ] and [ Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud ].
• Partners who have achieved Oracle Exastack Optimized status have recognized application performance increases of more than 42x and data compression increases of more than 26x, leading to improved total cost of ownership and reduced storage costs¹.
• Partners across key industries and geographies who have already achieved Oracle Exastack Optimized include Adaptive TechSoft, Kerridge Commercial Systems, ElectraCard Services, Neusoft and Kiman amongst many others.
• In less than one year, more than 100 ISV applications have achieved an [ Oracle Exastack Ready ] status and more than 35 ISV applications have achieved [ Oracle Exastack Optimized ] status and can be found by Oracle customers listed in the [ Oracle Solutions Catalog ].
• The Oracle Exastack Program also provides partners with direct access to global Oracle [ Exastack Lab ] environments, technical enablement resources and world-class performance engineers who can help partners optimize their applications on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. 
• Further enabling partners to differentiate their offering and provide trusted solutions to customers, Oracle today enhanced the Oracle Exastack Optimized program with the ability to achieve Oracle Exastack Optimized status for [ Oracle's SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. ]
• Available immediately, partners can test their solutions on the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 through the [ Oracle Exastack Labs ], remotely accessible environments for the purposes of testing and tuning applications on the latest major releases of key Oracle Exastack components.

Supporting Quotes

• "Customers are looking for vendors who can offer increased performance and reliability," said Chris Baker, senior vice president, Worldwide ISV and OEM Sales, Oracle. "The Oracle Exastack Program was designed to help our ISV partners test and fine tune their applications to get the stability and performance their users require, while also giving customers the confidence that the application they rely on will continue to run and scale unconditionally. The rapid rate at which our partners are achieving both Oracle Exastack Ready and Oracle Exastack Optimized certification is a testament to the value the program is delivering to our ISV community and broader customer ecosystem."
• "Oracle Exadata delivers exceptional OLTP processing power for K8 customers where extremely large business volumes are experienced. Oracle Exadata Optimized status gives our customers clear reassurance that K8 on Oracle Exadata Database Machine is a world-class performing solution," said Ian Bendelow, CEO, Kerridge Commercial Systems.
• "Achieving Oracle Exadata Optimized and Oracle Exalogic Optimized status further signifies Triple Point's commitment to provide customers with a secure, high-performance, highly available enterprise offering," said Doug Daugherty, CTO, Triple Point Technology.

Supporting Resources

• [ What Oracle Partners are Saying about the Oracle Exastack Program ] 
• [ Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) ] 
• [ Oracle Exastack Program ]
• [ Find an Oracle Exastack Partner ]
• [ OPN Specialized ]
• [ Oracle PartnerNetwork Blog ]
• Connect with the Oracle Partner community at [ OPN on Facebook ], [ LinkedIn ], [ YouTube ] and [ Twitter ]

About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle's products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit: [ http://www.oracle.com/partners ].

About the Oracle Exastack Program
The Oracle Exastack Program helps enable Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and other members of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to rapidly build and deliver faster, more reliable applications. Leveraging the Oracle Exastack Program, qualifying OPN members have access to Oracle performance experts and dedicated labs for testing and tuning their applications on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. Customers can be confident when selecting Oracle Exastack Optimized applications that they have been tested and tuned to achieve optimal performance, scalability and reliability. Also part of the program, Oracle Exastack Ready is dedicated to helping ISVs run their solutions on the latest major release of Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic component products, including Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. These products provide partners with a lower cost and high performance infrastructure for database and application workloads across on-premise and cloud-based environments. To find out more, visit [ http://www.oracle.com/partners/goto/exastack ].

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¹ Results achieved within the Oracle Exastack Optimized Program were tested by OPN partners on the partners' specific application running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and/or Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. See specific performance results here [ http://www.oracle.com/partners/en/opn-program/oracle-exastack/oracle-exastack-partner-successes-1505793.html ]. Individual results may vary.