ORACLE DELIVERS “UNBREAKABLE LINUX”
–
LOW COST LINUX CLUSTERS
Release 2 of Oracle9i Database,
Application Server and Oracle9i Developer Suite Offer Linux Support
Independent Surveys Find Oracle9i
is Top Choice in Linux Community
Hong Kong, June 6, 2002 - Demonstrating
its commitment to provide the most reliable and low-cost computing options
to its customers, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) today announced expanded
support for Linux by the Oracle9i product line, which includes the newly
shipped Release 2 of Oracle9i Database, Application Server and the Oracle9i
Developer Suite. Today’s announcement means Oracle customers will now
be better equipped to develop and deploy enterprise applications using
low cost Linux hardware while preserving their existing IT skills.
“IDC expects Linux to become a key platform for enterprise
databases in the coming years. As such, it is a promising environment
for Oracle to focus on,” said Carl Olofson, Program Director, IDC. “IDC
projects that, given the right development and support for Linux, the
market revenue for relational DBMS on Linux will surpass the relational
DBMS revenues on UNIX by 2006, growing to $5.9 billion.”
As the first vendor to provide support for Linux in
a commercially available relational database, an application server and
a complete set of developer tools, Oracle has been instrumental in driving
support for Linux since its inception. Oracle is at the forefront of bringing
Linux to the enterprise and has been named the software vendor of choice
in numerous independent Linux surveys and the recipient of several Linux
awards. Most recently, Oracle9i Database was recognized as the number
one database for Linux by Linux Journal, while Evans Data surveyed Linux
developers and found Oracle9i Application Server is the most preferred
and most deployed application server for development on Linux.
Release 2 of Oracle9i Database Expands Linux
Support
Oracle9i Database Release 2, the latest update to Oracle’s award-winning
database, sets new standards in reliability, scalability and performance.
The release includes new high availability, business intelligence and
XML features, as well as numerous manageability improvements. Oracle’s
unique approach to database clustering in Oracle9i Database has enabled
enterprise customers to reduce the cost of deploying and managing the
database.
“Through our database clustering innovation in the
middle-tier, Oracle has provided a key component in the delivery of the
next cost-effective platform for the enterprise,” said Charles Rozwat,
executive vice president, server technologies at Oracle. “We believe
Linux is a very attractive option for our customers and will continue
to be in the future.”
Linux Developers Demand Oracle
To date, Oracle9i Database has been in high demand in the Linux community.
In the last year, nearly 370,000 downloads have been recorded on Oracle
Technology Network (OTN), Oracle’s developer community Web site. Oracle9i
Application Server and Oracle9i Developer Suite have also gained significant
traction in the past year, logging more than 200,000 downloads.
With the recent availability of Oracle9i Developer Suite
with Oracle9i JDeveloper, developers can extend enterprise applications
to Linux. By reducing the number of separate tools that developers need
to support the full application development life cycle, industry standards
and third-party software, Oracle9i Developer Suite and Oracle9i JDeveloper
reduce the cost of application development and streamline the development
of high quality, high performance J2EE applications and Web services.
Because Oracle9i JDeveloper is written in 100 percent Java, it runs natively
on low-cost Linux machines for optimized performance and scalability —
no other Java integrated development environment (IDE) can make this claim.
“We have found that Oracle9i JDeveloper on Linux is
an outstanding environment for J2EE, JSP and Web services development,
and our J2EE applications are deployed exclusively on Linux using Oracle9i
Application Server,” said Rick Ross, president of the 66,000-member
Javalobby. “Our membership has grown more than 10 percent in just two
months, and our Web site traffic has increased about 50 percent. I’m
certain that the performance and scalability of Oracle9i Application Server
have been key drivers of this growth because our whole site just feels
so much better.”
“Using Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle9i JDeveloper,
both of which are completely written in Java and fully portable, we have
been able to make immediate progress in our plan to rip Windows out of
our data center and switch to Linux,” continues Ross. “It has been
a very strategic business and technical decision for us and has enabled
our developers to work much more productively. Plus, we anticipate our
move to Linux will bring a significant reduction in hardware and administration
costs. Linux is definitely ready for the enterprise.”
Availability
Release 2 of Oracle9i Database, Application Server and Oracle9i Developer
Suite on Linux can be downloaded today free-of-charge from Oracle Technology
Network. A RedHat Package Manager (RPM) format of Oracle9i JDeveloper
on Linux will be available for developers using RedHat.
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