Oracle Partners With Legend Group To
Bring Advanced
Clustering Technology To Customers In China
Initiative Expected to Significantly
Lower Clustering Deployment Costs and Enhance Large-Scale Computing Capabilities
of
Customers in China
Hong Kong, October 17, 2002 - Oracle
Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL), the largest provider of software for e-business,
today announced that it has established the first Oracle lab facility
in China for development work based on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters
technology. This was announced at the opening of the Oracle Research &
Development Center in Shenzhen, the only enterprise software center in
Asia that serves as a development facility to meet the needs of the rapidly
growing China market.
The lab at the Oracle Research & Development Center
operates in close partnership with China-based technology provider and
Oracle PartnerNetwork program member, Legend Group Limited. A team of
engineers from Legend and Oracle China will carry out joint development
activities at the lab, with the primary focus on tight integration of
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters with Legend server technology to create
a more scalable, manageable, reliable and cost-effective clustered database
platform for e-businesses. Oracle and Legend will also look at new joint
engineering opportunities, training for sales and technical staff as well
as building market awareness for clustered solutions to drive market adoption
in China.
This initiative will deliver value to customers in China
by enabling them to make more efficient use of critical IT resources by
speeding up deployment of cutting-edge technology, enhancing systems performance
and meeting the scalability demands of e-businesses, while at the same
time dramatically reducing the cost and risk of implementing clustered
solutions.
Kevin Walsh, vice president, Platform Technologies Division,
Oracle Corp. said, “Oracle’s goal is to bring the most advanced clustering
technology to our customers in China. Companies in China are looking for
ways to save costs and reduce inefficiencies and Oracle9i Real Application
Clusters is an excellent option for customers because they can start small
and add more capacity as their business grows. Our partnership with Legend,
which is widely recognized as a technology leader in China, will help
us ensure that businesses of all sizes can reap the benefits of capacity
on demand and efficiently respond to the fluctuating workloads in an e-business
environment.”
Ouyang Xiangyu, assistant vice president of Legend Group
Limited, said, “Legend is co-operating with Oracle - the leader in global
e-business solutions and information technology – in the Oracle Research
& Development Center. By combining Legend’s local expertise and position
as the largest IT product provider in China with Oracle’s leading technology
and global presence, Legend will enhance its capability to develop advanced
technology and solutions as well as provide better support and service
that meet the needs of users in China. I believe this is a “win-win”
partnership that will boost China’s IT development standards and infrastructure.”
Inauguration of the Oracle Research & Development
Center in Shenzhen
Today’s opening of the Oracle Research & Development Center, which is
located in the Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, marks another milestone
in Oracle’s plan to accelerate investment in China to help local businesses
achieve growth and return-on-investment through the use of software solutions
and services that cater to their unique needs.
Shenzhen vice mayor Liu Yinli, who was present at the
inaugural opening of the brand new Oracle development facility, said,
“For post-WTO China to be competitive, each company and industry must
be highly efficient and innovative. We are pleased to witness the establishment
of Oracle Research & Development Center as a part of the Shenzhen Hi-Tech
Industrial Park family. We hope Shenzhen-based enterprises can take the
advantage of these locally available world-class management tools and
collaborative research capacity to sharpen their competitive edge.”
Having operated in China for more than ten years, Oracle
has built a strong customer base including such well-known Chinese enterprises
as AsiaInfo, Beijing Da Tang Power Generation, China Banknote Printing
& Minting Corporation, China Southern Airlines, Chengde Iron and Steel
Company, GuangZhou Metro Corporation, HangZhou Motorola, Shanghai Hitachi
and Xiang Tan Steel Corp.
About Oracle9i Real Application Clusters
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters is Oracle's next-generation cluster
technology, and is the result of more than ten years of development, which
led to 16 patents with 29 additional patents pending. Based on Oracle's
CacheFusion architecture, Oracle9i Real Application Clusters delivers
near-linear scalability and unbreakable reliability for all applications.
It also provides transparent application scalability by quickly and efficiently
sharing frequently accessed data across all the computers in the cluster.
About Oracle
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