Oracle Database Backgrounder

Oracle Database 10g, the industry's first database designed for grid computing, the most flexible and cost-effective way to manage enterprise information. Available in a number of editions: Express Edition, Standard Edition One, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition, all of which are built using the same common code base, which means database applications can be built to easily scale from small, single processor servers to clusters of multi-processor servers without changing a line of code. Additional options for enhanced performance, scalability, availability, security and manageability are available with Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition.

Oracle Database 10g delivers record-breaking performance and scalability on Windows, Linux, and UNIX servers and provides fast ROI by moving from a single server to Grid Computing without changing a single line of code.

Oracle Database 10g delivers better results by automating administrative tasks, providing industry-leading security and regulatory compliance features, and enabling the highest availability with Real Application Clusters.

• High availability
• Scalability
• Security
• Application Development
• Manageability

• More than 220,000 Database customers
• Oracle is the #1 Database on Linux. Gartner, IDC, May 2006
• Oracle Database—World's #1 Database for SAP Applications
• Oracle Database—#1 Database on Windows
• Oracle Database 10g—Best Database Solution for Linux—LinuxWorld 2006
  
• Oracle Database 10g, the first relational database designed for grid computing, helps ensure that enterprise information is always available and secure