Oracle Powers Data Center and Oracle(R) On Demand With 64-bit Linux

LINUXWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extending its leadership and longstanding commitment to Linux, Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced that its Oracle(R) On Demand services and Oracle Data Center are now powered by the x86 64-bit architecture. Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand and Oracle Technology On Demand customers, such as Thermos, Cabot Microelectronics, Tropicana and UNOCAL Corporation, benefit from the high-performance, reliability and security provided by Oracle software on a low-cost, Linux platform.

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Oracle provides support for the Linux operating system, makes technical contributions to the Linux kernel, and has forged strategic partnerships with hardware vendors and Linux distributors. At Oracle's world-class Data Center, Oracle On Demand customers have mission-critical, transactional applications deployed and managed on AMD-64-based Sun back-end systems running Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Oracle On Demand simplifies enterprise computing by eliminating the headache of handling software upgrades, patches, and day-to-day maintenance. Oracle On Demand customers have access to the latest capabilities and pay a predictable, monthly fee.

"As the leading enterprise software vendor driving adoption of the Linux platform, Oracle continues to test and deploy software on the latest architectures to give our customers all of the cost and performance advantages it delivers," said Juergen Rottler, executive vice president, Oracle On Demand and Support Services. "By building our own IT systems on Linux, we help our customers realize first-hand the business benefits as well as the lower IT costs associated with using Linux in an x86 64-bit operating environment." Oracle Leads with Linux

Since introducing the first database to run on Linux in 1998, Oracle has been committed to furthering Linux adoption across the enterprise. According to Gartner's recently released relational database management system (RDBMS) market share results for 2004, Linux is the fastest growing platform with 118 percent growth and Oracle is the top database on Linux with 81 percent market share.(1)

Support has been a hallmark of the Oracle-Linux organization since June 2002 when Oracle began providing integrated support for the entire software platform, including the operating system. Currently, customers from around the globe tap into Oracle's global team for 24/7 technical support for Linux. Oracle also has a Linux Kernel Group dedicated to working with Linux vendors and developers to provide fixes and develop new functionality to benefit the Linux community. About Oracle

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com . (1) Gartner Dataquest, "No Clear Winner in Overall RDBMS Market Share

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