Oracle leads in several categories in independent research firm`s prestigious application server platforms TechRankings

Issued by Oracle SA
Johannesburg, 13 Aug 2004

Oracle today announced that Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition leads four out of the seven individual categories in Forrester Research`s newly created "Application Server Platforms" July 2004 TechRankings.

Out of five industry-leading products evaluated, Oracle Application Server 10g received top marks in four categories, including: Availability and Reliability (4.4); Administration and Management (4.6); Standards and Interoperability (4.3); and Cost (3.4). Working from its independent labs and using vendor research, Forrester developed approximately 300 criteria to evaluate the different Application Server Platforms that include application server, integration server, and portal server capabilities in a unified architecture to make it simpler to develop, deploy, and manage composite applications.

"The product is well-known as a bundle of Oracle`s middleware products; the surprise was how much progress Oracle has made in weaving its application server, portal server, and integration server into a cohesive platform. Oracle Application Server 10g`s administration and management are also strong, and the company`s acquisition of Collaxa provides the platform with a leading BPM tool and platform," according to Forrester (Scorecard Summary: Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition, July 2004).

Oracle Application Server 10g

Oracle Application Server 10g, the industry`s fastest growing application server, is the first SOA and grid-enabled application server to provide an integrated, standards-based software platform enabling organisations of all sizes to quickly adapt to changing business requirements. Oracle Application Server 10g features full support for J2EE and grid computing, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, wireless capabilities, Web services and more, all in one package. Because Oracle Application Server 10g is optimised for enterprise grid computing, it enables customers to realise better availability of their IT systems and lower hardware and administration costs.

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