Hewlett-Packard is the first computer manufacturer expected to build the Oracle8i Appliance previously code-named Raw Iron. HP intends to manufacture and sell computers with pre-installed and pre-configured Oracle8i Appliance software, eliminating the need for a stand-alone operating system. The software is expected to dramatically lower the cost and complexity of computing and significantly improve performance for customers.
Sneak previewed by Oracle`s CEO Larry Ellison just over two months ago, the company will deliver pre-packaged server software that allows OEMs to bundle Oracle`s Internet database, Oracle8i, for enabling Internet business applications. The Oracle8i Appliance will hide complexity and provide scaleable database servers with low operational costs.
"The Oracle8i Appliance fits perfectly into HP`s vision for utility computing - a world in which users are freer to create net-based application services for strengthening customer loyalty, rather than building and rebuilding bridges to legacy systems," says Richard Morse, marketing manager at HP Enterprise Accounts Organisation (EAO) southern Africa.
"The Oracle8i Appliance`s `thin server` model is a key component of that vision and a natural extension of HP`s multiplatform computing strategy. HP`s first joint offering will be on our Intel-based HP NetServer systems."
As part of the alliance, HP and Oracle intend to jointly market, with HP selling, the finished server appliances. The pre-configured Internet business servers are intended to run on HP computers to help small, medium and large businesses lower their computing costs without the complexities of general-purpose operating systems.
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