Oracle Corporation has announced the availability of its industry leading suite of products - Oracle8 data server, Oracle Application Server and Developer/2000 - for Sun Microsystems`s most recent version of the Solaris operating environment, Intel edition. This powerful combination provides users with a cost-effective approach to deploying the industry`s leading database, first transactional web server and first 100 percent pure Java Enterprise application development tool, all on one of the leading UNIX platforms. "Businesses that rely on the Intel platform now have a choice of developing and deploying network-based applications on an enterprise class operating environment," said Kevin Walsh, Vice President of the Intel Technologies Division at Oracle. "The combination of Oracle8 with the Sun Solaris software, Intel edition provides customers with a proven platform for network computing applications in a cost-effective way. Oracle`s seamless integration with both the Sun Solaris software and Intel architectures ensures that applications will continue to scale and rapidly incorporate new technologies, while protecting the customer`s investment. The momentum of these three industry leaders working together offers customers a superior platform for mission critical applications." In bringing its suite of products to the Sun Solaris operating environment, Oracle has linked its powerful set of products with Sun`s strong enterprise operating environment. This combination offers customers a new high-performance application environment for Internet -based computing. "The demand for the Sun Solaris operating environment continues to grow," said Brian Gentile, vice president of market development and software services at Sun-Soft. "Together, Oracle8 and the Solaris platform, Intel edition give customers an enterprise ready solution which can grow as their business does. Mission critical reliability and scalability on the Intel platform is something which Oracle and Sun can provide to businesses of all sizes as they develop and deploy applications over the Internet and Intranets." Oracle8, the Database for Network Computing, manages large amounts of information securely, reliably and economically over computer networks. Oracle8 is a versatile information platform that enables high-speed transactions, better business decisions and sophisticated object-relational applications. Built on a foundation of proven technology, Oracle8 is designed to lower an organisation`s computing costs, manage all types of data, and deliver faster information access to all kinds of users. Oracle8 was selected as the Best Database for 1997 by InfoWorld magazine. Designed for IT professionals, line-of-business managers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and power users, the Solaris operating environment can be accessed and used by any type of device connected to the network-including network computers, NetPCs, Windows computers and NTservers. It is extremely fast, highly reliable, scalable, secure, very easy to install and use, optimised for Java and supports more than 12,000 applications. Oracle Application Server, recently named InfoWorld`s Product of the Year for 1997, is Oracle`s next-generation platform for deploying business-critical, thin-client intranet applications with superior scalability, reliability and manageability. The industry`s first transactional Web server, Oracle Application Server allows users to maintain persistent Internet sessions between Web browsers, Web application servers, and database servers for real-time transactions over Intranets and the Web. With Developer/2000, organisations can rapidly develop and deploy network-based applications today. All existing Developer/2000 applications can be effortlessly migrated to the Application Server platform and the Network Computing Architecture, done through a no-code process. This process enables any client to connect with any server and access any data on any platform, including the Internet.
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