In keeping with Oracle Corporation`s strong ties with Sun Microsystems internationally, Oracle SA has upgraded its Sun technology as part of a revamp of its internal, mission critical e-mail system.
The local company recently exchanged its Sun Sparc Ultra 1 for a more powerful Sun Enterprise 450 system from Vector Technology, to harness the additional functionality of Oracle`s latest e-mail product release, InterOffice 4.1.
According to the Manager Internal Support , Kari Vemer, the investment provides an excellent platform to showcase the new InterOffice product to potential users. It is also the most reliable platform for running Oracle`s own internal e-mail communications.
"This is really our top internal production system," says Vemer. "An exceptional amount of our business is done via e-mail, not only within Oracle SA itself, but also with our business partners and vendors and with Oracle Corporation internationally.
"It is absolutely mission critical, so reliability is the main issue in our choice of hardware.
Vemer adds that installation of the Enterprise 450 provided the more cost-effective long term solution, offering better scaleability than an upgrade of its Sparc Ultra 1.
"We are now very well positioned for any future upgrades of our InterOffice system," she concludes.
Globally, Oracle Corporation has a firm and long-standing relationship with Sun Microsystems. Much of its development work is done on Sun platforms, and it has distinguished Sun as its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) standard for the Oracle mail system.
That relationship is mirrored locally in Oracle SA`s similarly long-standing relationship with Vector Technology, a leading distributor of Sun Microsystems products in South Africa and Oracle SA`s hardware supplier of choice.
Vector Technology is a subsidiary of the Q Vector Group, a member of IT giant, PQ Holdings.
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