HP and EMC Support Oracle8, The Database for Network Computing; HP 9000 Enterprise Server and EMC Enterprise Storage Systems Help Provide a Powerful Solution for High-end Computing Environments

Business Wire, June 24, 1997

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1997--Hewlett-Packard Company, a leading supplier of open enterprise computing, and EMC Corporation, a leading supplier of intelligent enterprise-storage and retrieval technology, today announced their support of Oracle8(TM), Oracle's next-generation database for network computing. HP is delivering high-end hardware platforms, and EMC is delivering enterprise storage solutions for the latest version of Oracle's flagship product. HP and EMC use Oracle8 to provide customers with a reliable, open-systems-based networking architecture that will support large databases effectively and provide the flexibility to deploy leading-edge Internet applications.

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 organization's computing costs, manage all types of data and deliver faster information access to all kinds of users.

"Oracle8 enables HP and EMC to leverage their customers' existing technology investments and provide them with more power, flexibility, manageability and a smooth upgrade path," said Gary Bloom, senior vice president of the Worldwide Alliances and Technologies Division, Oracle Corporation. "Oracle8, combined with HP servers and EMC storage, builds on the Oracle Universal Data Server foundation to create a versatile business platform for high-speed transactions, powerful decision support and leading-edge network computing applications."

The HP and EMC solution is designed to provide customers interested in large-scale decision-support systems (DSS) and OLTP applications with a tightly integrated, robust package capable of handling multimedia and object-based technology. The platform has the scalability to support databases from gigabytes to terabytes while handling systems ranging from single users to tens of thousands of users.

An HP and EMC configuration, built and tested at EMC's development facilities in Massachusetts, was demonstrated on-stage here today at Oracle's Network Computing Launch at Radio City Music Hall. The system was deployed on a four-node HP 9000 Enterprise Server cluster running the HP-UX(1) operating system with 5TB of EMC's Symmetrix 3000 Integrated Cached Disk Arrays.

"HP, as a long-time strategic partner of Oracle, can provide its customers with a smooth transition to a broad range of scaleable, powerful and pervasive computing products today, without sacrificing the flexibility that tomorrow demands," said Bill Russell, general manager for HP's Enterprise Servers Group. "HP is committed to delivering an unparalleled hardware platform for the next generation of network computing."

"As an Oracle core-development platform, EMC's Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems already have tested and scaled Oracle8 into the multiterabyte range, ensuring that this powerful solution is ready for large-scale customer applications," said Michael C. Ruettgers, EMC's president and chief executive officer. "Scaleable, highly available, intelligent storage is a cornerstone of large Oracle8 database configurations and Network Computing Architecture."

The HP 9000 Enterprise Server system runs the industry-leading HP-UX enterprise-class operating system. Additionally, HP offers Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) solutions on the Intel-based HP NetServer family. The HP 9000 Enterprise Server and HP NetServer system platforms provide customers with scaleable, interoperable and highly available commercial systems.

EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems provide simultaneous support of up to 32 heterogeneous servers, up to three terabytes of capacity in a single system and feature a variety of user-selectable levels of information-management, information-protection and information-sharing capabilities.

ABOUT EMC

EMC Corporation, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage and retrieval technology, designing systems for mainframe, open systems and midrange environments. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EMC, and is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about EMC products and services, EMC's home page can be accessed at http://www.emc.com .

ABOUT ORACLE

Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual revenues exceeding $5.2 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education and support services, in more than 145 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call 415/506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/ .