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Sun and Oracle Expand Partnership, Focus on Low-Cost Computing
Sun and Oracle Expand Partnership, Focus on Low-Cost Computing

By: Java News Desk
Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM

(May 22, 2003) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Oracle Corp. have expanded their 20-year strategic alliance to include support for Oracle products on Sun's full line of Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, and Linux systems. With this announcement, Sun and Oracle plan to bring optimal performance to low-cost, commodity-based computing by introducing standards-based clustered servers as a choice for building data centers.

In expanding their alliance, the companies will:

  • Make sure that Oracle software will run on all Sun platforms from the Solaris Operating System (SPARC Platform Edition) to the Solaris Operating System (x86 Platform Edition) to Linux
  • Offer Oracle9i with Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Sun's x86 products
  • Bring low-cost computing to the desktop by integrating StarOffice software with the Oracle Collaboration Suite
  • Introduce "unbreakable Solaris" - by working together to provide seamless, enterprise-level technical support for the Solaris x86 OS with Oracle products
  • Deliver Sun x86-based systems to run Oracle "unbreakable Linux"
  • Integrate Sun's N1 with Oracle infrastructure application services including the E-Business Suite
  • Simplify access to technology and support for developers by sharing information and services across the Sun Developer Connection and Oracle's developer portal, the Oracle Technology Network, creating a common community for more than 5 million developers.

    The alliance affirms "that Sun and Oracle will together make low-cost computing platforms ready for prime time in the enterprise," said Mark Tolliver, executive vice president of marketing and strategy for Sun. "Lowest acquisition cost will be just one dimension of what we deliver. Together we're going to bring a new level of simplicity and manageability that significantly reduces the total cost of ownership for customers. Sun is the best platform for Oracle and we are now poised to extend that leadership to systems running Solaris x86 and unbreakable Linux."

    Mark Jarvis, chief marketing officer, Oracle Corp., added, "Our joint vision for low-cost computing allows customers to take advantage of the enterprise software they need to grow their businesses successfully, without the traditional cost associated with high-end servers."

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    This is a big shift in strategy for Sun. Revitalizing Solaris x86 and adding "unbreakable Linux". So the question for Sun customers has to be, "if I'm going to Linux and the Intel based CPU's do I need Sun? What value do they add?"

    This is a big shift in strategy for Sun

    FYI

    FYI

    I guess this makes sense for Sun, to try (again) to get into a market that is increasingly getting the IT hardware dollars but I wonder about Oracle--not a cheap solution by any means. Are users going to save on cheapie Sun boxes and then splash out for high-end Oracle software? But I hope they (SUN) make it...

    The point is pretty simple - Solaris on X86 provides a pretty potent combination of Operating System maturity, scaleability and stability with the cost benefits of running on a commodity hardware platform. High-performance X86-architecture platforms are simply MUCH more cost effective for most applications than Sparc boxes.

    haven't we seen this Intel/Solaris combo before? Soalris is optimized for 64-bit and particularly SPARC -- why do we need ANOTHER server platform? My SPARC boxes work toegther very well with Red Hat Intel boxes, and (less well) with Windows servers and PCs. What is the point?


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    Brad Campbell wrote: This is a big shift in strategy for Sun. Revitalizing Solaris x86 and adding "unbreakable Linux". So the question for Sun customers has to be, "if I'm going to Linux and the Intel based CPU's do I need Sun? What value do they add?"
    Brad Campbell wrote: This is a big shift in strategy for Sun
    David Fike wrote: FYI
    Philippe Bibi wrote: FYI
    Max Tomlinson wrote: I guess this makes sense for Sun, to try (again) to get into a market that is increasingly getting the IT hardware dollars but I wonder about Oracle--not a cheap solution by any means. Are users going to save on cheapie Sun boxes and then splash out for high-end Oracle software? But I hope they (SUN) make it...
    Darnell Gadberry wrote: The point is pretty simple - Solaris on X86 provides a pretty potent combination of Operating System maturity, scaleability and stability with the cost benefits of running on a commodity hardware platform. High-performance X86-architecture platforms are simply MUCH more cost effective for most applications than Sparc boxes.
    Donald R. Van Clift wrote: haven't we seen this Intel/Solaris combo before? Soalris is optimized for 64-bit and particularly SPARC -- why do we need ANOTHER server platform? My SPARC boxes work toegther very well with Red Hat Intel boxes, and (less well) with Windows servers and PCs. What is the point?
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