Re: RedHat / Oracle8i Partnership

This is what I could get. Looks promising for performance-critical stuff but no prices yet.

New Enterprise Product Line Offering Supported by Red Hat and Tested by Both Oracle and Red Hat Increases Linux Database Performance for E-Business and the Enterprise

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-March 8, 2000-Red Hat®, Inc. (NASDAQ:RHAT), the leading provider of open source solutions, and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), the largest provider of software for e-business, today announced the availability of the Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition product line that has been optimized for Oracle8i to support high-volume e-business and enterprise applications. Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle8i will be available within 30 days through Compaq's and Red Hat's value-added distribution channels, including Keylink/Pioneer and Hallmark/AVNet.

Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle delivers on Red Hat's commitment to provide reliable, scalable and highly available open source solutions in the enterprise environment. Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle offers performance and usability improvements for enterprise-class database operations.

Performance and Usability Enhancements

Raw I/O: Supports direct access to disks to increase Oracle disk throughput, resulting in faster database access and decreased memory pressure for more efficient use of memory.

Large Memory: Increases physical RAM used to 4 GB.

64-bit file I/O: Allows access to files greater than 2 GB in size, enabling scalable database production servers.

Integrated Java Run-time Environment (JRE): Allows efficient configuration of Oracle database systems from Linux desktop using Oracle's Java configuration tools.

Motif 2.1: Provides GUI libraries for Oracle development and administrative tools.

``Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle is a clear indication of Linux's ascension into the most business-critical applications in the enterprise,'' said Paul McNamara, general manager, Enterprise Business Unit, Red Hat. ``As we continue to develop innovations with leaders such as Oracle, we will seek to meet the growing demand for Linux in enterprise applications.''

``Once again Red Hat has delivered improved Linux database performance to the growing number of corporate enterprises that demand the performance of Oracle8i and the reliability of Red Hat Linux,'' said Michael Rocha, senior vice president, Platform Technologies Division, Oracle. ``Demanding e-business environments need the scalability and wider data access made possible by this new enterprise offering from Red Hat.''

``Customers are assured of successful system deployment when leading industry players combine to provide value through integration,'' said Ray Villareal, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Solutions and Services Group, Compaq Computer Corporation. ``Certified and supported solutions from Compaq, Red Hat and Oracle mean that Linux customers can now implement their e-business solutions at the lowest cost with minimum risk.''

Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle includes enterprise incident-based support and an annual maintenance subscription to ensure that production servers are fully and consistently supported by Red Hat.

Pricing and Availability

The Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition product line is a collaborative effort between Red Hat and industry leading application providers designed to deliver optimized solutions, incorporating support and simplified configuration of well-known enterprise and Internet applications, to enterprise customers. Red Hat and its partners then work together to produce a tested, integrated and configured enterprise solution that assures maximum reliability, performance and availability. In keeping with its commitment to open source and the open source development community, Red Hat will continue to freely share all modifications to the Linux OS with the open source community under public licenses.

Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition which has been optimized for Oracle8i will be available within 30 days through Compaq's and Red Hat's value-added distribution channels, including Keylink/Pioneer (www.keylink.pios.com) and Hallmark/AVNet (www.hallmark.avnet.com). Available in the U.S. and internationally, the enterprise edition can be purchased through value-added distribution channels and can be ordered directly from www.redhat.com. Received on Wed Mar 15 2000 - 00:00:00 CST