Oracle Selects Network Appliance to Support Oracle e-Business Needs
Wednesday December 6, 3:57 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
Oracle Selects Network Appliance to Support Oracle e-Business Needs
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000--Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP - news), the
leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that Oracle plans to
deploy NetApp® filer end-to-end solutions to support specific Oracle® storage requirements. With this announcement, Network Appliance will provide
enterprise network storage solutions for managing the data access and storage requirements for a variety of Oracle's e-business needs. Oracle and Network
Appliance have a solid history of providing customers with certified database environments that are highly available, extremely reliable and very simple to
manage and expand.
Oracle has chosen to deploy Network Appliance's new F840 series enterprise storage solution with Snapshot(TM), SnapMirror(TM), and SnapRestore(TM)
software to handle the storage management and data protection for a variety of Oracle's e-business needs.
``The benefits of Network Appliance in an Oracle® database environment are clear. Their network attached storage products deliver the scalability and
performance that Oracle requires to run its own e-business,'' said Gary Roberts, senior vice president, Global IT, Oracle. ``Oracle and Network Appliance will
work together to extend the ease of use, high data availability, and reliable access, which are trademarks of Network Appliance(TM) products and technology
to Oracle's IT infrastructure.''
``Managing e-business, including online applications, without sacrificing performance requires storage solutions that can be quickly installed and easily
administered,'' said Tom Mendoza, president of Network Appliance, Inc. ``Providing data infrastructure for Oracle will give Network Appliance the
opportunity to take our technology to new levels of scalability, availability and shared access.''
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both
the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco,
Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a
single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and
reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and
reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system,
as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
Note to Editors: NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, NetCache, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the
U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries,
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and
should be treated as such.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.
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