Monday March 1, 9:45 am Eastern Time
Oracle8i Ships as Centerpiece of Oracle's Internet Platform; New Study Shows Oracle Delivers Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news)
today announced the immediate availability of Oracle8i(TM), the world's first Internet database and
centerpiece of Oracle's Internet Platform. More than 50,000 Internet developers have already
registered for early access CD's in a staggering five days, demonstrating the huge market demand for
Oracle8i's breakthrough Internet capabilities. The new database delivers critical economies of scale
for Internet applications based on Oracle's low- cost infrastructure, as highlighted in a study released
today by INPUT Research.
Oracle's Internet Platform, comprised of Oracle8i, Oracle® Application Server and Oracle's Internet
development tools, enables businesses to develop, deploy and manage Internet applications that
support the revolutionary new business models enabled by the Internet. No longer bound by the
limitations of client/server, Oracle's Internet Platform leverages Java and other Internet standards to
help organizations centralize complexity for professional management, and distribute information to
any Internet browser.
''The Internet is not just a change in technology, it's a completely new way of doing business,'' said
Chuch Rozwat, senior vice president, Server Technologies Division at Oracle Corp. ''Collaborative
Research already shows Oracle underpins 10 of the top 10 consumer web sites and 9 of the top 10
business web sites -- it is the foundation of the Internet. Now, with Oracle8i, things get even better.''
Today's Web sites need to support thousands of users and be up and running 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. The meteoric rise of the Internet means that database features previously only required
for the high end -- such as scalability, reliability, security -- are now mandated by everyone. On the
Internet there is only a high end. Oracle8i builds on 20 years of experience in providing scalable,
reliable, secure database systems. It uniquely delivers the functionality required to move entire
businesses to the Web.
''The sophistication and performance of Oracle8i helps us reduce administration needs, which then
translates into reduced costs, and better use of customer information,'' said Igor Cherny, Database
Development Manager, SegaSoft Networks, Inc.
The new Internet model of computing based on Oracle8i delivers the lowest total cost of ownership of
any vendor. With organizations consolidating data and applications onto a smaller number of large
servers, the administration costs are dramatically lower. Today INPUT Research released new data
showing an Oracle solution to be up to 62% lower than that of Microsoft (see input.com),
clearly showing Oracle to be the market leader in total cost of ownership (see today's INPUT
release).
Oracle8i is immediately available on all major platforms including WindowsNT, Sun Solaris, HP-UX,
IBM AIX, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, and Sequent DYNIX/ptx. To order a copy of Oracle8i, call
1-800 ORACLE1 or visit the Oracle Store at oraclestore.oracle.com. Pricing remains
unchanged, starting at $1,475 for a five concurrent user license.
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the
world's second largest independent software company. With annual revenues of more than $8.0
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 650/506-7000. Oracle's Worldwide Web address is
(URL) oracle.com.
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