Compaq and Oracle Highlight Success and Future of eBusiness at Oracle OpenWorld '99
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news) joined
Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news) today at Oracle OpenWorld '99 to reflect on joint successes the
two companies have shared during their more than 20-year relationship and to focus on the future of
Compaq's NonStop(TM) eBusiness Solutions combined with Oracle's complete suite of industry leading
eBusiness solutions. During today's keynote address, Compaq President and CEO Michael Capellas
recounted significant customer successes and looked to a promising future as the two companies
continue to drive performance leadership with NonStop eBusiness Solutions. Some of the customers
currently benefiting from Compaq and Oracle solutions include Lycos, drugstore.com, Volvo and Best
Western International.
''Using the NonStop eBusiness Solutions developed by Compaq combined with Oracle's leading
database and eBusiness applications, today our customers have the strongest set of tools to compete
and win in the Internet economy,'' said Michael Capellas. ''Together, Compaq and Oracle will continue
to focus on our customers and jointly develop solutions that will ensure they enjoy many more years of
NonStop success.''
''Our customers tell us that they want solution providers that take joint responsibility for the success of
vital eBusiness implementations, which is what the Oracle and Compaq alliance is all about,'' said Ray
Lane, President, Oracle Corp. ''Compaq's NonStop eBusiness Solutions provide the foundation on
which the Oracle Internet Platform and our eBusiness applications run, all of which require the high
levels of availability, scalability, and reliability demanded by the new Internet economy. Additionally, the
breadth of Compaq solutions -- from Tru64 UNIX to Windows NT and from storage to high- availability
clusters -- that provides our joint customers real value in simplifying and accelerating their evolution into
customer responsive enterprises.''
The Compaq and Oracle relationship brings a long history of technology collaboration between the two
companies. Jointly, they've been at the forefront of clustering technology, making reliable, highly
scalable and cost- effective computing a reality on industry standard platforms as well as achieving
other industry firsts, such as the development of Very Large Memory (VLM) and 64-bit Oracle
computing on AlphaServers.
Proven Success with eBusiness Solutions at Work in the Internet Economy
Lycos
Lycos, the fastest growing Internet portal with approximately 50 million
people visiting the site each day and over 7 million using it as their home
page, relies on Compaq and Oracle to fuel its growth and help it keep pace
with the demands of the Internet. Recognizing the need for a NonStop,
completely scalable eBusiness computing environment, Lycos deployed Compaq
AlphaServers with Oracle8i, running on a Compaq Tru64 UNIX solution to process
the large volumes of transactions and move massive amounts of data.
''Our livelihood as an eCommerce company rests squarely on the reliability of the technology we've
deployed to effectively and efficiently compete in the increasingly demanding and complex global
eBusiness community,'' said Ron Rainville, Director of Operations, Lycos. ''The decision to base our
critical IT infrastructure on Compaq and Oracle's superior eBusiness solutions has clearly given us the
confidence and competitive edge that's fundamental to our continued success.''
drugstore.com
Also at work in the Internet economy is drugstore.com, a leading online source for health, beauty, and
wellness products offering more than 16,000 brand name personal health care products. As an
important 24x7 source of personal healthcare information and as a licensed pharmacy, drugstore.com
has implemented a Compaq NonStop eBusiness Solution of multi-tiered Compaq ProLiant Servers,
Compaq AlphaServers, and Compaq StorageWorks running Tru64 UNIX, Microsoft Windows NT, and the
Oracle8i database. This environment ensures customers have quick responses when browsing, placing
orders or consulting with beauty experts and pharmacists via e-mail, even during peak traffic loads.
''High availability is as important to eCommerce as breathing is to humans,'' says drugstore.com's Chief
Information Officer, Kal Raman. ''Our Compaq servers keep the information stored in our Oracle
database highly available to customers, giving us an advantage for eCommerce.''
Volvo Dealer Development Corporation
Information technology is molding every aspect of business from the way companies acquire customers
to the way they create and deliver products to the market. So when Swedish Volvo Dealer Development
Corporation needed a technology to manage the rollout of its new information systems, it turned to
Compaq and Oracle for the job. Volvo purchased thousands of Compaq PCs, servers and storage
systems and the Oracle database to support its Truck and Car Dealer Information systems.
Volvo's data is stored in the Oracle database running on four Compaq AlphaServer systems, with a total
of 32 processors, which are deployed in a high availability configuration, running the Tru64 UNIX
operating system. Volvo maintains this Oracle data in a Compaq StorageWorks Enterprise Storage
Array in conjunction with the multi-processor server farm to ensure outstanding reliability, flexibility, and
performance.
''Compaq systems offer the most stable and consistent platform architecture and the best
price/performance for our needs,'' says Per-Olof Eklund, Chief Operation Officer of Swedish Volvo Dealer
Development in Gothenburg, Sweden. ''As a result, running our critical Oracle database on the Compaq
systems is extremely reliable and robust.''
Best Western International
When faced with migrating its reservation system from IBM mainframe technology to more
technologically advanced systems, Best Western International, the world's leading hotel brand, also
turned to Compaq and Oracle. With nearly 3,900 hotel properties worldwide lodging more than 40 million
guests per year, Best Western understands that an efficient, responsive reservation process can mean
the difference between empty rooms and a bustling, profitable hotel.
Therefore, today the Best Western reservation system runs on a cluster of Compaq AlphaServer
systems with Compaq Tru64 running an Oracle database, which supports more than 4,000 Best
Western reservation specialists, 300,000 airline and travel agents, and a fast-growing Internet-based
reservation service.
''We needed a quick transition from the mainframe environment to the Alpha architecture and Compaq
consultants helped every step of the way in achieving that goal,'' says Peter Flack, CIO at Best Western
International. ''The new system delivers sub-second response to users during peak periods and puts
vast information resources in the hands of reservation specialists, consumers, and our management
team.''
The Compaq-Oracle solution delivers instant access to room availability information which keeps
vacancies to an absolute minimum and boosts room revenue at Best Western properties by an
estimated $50 million annually. Flack attributes this success to the Compaq AlphaServer systems in
the Compaq Tru64 UNIX environment. ''The 64-bit addressing provides a huge performance advantage for
applications,'' said Flack. ''The Oracle database also takes advantage of the Alpha system's 64-bit
architecture, which is important today and in the future as we expand the system to meet business
growth.''
Compaq and Oracle NonStop eBusiness Solutions Priorities
The goals of Compaq and Oracle are clear -- to speed implementation of eBusiness applications across
Tru64 UNIX and Windows NT by optimizing and integrating core eBusiness attributes: manageability,
scalability, availability, security, and business functionality to provide robust solutions that meet the
demands of the Internet economy.
To ensure these goals are met, the two companies rely on the comprehensive services offered through
Compaq/Oracle Competency worldwide. Compaq/Oracle Competency Centers have dedicated
engineering and pre-sales technical support that help customers develop, refine and test solutions
before they deploy them. These centers specialize in optimizing Compaq/Oracle solutions on Compaq
ProLiant and Alpha platforms. Oracle solutions are also supported through the Compaq ActiveAnswers
program, where customers can access a broad range of online tools, guides and resources to plan,
deploy, and operate business solutions. In addition, Compaq and Oracle will continue to offer a wide
selection of enterprise-level services based on proven capabilities and tested methodologies. With a
staff of over 200 Oracle trained service consultants to help customers deploy Oracle and Compaq
solutions, customers can expect increased performance and quicker time to implementation.
Compaq Company Background
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer
company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. Compaq develops and
markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing
solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, enterprise and network storage solutions,
commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in
environmentally friendly programs and business practices.
Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of authorized
Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are
available at www.compaq.com.
Oracle Company Background
Oracle Corp. 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 $9.1 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 World Wide Web address is
(URL) www.oracle.com.
Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
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