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To: jont who wrote (10769)	5/18/1999 9:09:00 AM
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HP Selects Oracle8i(TM) as Preferred Database Repository for E-SpeakTechnology Oracle(R) Internet Platform's Scalability, Reliability and Performance Cited as Key by HP REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Hewlett Packard's E-Services launch today, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) announced that HP has selected Oracle8i(TM), the Internet platform for business innovation, as the preferred database repository for HP's new E-Speak technology, launched today at HP's E-Service strategy briefing. Oracle8i will also serve as a testing environment for E-speak and will be recommended by HP for use in developing and deploying E-Speak applications. Oracle8i will enable HP to build E-Speak applications that provide real-time, dynamic Web content to thousands of simultaneous users across the Internet, and will then serve as a repository for the content, enabling HP's customers to have instant access to the information they need for conducting E-Business over the Web. "The combination of Oracle8i and HP's E-Speak will take the Internet a step further toward an E-Services world by allowing e-service components to interact across firewalls while effectively creating and maintaining secure trading communities for traders, business-to-business users and consumers," said Ann Livermore, president and CEO, HP Enterprise Computing, Hewlett Packard. "Oracle and HP have a long tradition of being innovators in the industry," said Mike Rocha, senior vice president, Oracle Corporation. "Since the future of E-Business lies with open, powerful, fast and secure systems that are as easy to develop and use as they are to maintain, HP's choice of Oracle8i shows that Oracle is providing the technology infrastructure for the Internet." About Oracle8i and Oracle's Internet Platform 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. Oracle's Internet Platform, comprised of Oracle8i, Oracle(R) 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. 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 $8.3 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. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corp. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE Oracle Corp. CO: Oracle Corp. ST: California IN: CPR MLM SU: CON 05/18/99 08:00 EDT prnewswire.com