Chapter 2 e-services Selects Oracle8i for ASP Service Offering; ASPs to Benefit from Scalable, High-performance Databases at Fraction of Cost.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 Chapter 2(TM) e-services, Inc., The ASP Infrastructure Company(TM), today announced it has selected Oracle8i(TM) as an integral component of its business application hosting and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality for application service provider (ASP). Offering a secure, "instant-on" infrastructure and operations services in a fully managed environment, the company speeds ASPs and corporations' time to market by negating the cost to build a hosting environment See hosted environment. , while reducing operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. to supply 24x7 monitoring of business applications. Chapter 2's ASP customers can now rent Oracle's industry-leading Internet database on Chapter 2's high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and scalable architecture to provide exceptional throughput and ensure superior performance. Current customers are Aspect Telecommunications (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ASPT ASPT American Society of Plant Taxonomists ASPT American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians ASPT Average Score Per Taxon (neural networks) ASPT Academy of Screen Printing Technology ASPT Army School of Physical Training ), Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), InAnalysys, Inc. and paper2net.com. "With the addition of renting Oracle as part of our service offering we can now truly say that we are a one stop shop for providing full infrastructure and managed operations to ASPs, said Ritu Raj, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Chapter 2 e-services. "Oracle represents the industry standard for a high-performance database layer." Chapter 2 chose Oracle as its preferred database provider as 90 percent of all Internet applications use the Oracle(R) database. Toni Taylor, senior vice president of Engineering of Chapter 2 e-services, Inc. adds, "After 10 years of leading development teams using Oracle database software and tools, I have come to depend on the performance, stability and robust offerings we get from Oracle. The company has a track record of leading the field and setting the new standards with each generation of product offerings." Chapter 2 proprietary management and monitoring tool, PRASMA(TM) has been developed using Oracle software and is tuned to perform exceptionally well with ASPs who have an Oracle back-end, including performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. and auto-fix features. "The Internet economy demands that businesses be available 24x7, provide superior performance and offer comprehensive security," said Jeremy Burton, Oracle senior vice president, Product and Services Marketing. "To deliver this, an integrated e-business infrastructure is critical. Because Oracle8i allows seamless integration and solid security, it enables Chapter 2 to ensure that its customers' e-business applications remain continuously available, easy to manage and cost efficient." About Chapter 2 Chapter 2 e-services, Inc. provides business application hosting and a comprehensive set of managed services infrastructure for application service providers (ASPs). The company's services go beyond 'power, pipe and ping' to provide network, operating system, database and application monitoring and management. Founded in October 1999, Chapter 2 is based in San Francisco and has secured financing from Convergence Partners, Sand Hill Capital and Hewlett-Packard Company. Call 415.956.8000; or visit online at www.chapter2.net. Note to Editors: Chapter 2 and the Chapter 2 logo are registered trademarks of Chapter 2 e-services, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. 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