Compaq First To Complete Oracle Warehouse NT Test-to-Scale Program.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996-- Compaq Servers Chosen As a Reference Platform For Oracle Database and Parallel Server Development on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) -- the world's leading server vendor -- today announced worldwide that it is the first server vendor to successfully complete the Oracle Warehouse NT Test-to-Scale Program on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Server. Compaq and Oracle drew on their strong working relationship and combined engineering, consulting and support resources to achieve this result. The successful completion of the Test-to-Scale certification on Windows NT demonstrates that Compaq ProLiant 5000 enterprise servers running Windows NT and Oracle 7 Server provide the power and scalability to support data warehouses in real-world environments. The Oracle NT Test-to-Scale Program simulates one of the most compute-intensive and time-consuming business analysis scenarios: sales and marketing executives performing complex queries and analysis against a 100GB database of raw sales data. Through a series of operations, the test measures a system's ability to load detailed data into memory, create summary tables from the data, create indexes and execute advanced queries to identify products that performed above or below expectations in a given time period or geographic region. "With the successful completion of the first Oracle Warehouse Test-to-Scale Program on Windows NT, customers have additional confirmation that Compaq ProLiant 5000 servers can support the rigorous demands of distributed Windows NT data warehouses," said Ronnie Ward, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Solutions Division, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Compaq's strategic partnership with Oracle continues to deliver robust, integrated and reliable enterprise solutions that offer powerful information access to key decision makers with more flexibility and at less cost than proprietary systems." Compaq also announced today that Oracle has chosen the ProLiant 5000 server - which captured 80 percent (a) of the market for Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. servers in the second quarter of 1996 - as its reference platform to develop and test Oracle 7, Oracle 8 and Oracle Parallel Server A version of the Oracle database system designed for massively parallel processors (MPPs). It allows multiple CPUs to access a single database. (database) Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT. As a result, customers running Oracle for Windows NT products on Compaq systems will directly benefit from this partnership through the optimized performance of their solutions. "The results of the NT Test-to-Scale Program provide further proof that the Oracle-Compaq strategic partnership is delivering integrated and optimized solutions for the exciting new market of data marts A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. on the Windows NT platform," said Jerry Held, Senior Vice President, Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation. "Customers can expect this tradition of integration and optimization to extend to future products since Oracle has selected Compaq as an Oracle 8 reference platform on Windows NT." The Oracle NT Test-to-Scale Program was conducted on the award winning Compaq ProLiant 5000 server running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and configured with four 200MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium Pro processors, 2GB of memory, six Smart-2 array controllers, and 84 4.3GB drives. Compaq/Oracle Partnership Since the creation of the Compaq/Oracle alliance and formation of the Compaq Business Unit at Oracle in July 1994, Compaq has worked closely with Oracle to develop industry-standard solutions for enterprise environments that are powerful, integrated, scaleable and highly available. The Compaq/Oracle partnership focuses on four key product areas: performance, availability, scalability and integration tools to lower the total cost of ownership. Recent Compaq/Oracle alliance milestones include: -- Integration of Oracle FailSafe database management application with Compaq On-Line Recovery Server - to meet midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and system availability requirements -- Joint development on Oracle Parallel Server support for Compaq Server Array clustering technology -- General release of the Oracle System Sizer, a jointly developed tool that recommends optimal server configurations Company Background Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is the fifth largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers, delivering useful innovation through products that connect people with people and people with information. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] programs and business practices. Compaq is strategically organized to meet the current and future needs of its customers, offering Internet and enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. solutions, networking products, commercial PC products and consumer PCs. As the leader in distributed enterprise solutions, Compaq has shipped approximately 1 million servers. In 1995, the company reported worldwide sales of $14.8 billion. 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 can be found at http://www.compaq.com or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518. (a) IDC's PC Server and Super Server 2Q96 Market Results -- Aug. 13, 1996 -0- Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corp. Jerele Neeld, 281-514-0484 jneeld@netgate.compaq.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Helen Dragoon dragoon In late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The term derived from his weapon, a short musket called the dragoon. , 617-536-0470 hdragoon@miller.shandwick.com |
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