Dell, Oracle Expand Linux Development Partnership; New Industry Report Highlights Customer Acceptance, Benefits of Linux Operating System.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2002-Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) and Oracle today extended their relationship to deliver high-performance database solutions on Linux, with specific plans to build Oracle's next generation database software for Linux using Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. servers and Dell/EMC storage. This follows a recent report by industry analyst firm D.H. Brown Associates Inc. that shows the evolution and maturity of the open-source operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. proceeding at a rapid pace. The report, entitled "Linux Strategies and Solutions," cites Dell's combination of products, partnerships and services to support customers migrating from UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). to Linux make the company a leader in driving Linux further into the enterprise. "Dell's enterprise strategy is likely to result in a leadership position for volume, commodity Linux servers based on the company's ability to deliver high customer satisfaction throughout the ordering, fulfillment and deployment process," said Pierre Fricke, executive vice president, D.H. Brown Associates. "This strategy already has allowed Dell to take the lead on system pricing. The company also is recognized for its Customer Factory Integration services, which offer customers significant value and flexibility in specifying, purchasing and deploying systems." Integral to Dell's momentum in the Linux market is a focused strategy that includes relationships with software leaders such as Oracle and SAP, and with supercomputer supercomputer, a state-of-the-art, extremely powerful computer capable of manipulating massive amounts of data in a relatively short time. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized scientific and engineering applications that must handle very leader Cray (Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA, www.cray.com) A supercomputer manufacturer founded in 1972 as Cray Research, Inc., by Seymour Cray, a leading designer of large-scale computers at Control Data. In 1976, it shipped its first computer to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Systems. Dell has worked extensively with Oracle to deliver the first Oracle9i Database Certified Configuration running Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. and the first Oracle clustering certification on Dell/EMC storage. Together, the companies can provide simplified, cost-effective ways to implement enterprise-level Oracle database solutions on Linux. "Over the last six months, we have seen a significant increase in interest from our corporate customers for Linux," said Russ Holt, vice president of Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "Financial, telecommunication, industrial and other Fortune 500 companies are turning to Dell and Oracle to take advantage of the dramatic cost and performance benefits we can provide with Linux operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. ." Additional information on Dell Linux solutions is available at www.dell.com/linux. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL), the world's most preferred computer systems company, is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $31.2 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com. Dell and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation . Copyright 2001 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. (Published in the United State of America. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is unlawful and strictly forbidden.) NOTE TO EDITORS: In the phrase "Dell/EMC storage" there should be a pipe symbol between "Dell" and "EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. storage." It was changed to a forward slash The forward slash, or slash, character (/) is the divide symbol in programming and on calculator keyboards. For example, 10 / 7 means 10 divided by 7. The slash is also often used in command line syntax to indicate a switch. For example, in the DOS Xcopy statement xcopy *. for transmission purposes only. |
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