Oracle selects and deploys over 1,000TB of Network Appliance storage.Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ) has announced that Oracle has implemented NetApp See Network Appliance and NetApp Filer. storage solutions as part of its mission-critical infrastructure, including Oracle Outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , E-Business Suite development, and platform engineering. Oracle has deployed more than 1,000TB of NetApp storage throughout its infrastructure. This massive deployment demonstrates the robust nature of NetApp storage solutions for a variety of mission- and business-critical implementations, as well as the scalability and simplicity of NetApp solutions. Oracle has selected NetApp as a key storage provider for its storage infrastructure and is deploying NetApp FAS series, NearStore, and NetCache systems to build and maintain next-generation database and applications software. This deployment will reduce development and quality assurance time cycles and therefore accelerate time to market for new Oracle software solutions. Because Oracle's development infrastructure is now utilizing NetApp solutions, customers will have greater assurance of seamless compatibility and deployment in Oracle environments with the latest Oracle releases. "Network Appliance continues to distinguish its storage solutions with ease of management and scalability, which are crucial to Oracle and our mutual customers," stated Juan Jones, vice president, Systems Platform Division at Oracle. NetApp storage is being used to run Oracle's Outsourcing business and enable Oracle to provide Oracle Outsourcing customers with the highest performance and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. . Oracle also utilizes NetApp storage for all of its Oracle E-Business Suite A group of integrated Internet-based applications from Oracle. Introduced in 2001 as Version 11i, it includes modules for CRM, finance, human resources, supply chain management as well as applications for business intelligence. core development and regression testing In software development, testing a program that has been modified in order to ensure that additional bugs have not been introduced. When a program is enhanced, testing is often done only on the new features. , helping streamline the entire development and quality assurance process. "Oracle's broad deployment of NetApp for its own business clearly signals to others that Oracle on NetApp is not only viable, but also highly reliable and productive. Today's enterprises are powered by sophisticated database and business applications--and NetApp storage has proven to be the ideal choice," said Mark Santora, senior vice president of Marketing at Network Appliance. "Our joint customers can leverage the tight product compatibility between Oracle and NetApp, making joint solutions easy to deploy and manage." |
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