Oracle 7.1 Now Available on Stratus Continuum Series Systems

Strategic Insights -

Stratus Computer, Inc. has renewed its reseller agreement with Oracle Corporation, ensuring a continued relationship between the two companies and paving the way for future Oracle products to be ported to Stratus-based systems. Oracle 7.1 Release is now available on the new Stratus Continuum Series systems running FTX, a fault-tolerant, scalable, and native port of the UNIX System V.4 operating system. This agreement enables support for critical relational database applications in open systems environments.

Key Takeaways:

  • Stratus and Oracle have renewed their reseller agreement, ensuring a continued relationship throughout the decade.
  • Oracle 7.1 Release is now available on Stratus Continuum Series systems running FTX, a fault-tolerant, scalable, and native port of the UNIX System V.4 operating system.
  • Oracle 7.1 is a powerful database server especially suited for transaction-intensive, mission-critical applications, taking advantage of Stratus' SMP architecture and adding transparent parallelization of queries, applications, indexing, and loading.
  • The agreement ensures that Stratus will distribute Oracle products worldwide and will provide a platform for future Oracle products to be ported to Stratus-based systems.
  • Oracle 7.1 Release 7.1 is available on Stratus Continuum and VOS operating systems, offering a scalable and fault-tolerant solution for mission-critical applications.
  • The deal positions Stratus to continue its penetration of key markets where data integrity and availability are essential.
  • Stratus and Oracle have a long history of successful collaborations, with numerous corporate installations around the world.

Statistics:

  • 60+ countries where Stratus markets its systems and solutions
  • 5 key focused vertical markets: financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, retail, and travel/transportation
  • 1 Oracle RDBMS open systems porter to Stratus systems (Stratus Continuum(TM) Series)
  • 1 fault-tolerant, scalable, and native port of the UNIX System V.4 operating system (FTX(R))
  • 1 original Stratus fault-tolerant operating system (VOS)

Sources:

  • Stratus Computer, Inc. press release, July 11, 1995
  • Oracle Corporation and Stratus Computer, Inc. reseller agreement
  • Interview with Joe D'Angelo, Stratus Vice President of Market Development
  • Quote by Polly Sumner, Oracle Vice President of Worldwide Business Alliances