Oracle and SCO Announce Availability of Oracle7 Workgroup Server for SCO OpenServer Release 5

Strategic Insights -

The collaboration between Oracle and SCO brings a new level of enterprise connectivity to customers, enabling them to leverage the power of Oracle 7 database systems in Windows, UNIX, or mixed-client environments on SCO OpenServer Release 5. This integrated solution combines the price-performance of Oracle7 Workgroup Server with the scalability and reliability of SCO's Business Critical Servers, providing customers with unprecedented ease of managing the database and operating system environment.

Key Takeaways:

  • Oracle7 Workgroup Server enables customers to combine the power, scalability, and enterprise connectivity of SCO Business Critical Servers with the ability to run Oracle 7 database systems in Windows, UNIX, or mixed-client environments.
  • The solution is part of the Workgroup/2000 family announced in January 1995 and offers a combination of enterprise-level performance of Oracle7 with the ease of installation and administration normally associated with software running on today's desktop Windows-based PCs.
  • Organizations deploying Oracle7 Workgroup Servers throughout their enterprise gain the dual advantage of being able to protect current investments in desktop development tools and applications while upsizing to more powerful client/server-based systems.
  • The products are available immediately on SCO OpenServer Release 5 and are priced at US $199 per server access and US $99 per client, with a 5-client minimum.
  • Oracle7 Workgroup Server is also available for a 90-day free trial over Oracle's Internet-based World Wide Web Server.
  • SCO OpenServer Release 5 is the only Business Critical Server operating system for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware.
  • The operating system offers advanced reliability, availability, and scalability features, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors.

Statistics:

  • SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, with more unit shipments in 1994 than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX, HP's HP-UX, and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, most current data as of 12/94).
  • Oracle is a $2 billion company with headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., and is the world's leading supplier of information management software.
  • Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes, and massively parallel computers.
  • The company offers its products, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in more than 90 countries around the world.

Sources:

  • Business Wire
  • SCO (NASDAQ:SCOC)
  • Oracle Corp.
  • IDC
  • Oracle's home page on the World Wide Web URL: http://www.oracle.com/
  • SCO's home page on the World Wide Web URL: http://www.sco.com/