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Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Delivers Enhanced Features for Improved Availability, Manageability, and Security

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Leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus, mortgage financing giant Fannie Mae, and biometric solutions provider Motorola Biometrics Solutions showcased the benefits of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 during its beta testing phase. The companies tested various features, including Oracle Data Guard's rolling upgrade capability, Fast-start Failover, and automated management capabilities, which helped them achieve higher quality of service, reduce costs, and simplify information management.

Key Takeaways:

  • Airbus Deutschland GmbH achieved 100% availability using Oracle Data Guard's rolling upgrade capability, with the database upgrade taking only three hours and applications available for less than two minutes.
  • Fannie Mae automated failover with Oracle Data Guard, enabling automatic database failover and reducing the need for 24x7 DBA staff availability.
  • Motorola Biometrics Solutions took advantage of Oracle Database 10g Release 2's manageability features, including automated management capabilities that ease daily administration of the database.
  • The three companies participated in the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 beta program, providing strategic feedback and testing various features.
  • Oracle Database 10g Release 2 offers enhanced availability, manageability, performance, and security features, making it an ideal choice for grid computing, online transaction processing, decision support, and content management applications.
  • The database features automated management capabilities for easy and cost-effective operation, making it suitable for small businesses to large corporations.
  • Over 53,000 developers have downloaded Oracle Database 10g from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Statistics:

  • 63 million families have achieved home ownership with the help of Fannie Mae since 1968.
  • Oracle Database 10g Release 2 has been downloaded over 53,000 times from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
  • The database is designed for grid computing, delivering the highest performance, scalability, availability, security, and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry-standard storage and servers.
  • Oracle Database 10g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes.
  • Fannie Mae evaluated Oracle Data Guard's new Fast-start Failover capability, which can address recovery time objectives measured in seconds.

Sources:

  • Oracle Database 10g Release 2 beta program participants
  • Airbus Deutschland GmbH
  • Fannie Mae
  • Motorola Biometrics Solutions
  • "Oracle Database 10g Release 2: A Higher Quality of Service while Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Information Management" (PRNewswire-FirstCall)
  • "About Oracle Database 10g" (Oracle Corporation)
  • Oracle Technology Network (OTN)
  • Oracle Corporation press release (July 11, 2002)

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