Sun Platform Meets Industry Challenge with Flexible and Low-Cost Architecture

Strategic Insights -

Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Oracle Corporation announced that some of the world's largest business intelligence data warehouse (BIDW) systems run Oracle Database on the Sun platform to achieve greater business agility and performance, while reducing operational costs. Thousands of customers, including Claria, Solectron, TeleCels, and the University of Nevada, Reno, rely on Sun's seamless, scalable 64-bit architecture to power their multi-terabyte class business intelligence networks. The industry's #1 UNIX Operating System, Solaris, is at the core of this offering, which includes Sun StorEdge storage systems and the Java Enterprise System. Oracle Database 10g simplifies the maintenance of ever-expanding data warehouses with self-tuning, self-diagnosing features, and a single management interface.

Key Takeaways:

  • Over 1,000 customers, including Claria, Solectron, TeleCels, and the University of Nevada, Reno, rely on Sun's scalable architecture to power their multi-terabyte class business intelligence networks.
  • The Solaris platform, built on industry-standard hardware, provides unparalleled security and scalability for the world's largest data warehouses.
  • Oracle Database 10g offers performance and reliability, providing a single, integrated database engine for scalable and high-performing data warehousing implementations.
  • The iForce BIDW Competency Center enables customers to design and evaluate system architecture before deployment, reducing costs, risk, and time-to-service of an effective BIDW solution.
  • The Solaris OS-optimized data center program enables customers to achieve 70 percent scale-out utilization at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.
  • Customers report significant benefits, including increased performance, reduced footprint, and lower operational costs, with Sun and Oracle BIDW solutions.

Statistics:

  • Over 1,000 customers are running Oracle Database on the Sun platform for their business intelligence data warehouses.
  • Customers have reported a 200 percent increase in data warehouse performance, a 60 percent reduction in data center footprint, and a 40 percent reduction in operational costs using Sun and Oracle BIDW solutions.
  • The iForce BIDW Competency Center has helped customers save costs, reduce risk, and improve time-to-service of their BIDW solutions.
  • The Solaris OS-optimized data center program enables customers to achieve 70 percent scale-out utilization at reduced costs.

Sources:

  • [ Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Oracle Corporation news release, "Sun Platform Meets Industry Challenge With Flexible and Low-Cost Architecture Deployed at More Than 1000 Customers"]
  • [Oswald D'Sa, CIO Claria Corp., Sun and Oracle news release]
  • [Senthil Rajamanickam, enterprise integration leader, Solectron, Sun and Oracle news release]
  • [Oracle Corporation Web site, http://www.oracle.com/]
  • [Sun Microsystems, Inc. Web site, http://sun.com/]