EMC and Oracle work to speed Oracle Database 11g deployments

They include pre-tested, integrated and documented configurations for Oracle Database environments as well as the validation of EMC technology with Oracle Database 11g, which allows faster and easier configuration and management of EMC network attached storage (NAS) in Oracle grid computing environments.

"The EMC and Oracle partnership gives regional customers an advantage over their competitors as we are completely focused on helping clients control costs and get the most value from their technology infrastructure" said Mohammed Amin, General Manager, EMC Middle East & North Africa.

"We have invested a great deal and work closely to combine our products and supply clients with the simplest and most effective ways to deploy them. Combined with our shared service and support capabilities, we're in a unique position to help customers with their Oracle Database 11g implementations."

EMC and Oracle jointly tested the Oracle Database 11g Direct NFS Client (network file system) feature. By integrating Direct NFS Client directly into the database software, regional Oracle Database 11g users can streamline performance and functionality as the database communicates automatically with the storage system. This eliminates time consuming manual tasks, including setting NFS parameters such as block size, cache size and other parameters. EMC worked extensively with Oracle as a beta test partner.

Judson Althoff, Vice President, Worldwide Platform and Distribution Alliances at Oracle, said, "Oracle and EMC have collaborated for more than a decade and have provided thousands of mutual customers with solutions and services that have enabled them to get the most value from their information. Oracle Database 11g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes and we're working with EMC to make sure that the integration between the database and EMC storage systems and software are as seamless as possible."

In the Middle East, EMC and Oracle work together with a diverse group of enterprise customers that span many sectors including government, aviation, oil and gas, telecommunications and manufacturing. Internationally, they have more than 55,000 mutual customers. EMC is a Certified Advantage Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork and Oracle is an EMC Global Alliance Partner. The two companies use each other's technologies to run their respective businesses.