Oracle and Sun build on alliance; announce Oracle 10g for Solaris 10 Operating System

Additionally, the companies are announcing the general availability of Oracle Database 10g for Solaris 9 OS for x86 systems. These business-critical information technology platforms deliver additional choice for secure, low cost computing options to a broad range of customers and partners.

Oracle customers worldwide and in the Middle East will benefit from much of the unique combination of Oracle's revolutionary grid technology and the potency of Solaris platform.

"The enhancements in Solaris 10 further expand the opportunity to combine Oracle's grid technology with a high-performance Solaris platform," said Ayman Abouseif, Senior Director, Marketing, Oracle, Middle East & Africa. "The combination of Oracle 10g and Solaris 10 will provide our joint customers the powerful world class offerings that they have come to expect from us."

"Sun and Oracle continue to build on a strong two-decade long relationship to extend the industry's #1 Unix OS and build a direct link between technology solutions and profitability through maximum system uptime," said Graham Porter, Marketing Manager, Sun, Middle East and North Africa. "Today's announcement emphasizes our complementary strategies in key areas such as enterprise grid computing, security, high-availability and clustering, continue to have a huge impact on the industry."

Oracle 10g on Solaris x86
Last year Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy CEOs of Oracle and Sun outlined the companies' agreement to provide low-cost offerings to the marketplace and delivering Oracle 10g on Solaris OS for x86 is the first major milestone. Early indicators prove that customer demand is high for Sun's systems with more than 1500 software downloads of Oracle 10g for Solaris 9 x86 in just a few weeks.

Oracle and Sun have worked together for 20 years to deliver secure, reliable and scalable enterprise-class datacenters to over 70,000 customers around the world. With a shared commitment to open, standards-based computing, Oracle and Sun deliver optimal performance, innovation and value to the customer through joint engineering efforts, sales and service.