Oracle
announces unbreakable Linux partner initiative for independent software
vendors
Posted: 30 March 2003
New Sales Incentives, Marketing Funds, Development and Support
Resources Available for ISVs Delivering Applications on Oracle’s
Unbreakable Linux Software Infrastructure
Dubai, UAE — Oracle Corporation, the world’s
largest enterprise software company, today announced the Unbreakable
Linux Partner Initiative, the next step in Oracle’s Unbreakable
Linux campaign. The new initiative dramatically increases financial
and technical incentives to independent software vendors (ISVs)
delivering applications on Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux software
infrastructure.
Unbreakable Linux ISV applications created through this initiative
will comprise a catalog of offerings “Powered By” Oracle
Unbreakable Linux, available through Oracle and its partners.
Linux is the fastest growing platform, and according to IDC, the
Linux database market is projected to grow to US$5.9 billion by
2006. Numerous other industry and financial analyst reports have
found that Linux server growth is over 50 per cent and a survey
of CIOs by Goldman Sachs in November 2002 showed that 39 percent
of IT departments have already deployed Linux solutions.
An Evans Data Survey published in October 2002, also found that
59 percent of developers expect to write Linux applications in the
next year.
“Linux is the fastest growing server operating system and
Oracle already has more than 4,000 ISVs using Oracle software on
Linux,” said Ayman Abouseif, Oracle’s senior marketing
director for Middle East, Africa, Eastern and Central Europe, Oracle
Corp. “Software applications developed on our Unbreakable
Linux software infrastructure offer a unique combination of innovative
technologies like a modern open-source operating system and database
and application server clustering that help reduce dramatically
the cost of computing while achieving the highest levels of performance,
reliability and security. Through this new initiative, we will work
together with our partners to offer a catalog of ‘Powered
By’ Oracle Unbreakable Linux applications to this high-growth
market that is looking for reliable, scalable, low-cost enterprise
software.”
Oracle Unbreakable Linux Partner Initiative Benefits
Middle East based ISVs who join the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Partner
Initiative through the Oracle Partner Network will receive technical
and support resources to help them build their applications, as
well as an opportunity to receive aggressive financial incentives
and marketing funds to help bring their solutions to market. Applications
built on Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux software infrastructure
and offered through these partners are also slated to leverage new
“Powered By” Oracle Unbreakable Linux compatibility
branding. Specialized benefits of this initiative include:
- ·A lead generation campaign specifically for ISVs delivering
solutions on Unbreakable Linux
- A “Powered By” Oracle Unbreakable Linux marketing
campaign builder
- Additional marketing development funds for qualifying ISVs
- Access to Oracle and partner competency centers for ISVs to
test and tune their applications on Linux
- Oracle on Linux training roadmaps, education and workshops
- Sizing assistance and migration tools
- Pricing and promotional programs
“Our research shows that the Linux computing platform is
definitely gaining momentum with larger companies adopting Linux
solutions and a greater number of CIOs expecting that they will
deploy Linux in their companies over the next year,” said
Nick Gall, senior vice president, META Group.
“The acceleration of Linux adoption is due in large part
to the promise of first class support from the major IT vendors,
who are also enabling their ISV partners to more confidently develop
and market solutions that customers will more readily accept.”
Oracle Unbreakable Linux
Introduced in June 2002, Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux campaign
already includes operating system vendors Red Hat and UnitedLinux;
and server vendors such as HP, Dell and others that have been certified
by the operating systems vendors.
Oracle, together with Red Hat and UnitedLinux, are enhancing Linux
operating system performance, reliability, security and manageability
to address the growing demand for a cost-effective enterprise IT
infrastructure.
Additionally Oracle, in conjunction with HP and Dell, bring customers
easy access to high-performance servers that are ready to run Oracle9i
Database and Oracle9i Application Server, enabling customers to
deploy high-performance, enterprise-class solutions on the lowest
cost hardware and operating system infrastructure.
Oracle also provides direct, integrated technical support for RedHat
Linux Advanced Server and UnitedLinux 1.0 operating systems, in
addition to Oracle’s own products running on Linux; providing
customers a single point of contact for support on their complete
Oracle Unbreakable Linux software infrastructure.
About Oracle
Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more
information see www.oracle.com/me.
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