| Michael
Dell and Larry Ellison define future of the data centre
Posted: 13 April 2003
NEW YORK CITY — Michael Dell and Larry
Ellison shared the stage at a recent news conference to discuss
how their companies and standards-based technology are lowering
costs and improving value in corporate data centers.
“Economic conditions have actually accelerated the shift
to standards-based systems for a larger portion of the computing
market,” Dell said. “Dell servers, running OracleÒ
software, perform up to 89 percent faster and are 39 percent less
expensive than proprietary alternatives — this is the type
of value our customers demand, and Dell and Oracle are delivering
today.”
Over the past year, nearly 10,000 new customers worldwide have
chosen Dell for network servers, storage systems and enterprise
services.
Dell showed how these systems and services form the foundation
of a more flexible and cost-effective data center.
“Dell’s vision for the future is grounded in our customers’
primary needs to protect existing investments, increase the flexibility
of their infrastructure, maximize choice and help lower the total
cost of computing,” Dell added. “Many vendors in our
industry are proposing complex solutions for customers that rely
on costly proprietary technologies, extensive and expensive services,
and that ultimately limit choice.”
Both CEOs are strong proponents of standards-based, low-cost clustered
servers as the optimal building blocks for future for the data centers.
“If you want higher performance, you need to be willing
to spend less. Oracle9i Real Application Clusters allows you to
assemble, with Dell 2 and 4 processor machines, your own super computer,”
said Larry Ellison, chairman and CEO, Oracle Corp. “You have
a complete, fault tolerant system created out of standards-based
components. If one machine fails, it doesn’t matter. A data
center can see dramatically better reliability and scalability than
with any single machine. That is really on-demand computing.”
Dell and Oracle are rapidly deploying this technology within their
own companies, as are many of the world’s largest businesses,
government and education institutions.
With more than 22,000 Oracle-on-Dell installations in 2002, the
companies have already demonstrated strong success in delivering
value to wide range of customers, including Acuity Brands’
Lighting Group, Nineteenth Judicial District Court of Baton Rouge,
La., Electronic Arts, Menasha Corporation, Mercedes?Benz Customer
Assistance Centre and Precision Response Corporation.
About Dell
Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL) is a premier provider of
products and services required for customers worldwide to build
their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Company
revenue for the past year totaled $35.4 billion. Dell, through its
direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products
and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection
of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products
can be obtained at www.dell.com.
About Oracle
Oracle is the world’s largest enterprise software company.
For more information about Oracle see www.oracle.com.
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