Businesses and Governments take Advantage of Oracle's Grid Computing Architecture for Unbeatable Fault Tolerance, Performance and Scalability

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Oracle announced that diverse industries such as manufacturing, retail, financial services, utilities, telecommunications, government and healthcare are finding Oracle® Real Application Clusters robust and reliable for their ever evolving businesses. In its fiscal year 2007, ended May 31, 2007 more than 70 customers in India selected Oracle® Real Application Clusters, one of the building blocks for grid computing.

Gujarat Electricity Board, Tube Investments of India Limited, Saraswat Bank, National Stock Exchange, NDTV, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation, Track Four Infotech Limited, General Insurance Company, Syndicate Bank, Ashok Leyland, Maruti Udyog Ltd., AP Commercial Tax Office, e-Seva Gateway, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, among others have chosen Oracle grid computing to run their mission critical applications.

Oracle Real Application Clusters supports the deployment of a single database across a cluster of servers - providing unbeatable fault tolerance, performance and scalability with no application changes necessary.

This strong customer traction demonstrates Oracle's leadership in helping enterprises leverage grid computing through a consolidated infrastructure that can virtualize computing resources, improve reliability of applications, and provision resources dynamically at the lowest possible cost.

"Grid computing, with Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters, has helped streamline and improve efficiencies of the bank's operations," said Mr. C.M. Raman, general manager of Information Technology, Syndicate Bank. "Before we implemented this IT architecture, our managers often had to wait for a month to receive critical reports. But now, managers are able to access reports daily, thus expediting the decision-making process. This has enhanced the responsiveness and efficiency across the business. The grid architecture has optimized maximum data availability at reduced costs."

According to an August 2006 Oracle Grid Index IV report , 45% of Indian participants, which include senior decision makers working in lines of business (business respondents) or in an IT function (IT respondents), see grid computing as inevitable and will become the future of IT infrastructure.

"Indian businesses are going global. As part of their growth strategy, they have to take risks and decisions - whether it means investing in its people or technology," said Mr. SPS Grover, vice president, Technology Business Unit, Oracle India. "Organizations from sectors like telecom, financial services, travel, construction & engineering, media and utilities are convinced of the benefits of grid computing because it allows for superior scalability and fast ROI."

Over 10,000 customers worldwide run their businesses on Oracle Real Application Clusters. Oracle Real Application Clusters supports all applications - whether packaged or custom-built, across a cluster of low-cost, industry standard servers, enabling high availability and seamless scalability and runs on Linux, UNIX and Windows platforms.

About Oracle in India

Oracle entered India in 1987 and set up an India Development Centre in 1994. Today, Oracle has two India Development Centres as well as Indian hubs for Oracle's global support, consulting and financial services operations. Through its offices in more than 20 cities in India, and an extensive network of more than 400 channel and alliance partners under the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Oracle India markets the complete range of Oracle products and services across India. Oracle India has more than 6,500 customers in the telecommunications, banking, insurance, manufacturing and utilities industries, across the government and private sector. Oracle India is a major partner for E-Governance initiatives of Central and State Government bodies in India. The Oracle-HP E-Governance Centre of Excellence is located at Oracle India's head office in Gurgaon, near New Delhi. Oracle's Retail Centre of Excellence is based in Bangalore.

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Source: Oracle (Business Wire India)

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