Infrastructure Solutions for Growing Businesses by mThink, October 14, 2007 Oracle and HP deliver flexible, affordable and easy-to-manage reference architectures that are tested and validated for optimal performance. Oracle and HP deliver flexible, affordable and easy-to-manage reference architectures that are tested and validated for optimal performance. Infrastructure solutions from Oracle and HP provide your customers with agile, cost-effective and easily manageable IT environments that will help them reduce costs and will scale with them as their IT needs grow. ORACLE DATABASE – PRICED AND PACKAGED FOR MIDSIZE BUSINESSES The world’s No. 1 database is priced and packaged for midsize businesses – Oracle Database Standard Edition One for servers with up to two sockets and Oracle Database Standard Edition with Real Application Clusters for servers with up to four sockets. As part of the Oracle Database family, each edition is easy to install and configure, complete with built-in automated management features that translate to low maintenance costs and low total cost of ownership. Deliver the proven performance, reliability and security of Oracle Database, plus the 24/7 availability and scalability of Oracle Real Application Clusters at a price your customers can afford, and easily upgrade them to other Oracle Database editions as their IT needs grow. HP PROLIANT SERVERS ProLiant servers have long been known for reliability. In addition, HP innovations provide platforms and solutions that improve data center efficiency while helping customers manage complexity and risk. ProLiant 300 and 500 series servers are designed to offer value-added functionality for maximum performance and flexibility. The ProLiant management infrastructure creates an environment for life cycle management that optimizes data center efficiency and lowers TCO. HP pioneered the concept of enterprise blade server design for industrystandard applications in 2001, and was the first major hardware vendor to go to market with blade servers, in January 2002. HP was the first major hardware vendor to sell more than 100,000 blade servers. HP takes a “whole system” view of server design. HP invests in consistency and commonality of design, as well as integrated management and innovation on standards. HP’s success with this strategy is reflected in ongoing “Best Product” awards, as most recently shown by the HP ProLiant DL580 G3 being named the winner in the Hardware category by Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine in the Best of TechEd 2005. WIN MORE WITH ORACLE AND HP We share two primary goals – bringing technology to customers and growing our businesses together. As the fastest-growing sector in IT spending today, the midsize business market represents a vast opportunity for sales. There has never been a better time to partner with Oracle and HP. By partnering with Oracle and HP, you can: Expand your business offering by selling a complete infrastructure solution that has been validated by HP and Oracle Achieve higher margins – helping you to grow your business Identify new opportunities within your current customer base Filed under: Article, Building Infrastructure, Knowledge, midmarket