Two joint efforts by Oracle Corp. and Intel Corp. were announced at the OpenWorld event in San Francisco. First is a collaboration to speed the deployment of solutions based on Oracle and Intel technology, targeting customers using Oracle solutions that run on Intel Core microarchitecture-based Linux servers.
As part of this work, Intel and Oracle will establish benchmarks for the data center for joint publication. Intel will also contribute to Oracle's Unbreakable Linux 2.0 program by working with Oracle on Enterprise Linux enhancements. Intel and Oracle plan to implement these features, in conjunction with the Linux community and the Linux vendors to include support of enterprise features and optimizations for Intel-based server platforms.
The companies have also agreed to joint-marketing activities promoting the benefits of Oracle solutions running on Intel Core microarchitecture-based Linux server deployments.
The Application Modernization Initiative is the second collaboration between the companies, and it includes Hewlett-Packard this time. Incorporating service-oriented architecture principles and enterprise grid computing platforms, the initiative intends to offer customers a solution to update their legacy applications still running on legacy mainframes.
The second program incorporates HP servers using Intel's Itanium processors running Oracle infrastructure software. It also includes HP's application modernization services along with access to architectural support from the three companies.
The program seems to be eyeing the IBM mainframe installations market. According to InfoWorld, an initial assessment as part of the program costs a hefty $50,000. It's pretty hefty, but according to the companies, migrating from a legacy mainframe could present significant savings.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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