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Egenera Joins Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program
Offers Seamless Support for Oracle(R) Enterprise Linux Through New Validated Configurations
| Source: Egenera
MARLBORO, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 25, 2007 -- Egenera Inc., the data center virtualization
company, today announced that it has joined the Oracle® Unbreakable Linux
Support Program, as well as the Oracle Validated Configuration Program,
which provides best practices for deploying Linux infrastructure for
business critical applications. The announcement brings seamless support
to customers for Oracle Enterprise Linux on the Egenera® BladeFrame®
system and broadens the longstanding relationship between the two companies
in the area of Linux support and service. Customers can gain improved
performance, scalability, and reliability of Linux solutions, with a
pre-tested, validated architecture.
"Egenera offers a compelling value proposition for enterprise customers
running business- and mission-critical applications on Linux," said Monica
Kumar, senior director, Linux and Open Source Product Marketing, Oracle.
"Adding a key partner like Egenera to the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support
Program further strengthens the value that Oracle brings to the enterprise
Linux community."
The goal of Oracle Validated Configurations is to provide easier, faster,
and lower-cost deployment of Linux solutions in the enterprise. The
program offers pre-tested, validated architectures -- including software,
hardware, storage, and network components -- along with documented best
practices. This enables improved performance, scalability, and reliability
of Linux solutions, with faster, lower-cost implementations. Egenera
offers a variety of validated configurations for Oracle Enterprise Linux,
for both single- and multi-node implementations on both Intel® and AMD®
processors.
"Our goal is to give our customers an end-to-end process for comprehensive
access to support, patches and bug fixes. Our participation in the Oracle
Unbreakable Linux Support Program is focused on developing and executing on
a tighter process for the escalation and resolution of customer issues,"
said Kathy Yenke, vice president business development at Egenera. "With
the new validated configurations for Oracle Enterprise Linux on Egenera,
we're giving customers more choice with proven Egenera solutions in a
pre-tested, validated and supported architecture."
Customers are able to improve their return on investment and performance by
leveraging the full functionality of Egenera and Oracle technologies.
Egenera is an Oracle PartnerNetwork Certified Partner and Oracle is a
member of the Egenera Enterprise Technology Alliance Program.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork
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companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle
software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical
services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program
provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's
global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers
leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest
enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior
product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business
with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels.
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About Egenera Inc.
Egenera is a global leader in delivering data center virtualization
solutions that simplify operations and infrastructure. The Egenera
BladeFrame system simplifies the data center with an innovative server
architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and enable IT to
respond rapidly to business requirements. Market-leading enterprises around
the world trust the Egenera BladeFrame system to run their most important
applications and achieve higher resource utilization, faster application
time to market and lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in
Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit
www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.
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