EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage and management, is helping thousands of Oracle customers increase the return on their investment by helping them accelerate the deployment of new applications and optimizing the performance of their existing environments. EMC is demonstrating its full range of information lifecycle management (ILM) solutions and services to tens of thousands attending Oracle OpenWorld, where EMC is again a sponsor of this major industry event.

EMC technologists will deliver presentations on ways that EMC's unique storage system and software capabilities can form the foundation for a low-cost, easily managed Oracle solution. EMC speakers will also outline tools and techniques that enable customers to efficiently and effectively provision resources and monitor performance in a grid computing environment. EMC, Oracle, Dell and Intel will again team to help attendees best utilize the grid-based blueprints developed over the past year as part of Project MegaGrid.

"EMC offers the most comprehensive set of information storage solutions and services for Oracle customers," said BJ Jenkins, EMC Vice President, Global Marketing. "Whether deploying an Oracle database in a network attached storage (NAS) environment or improving performance by placing infrequently used data onto less expensive storage, we have many unique ways to help enable information lifecycle management in Oracle environments. We're also looking forward to demonstrating the value of EMC solutions to the thousands of PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers now attending this event as part of the Oracle family and showing how we can help them optimize their specific applications."

The EMC exhibit, booth 1002, will feature live presentations throughout the event (Sept. 19-22) and a variety of kiosks within the exhibit will offer demonstrations of EMC technology, including: EMC Oracle Database 10g on NAS Accelerator Solution, EMC Oracle Database 10g SAN (storage area network) Accelerator Solution, EMC Oracle Performance Accelerator Solution, EMC Legato NetWorker module for Oracle, EMC on Oracle 11i Rapid Clone Accelerator Service Solution, EMC DatabaseXtender Accelerator for Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Collaboration Suite Integrated with EMC Centera, EMC Documentum – ECI Web Content Management Portal, EMC Smarts with EMC Control Center and Project MegaGrid.

EMC and Oracle

EMC and Oracle have over 35,000 mutual installations, providing solutions for 90 of the Fortune 100 businesses. The two companies have had a strategic alliance since 1995 and have introduced six joint services solutions as part of the EMC ILM Solution Suite for Oracle to help customers upgrade and migrate to the latest Oracle technology. EMC and Oracle maintain a Joint Service Center (JSC) staffed by service engineers from both companies to facilitate faster problem resolution for their shared customers and serve as a dedicated lab to duplicate customer environments for solution development, testing and benchmarks. Both companies utilize each other's technologies in their own businesses.