Expanding their long-time partnership into the Linux arena, Oracle and Novell have announced that Oracle’s latest database, clustering, application server, collaboration solutions and enterprise applications are now available for and supported on Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.

Oracle Database 10/g/, Oracle Application Server 10/g/ and Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Collaboration Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i 10 have all been tested and certified for deployment on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. Customers can deploy Oracle products on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 knowing that Novell and Oracle stand behind them with world-class support and training.

“Oracle’s support of key products on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 marks another important step in providing choice to customers,” says Stafford Masie, managing director of Novell SA. “Combining the power of Oracle with the 2.6 Linux kernel in SUSE Linux makes for a compelling data centre option for enterprise customers.”

Oracle on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 delivers impressive results. Oracle Database 10g running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 recently set the TPC-C World Record on non-clustered Linux, demonstrating that Oracle on SUSE Linux meets the scalability and high performance requirements of enterprise environments. These benchmark results can be reviewed here: http://www.oracle.com/solutions/performa…

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