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Novell and Oracle

Oracle and Novell share a common vision of providing a low-cost high performance computing platform for world-class enterprise technology centers. The SUSE® Linux Enterprise platform provides Oracle customers an industry-proven solution that helps customers accelerate their transitions to the Oracle Grid Platform. Together, we provide customers with a scalable platform where their Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g meet easily the needs of a modern business.

Oracle RAC

Oracle and Novell have teamed up to enable Linux in your enterprise with Oracle Database 10g. Together these two companies, who know the enterprise, have created a world-class solution that provides Real-Grid benefits for your IT Datacenter today.

Now Free: Oracle Database XE

Oracle Database XE, an entry-level, small-footprint database is free to develop, deploy and distribute. Try it today on SUSE Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

YES Certification

YES certified solutions demonstrate the highest level of compatibility with Novell products. By successfully completing stringent YES certification requirements, rest assured that Oracle's products are fully compatible.

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See how Novell saved hundreds of thousands of dollars running Oracle on SUSE Linux Enterprise

Enterprise-Class Linux solutions from Dell and Novell featuring Oracle

Novell / Oracle Technical Information

"We are excited to leverage the strength of our relationship with Oracle to help meet customer demand. The scalability, stability and support that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server delivers on the Oracle Grid Platform are major factors that influence customers to deploy our joint solutions."
— Roger Levy, Vice President and General Manager of Open Platform Solutions, Novell

Meet the Partner

With industry-leading innovation and a proven partnership, Novell and Oracle are committed to supporting the adoption of Linux in the workplace. Our respective products, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Oracle Database 10g, are a powerful combination. Together, they handle the toughest data-center workloads with maximum speed and efficiency, which optimizes performance and significantly reduces costs.

Joint Solutions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server empowers businesses to leverage Linux and open source by delivering a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing. Oracle solutions routinely deliver world-record performance and scalability. Together they can move your data center onto the fast track.

Success Stories

City of Bergen - "Our move to Linux was not a decision against UNIX or Microsoft, but a decision for freedom. We wanted more competition because we know that results in lower prices and better services. And we also wanted more scalability, stability and security." Janicke Runshaug Ross, CIO, City of Bergen +

University of Purto Engineering School - "Oracle is the most innovative solution in the market. Together with Novell, Oracle provides us with a reliable, highly available, high performance cluster while using low cost hardware, a key to achieve success within highly constrained budgets." Manuel Machado, Information Systems Manager, University of Purto Engineering School, Porto, Portugual +

MGame - "We required a more powerful and reliable system to strengthen our ability to compete in a fickle, fast-changing market. Oracle Database 10g running on SUSE Linux was the answer. WE lowered total cost of ownership, increased speed-to-maret, and enhanced customer service as a result of imporving operational efficiency." Byung-Chan Kwak, Chief Technology Officer, MGame +

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto has built a major academic information system using Oracle* 10g running on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server on Intel* Xeon-powered Dell PowerEdge* servers. This groundbreaking solution offers high availability and performance for critical administrative systems, with a low cost of ownership. +

Mutual of Enumclaw Uses Oracle® Database 10g on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to Help Improve Customer Service and Decrease Costs
By migrating to Oracle Database 10g on Linux, we maintained the high levels of security that are critical to our business and delivered rich, timely reporting and analysis capabilities to key business areas, as well as realized a tenfold improvement in performance," said Santhosh Kumar, Senior Data Architect, Mutual of Enumclaw. "Not only were we able to improve performance and drive down costs, but the move to Oracle on Linux also enabled us to take advantage of Oracle's business intelligence features and enhanced storage management. +

Manhattan Construction - "Maintaining a proprietary infrastructure is costly, not only in hardware, but also support. We're able to provide availability, stability and reliability with SUSE Linux at a much lower price point than with our previous proprietary solution. With the combination of Novell, IBM and Oracle as our partners, we feel we have the best of all possible worlds." - Dwayn Anderson, Vice President, Information Services and Technology, Manhattan Construction +

Burlington Coat Factory - "SUSE came in like a knight on a white horse. They were extremely responsive and addressed our 10 biggest issues right off the bat. SUSE Linux was the only solution that allowed us to move forward with our chosen architecture - Oracle, Linux, IBM and PolyServe." Michael Prince, CIO of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation +

Globus - "We anticipated all sorts of problems in migrating our applications to Linux, but have been pleasantly surprised. We've had no problems at all. And with Novell now behind SUSE Linux, we know we have chosen a platform that will be around for the future." Franz Herter, Coordinator, IT Organization, Globus +

News and Events

Mutual of Enumclaw runs Oracle on Linux to improve customer service and cut costs (May 2006) +

Oracle Database Sets New World Record for Two-Tier SAP SD Benchmark on Linux (May 2006) +

NextAction Migrates 7TB Data Warehouse to Oracle on SUSE Linux (May 2006) +

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