IBM and Oracle Collaborate to Advance Project Monterey
Oracle Plans to Deliver Key Technologies within AIX, Monterey/64
SOMERS, N.Y., & Redwood Shores, Calif (November 12, 1999) – IBM and Oracle today announced a comprehensive initiative in support of AIX and Monterey/64*. As part of this initiative, IBM and Oracle will offer Oracle Internet Directory within AIX and Monterey/64 as a directory option to customers. Furthermore, Oracle expects to port its database and application suites, currently available on AIX, to Monterey/64.
This collaboration significantly advances Project Monterey, which is expected to provide customers with a secure and reliable UNIX platform from which to deploy their critical e-business applications.
“By offering Oracle technology and applications with AIX and Monterey/64, customers will have increased choice and flexibility to implement new e-business solutions quickly and easily,” said Rajiv Samant, general manager, UNIX, IBM. “The agreement marks an expansion of the business and technology relationship between IBM and Oracle on AIX and Monterey/64. The expected addition of Oracle’s database and application suites is a further milestone in making the Project Monterey product line the leading UNIX platform for customers and software providers.”
“The integration of Oracle technology into AIX and Monterey/64 moves us toward solving several key challenges our customers face in becoming effective e-businesses,” said Michael Rocha, senior vice president of Platform Technologies, Oracle Corporation. “Together, Oracle and IBM are providing a scalable, reliable solution across a broad spectrum of computing architectures that creates lasting stability, quality and reliability for our customers. This agreement helps make AIX and Monterey/64 a preferred Oracle platform for its strategic enterprise UNIX on IBM’s POWER and Intel’s IA-64 architectures.”
“Oracle’s support for Monterey/64 is a tremendous step forward in delivering the industry’s leading enterprise UNIX platform for Itanium processor-based systems,” said Doug Michels, SCO’s CEO and president. “We are delighted to see Oracle expand its support to all Project Monterey UNIX systems as it enables ISVs to have direct access to the largest commercial UNIX systems marketplace for their applications.”
Source: IBM