SunRAMP is a recently completed, global consolidation project undertaken by Sun. The project resulted in the consolidation of more than 100 servers dispersed across 55 countries and 60 Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications down to a single server running a single instance of Oracle applications.

"The SunRAMP project is living proof that you can reduce IT expenses without sacrificing superior customer service. Our internal Information Technology Group smoothly and seamlessly consolidated servers and legacy ERP applications around the world and upgraded our Oracle ERP environment without ever impacting Sun's ability to support customers. We get consolidation on a global level and we know what customers need because we've been through it ourselves. Working with Oracle, we can share these best practices with the legions of businesses out there that want to control the costs of doing business and better service their customers," said William Vass, VP, Corporate Software Services, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Given the 2001 Gartner Data Center Conference Survey finding that upwards of 69 percent of all mid-market to high-end companies are considering consolidation, the success of SunRAMP puts Sun and Oracle in the forefront of the ERP consolidation effort and lends credibility to their solutions.

With SunRAMP, several benefits accrue to Sun Microsystems, including:

• Savings of several millions of dollars in data center and application support and development costs

• Global order management process alignment

• Alignment of order entry and accounts receivable, data structures and systems

According to Conway Snyder, Oracle Senior Director, RISC Platform Partners, "Consolidation projects not only slash your overall IT costs as Oracle and now Sun have demonstrated, they also make doing business on a global scale much easier. Consolidation can also open up a whole new world of business intelligence that is otherwise unavailable if critical data remains fragmented in separate databases. SunRAMP exemplifies what IT consolidation with Sun and Oracle can do for your business."

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