Oracle has released details on the record breaking performance of Oracle WebLogic Server 11g together with Oracle Linux and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 running on a Cisco Unified Computing System B440 M2 server each with four, ten-core Intel Xeon E7-4870 2.4 GHz processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology set a world record dual-node result with the SPECjEnterprise2010 industry standard benchmark.Oracle WebLogic Server 11g delivered over 50 percent more performance than IBM WebSphere's best eight processor SPECjEnterprise2010 result running IBM DB2 9.7 on a POWER7 server.
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Two new Sun Netra servers - Sun Netra CP3270 Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) blade server and Sun Netra X4270 AC and DC carrier-grade rack server - were introduced this week. These servers are designed to help network equipment providers and communications service providers keep pace with rapidly growing demands for new services, such as 3G- and 4G-wireless data and voice-over-IP.
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Oracle's white paper "The New Economics of Midsize Enterprise Computing: Oracle’s Sun Systems Based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series" cites a recent CIO Insight magazine finding that notes increased IT spending in companies committed to cost cutting, a finding that appears to apply especially to the mid-sized enterprise. In that arena, with its typically smaller IT budgets, making purchases that offer the most efficiency and the best TCO is a critical exercise. This is where Oracle's Sun systems deliver solutions that lower total cost of ownership compared with previous generations of server platforms.
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"Oracle Solaris Operating System—Optimized for the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 and 7500 series," an Oracle white paper, is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators who require an understanding of the precise details on how Oracle Solaris and the Intel Xeon processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve the application solution environment.
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Learn about the new features of the next-generation Intel Xeon processor for the expandable server segment codenamed Nehalem-EX, which is designed for mission- and business-critical applications and data in demanding environments. A Sun-sponsored white paper discusses how the Solaris ecosystem and these next-generation processors create an intelligent and adaptive computing environment. This paper is not technically-oriented, but rather a piece for business and IT decision-makers in medium and large companies.
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