Oracle is expanding its support for HP’s Itanium-based
Unix servers, by delivering a version of its E-Business Suite that
will run on the platform.
Oracle's core database software is already available to run on
HP's powerful line of Integrity Itanium servers, but the E-Business
Suite, covering finances and other business applications, has been
missing.
Oracle said it will now introduce an Itanium-compliant version
of the E-Business Suite by the end of the year.
HP and Intel, which have jointly designed the Itanium chip, have
been working to expand the number of software applications that can
run on the Itanium platform.
A perceived lack of compliant applications is a major reason why
the platform has not taken off, as well as delays to new Itanium
processors.
Industry backers of Itanium recently pledged to spend $10bn
(£5.8bn) over the next five years to promote the Itanium platform,
with the bulk of the money coming from Intel and HP.
