EMC and Oracle expand collaboration plans

EMC and Oracle are expanding their joint engineering testing and integration initiative to support Oracle software on EMC's information infractructure.

The two companies said the relation will help users of Oracle software by providing newly defined reference architectures. EMC amd Oracle said they would offer cost effective, secure, scalable services.

Through the tie-up, Oracle and EMC plan to offer integrated services and support to help users avoid complexity when deploying end-to-end information infrastructure from EMC and Oracle.

The two companies will focus on four application areas. They aim to offer low-cost data warehouse products that are tailored to meet specific user needs and budget. Second, EMC will support Oracle Unbreakable Linux strategy.

The third application area is security. RSA, the security division of EMC, together with Oracle have integrated RSA security technologies and Oracle's identity management and data protection products, to provide security within Oracle products,

The fourth area is grid computing. Through the agreement, businesses will be able to use Oracle Grid Computing environments with EMC NAS or SAN platforms.

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