Oracle(r) Database 10g Bests Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in Head-to-Head TestThird Party Firm Determines Oracle's Flagship Database Software Delivers Significant Savings Over Competition REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Apr. 12, 2004 - In a head-to-head, comparative manageability cost study conducted by Progressive Strategies, Oracle(r) Database 10g outperformed Microsoft SQL Server 2000, delivering significant cost and time savings. Progressive Strategies, a technology analysis firm for competitive product and market intelligence, developed an autonomous laboratory to test Oracle Database 10g and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for ease of management. Following a series of thorough evaluations, Progressive Strategies determined that enterprises using Oracle Database 10g in place of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 can achieve the following results: * 30 percent reduction in time needed to perform typical administrative tasks * 20 percent decrease in complexity as measured by the number of steps needed for the same set of standard database management tasks * Approximate annual savings of up to $32,600 per DBA (from increased administrator productivity) "With Oracle Database 10g, Oracle raised the bar for RDBMS manageability, setting a new standard for ease of use against which all competing products will soon be measured," said Barry Cohen, CTO, Progressive Strategies. Oracle Database 10g's advanced self-management capabilities automate complex manual tasks such as performance diagnostics, application tuning and memory management. The main areas that differentiated Oracle Database 10g from Microsoft SQL Server 2000 were performance diagnostics and tuning, and backup and recovery management. In the performance diagnostics and tuning tests, evaluators realized a 76 percent decrease in time and a 38 percent decrease in steps over Microsoft SQL Server 2000. With Oracle Database 10g's significant enhancements for backup and recovery, a critical solution for today's enterprise, evaluators needed 50 percent less time and 56 percent fewer steps for general backup and recovery tasks. "This product was built with the idea of making it as self-managing as possible," said Richard Sarwal, vice president of Server Performance and Manageability at Oracle Corp. "We knew the pain points that DBAs were facing and focused on creating proactive diagnostic and automation solutions that would result in real savings -- from increased DBA productivity to overall systems reliability." The complete results of the Progressive Strategies "Comparative Management Cost Study of Oracle Database 10g and Microsoft SQL Server 2000" are available at http://www.progstrat.com/research/gems/040401rdbmscmcs.pdf About Oracle Database 10g Oracle Database 10g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes. It features automated management capabilities for easy, cost-effective operation. Oracle Database 10g's unique ability to manage all data from traditional business information to XML documents and spatial/location information makes it the ideal choice to power Online Transaction Processing, Decision Support and Content Management Applications. About Oracle Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com # # # Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Eloy Ontiveros Oracle Corp. (650) 607-6458 eloy.ontiveros@oracle.com (http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?3057038) |