September 22, 2008 -- Database performance is critical to every application -- everything from classic ERP apps to the latest Web 2.0 innovation requires superb database performance for organization, search and retrieval. Sun delivers that performance with the best database servers and storage devices in the industry powering Oracle, MySQL and every database technology.
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Sun's Database Power
Executive vice president John Fowler has long experience in powering databases with Sun technology and working with partners and customers to get the most out of them. He tells you why Sun's technology is the best for databases in this video conversation.
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Speedy Performance
Sun worked with Oracle recently to establish a world record on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running the SAP ERP application Release 6.0.(1) in database performance. The technology driving that performance was a Sun M9000 configuration comprised of SPARC Enterprise M9000 server equipped with quad-core SPARC64 VII 2.52 GHz 64 processors, 256 cores, 512 threads, and Sun StorageTek 6140 arrays.
The Oracle Database running on the Solaris 10 Operating System, achieved 39,100 SAP SD Benchmark users.
Read more about this remarkable achievement
Enterprise Customers
Sun's enterprise customers have long used Oracle and other database technology running on Sun servers to power business and management applications, such as CRM, business intelligence, and supply chain management.
Core Services Corporation
This leading provider of enterprise consulting and outsourcing services has exclusively delivered Oracle-based services running on Sun servers to its more than 65 enterprise customers during the past 15 years. Listen as Sun News host Alex Plant speaks with Core Services CEO Jim Bistis.
Qualcomm
This Fortune 500 company leads in wireless technology, and manages its entire CRM system of applications using Oracle E-Business Suite and Sun UltraSPARC IV+-based servers.
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Web 2.0 Online Databases
The latest Web 2.0 technology is so database-oriented that companies entering highly competitive fields such as social networking choose a database technology before making on any other infrastructure decision. They often choose MySQL or a combination of MySQL with Oracle, and they more often than not choose to power those databases with Sun servers.
LinkedIn
This very popular business-oriented social networking site has been using MySQL, Oracle, and Sun server technology from the start. It has recently taken advantage of Sun's Professional Services to help tune their performance to meet unexpectedly high growth demand.
Yuuntaa
This Belgian-based company provides data storage and backup services for users of all types from around the world. It combines Web 2.0 approach to data with best-in-class security and hosting services for any time of data, from finance to photos, all running on a combination of Oracle and Sun technology.
en-japan, Inc.
Web-based job searching has become the preferred way that professionals of all types meet their career goals, and en-japan provides a wide array of job services to students and new graduates looking for their first job. Their system runs on a combination of MySQL technology and Sun servers, all linked together with the Solaris 10 operating system.
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