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Table of Contents
A number of optional offerings are available with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition to address specific
customer requirements in the areas of performance and scalability, high availability, data security and
compliance, data warehousing, information management and systems management. Examples of these
options include:
• Oracle Real Application Clusters, which enables any Oracle Database application to share more
efficiently the processing power and memory capacity of a fault tolerant cluster of servers;
• Oracle Advanced Compression, which enables customers to reduce the amount of disk space required
to store all their business information and improve query performance;
• Oracle Partitioning, which breaks down large database tables into smaller segments for faster query
performance and easier management of data throughout its lifecycle; and
• Oracle In-Memory Database Cache, which improves application performance by caching or storing
critical parts of Oracle Database in the main memory of the application tier.
In addition to the four editions of Oracle Database, we also offer a selection of specialized databases:
• Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, which is a memory-optimized relational database that delivers
low latency and high throughput for applications requiring real-time performance in industries such as
communications, financial services and defense;
• Oracle Berkeley DB, which is a family of open source, embeddable, non-relational databases that
allows developers to incorporate a fast, scalable and reliable database engine within their applications
and devices; and
• Oracle Database Lite, which is a comprehensive solution for developing, deploying and managing
applications for mobile and embedded environments. It consists of a small footprint relational database
that runs on many devices and platforms, a mobile server that synchronizes data between the mobile
devices and Oracle Database, and mobile application development tools.
We also offer a selection of products that are complementary to our database offerings. These include Oracle
Exadata, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Audit Vault.
Oracle Exadata
Oracle Exadata is a family of high performance storage software and hardware products that is designed to
improve data warehouse query performance. Built using smart storage software from Oracle and
industry-standard hardware from Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), it uses a parallel architecture to increase
data bandwidth between database servers and storage. In addition, it enables query processing closer to the
data, resulting in faster query processing and less data movement through high bandwidth connections. The
Oracle Exadata Storage Server is based on HP servers with Oracle Exadata software pre-installed. It is
designed to be an industry-standard storage server, which offers linear scalability and mission-critical
reliability, in addition to fast query processing. Oracle Exadata Storage Servers are also the building block for
the Oracle Database Machine that is designed for large, multi-terabyte data warehouses. The Oracle Database
Machine packages together software, servers, and storage that can scale to support data warehouses and
business intelligence applications.
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Oracle Enterprise Manager is designed to deliver top-down applications and software infrastructure
management. Our customers use Oracle Enterprise Manager to monitor and manage their applications and
underlying software infrastructure, including both Oracle and non-Oracle infrastructure products. Oracle
Enterprise Manager can be used to manage packaged applications, such as our Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle
E-Business Suite or custom applications including Service-Oriented Architecture applications. In addition to
managing Oracle software infrastructure products including the Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware
and Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Enterprise Manager also supports other third-party infrastructure
products.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is designed to monitor service levels and performance, automate tasks, manage
configuration information, and provide change management in a unified way across groups of computers or
grids.
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Source: ORACLE CORP, 10-K, June 29, 2009 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠