Oracle Unveils Oracle(R) WebLogic Suite 11g

WASHINGTON , July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

News Facts

    --  As part of today's Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware 11g launch, Oracle
        announced the release of Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g, which includes
        Oracle WebLogic Server, the world's highest performance application
        server, as well as Oracle Coherence, Oracle JRockit, Oracle JDeveloper
        and Oracle Enterprise Manager.
    --  Oracle WebLogic Sever 11g is the strategic application server for Oracle
        Fusion Middleware, as well as a foundational product for Java EE
        infrastructure and application grid.
    --  The availability, efficiency and performance delivered by Oracle
        WebLogic Suite 11g enable enterprises to deploy reliable applications
        that can quickly and cost-effectively scale to meet changing business
        needs.
    --  New capabilities include Oracle Fusion Middleware GridLink for Oracle
        Real Application Clusters, Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Grid
        Messaging, and Oracle Fusion Middleware ActiveCache.
    --  Oracle Fusion Middleware GridLink for Oracle Real Application Clusters
        optimizes integration between database clustering and application server
        clustering to enable improved availability and performance in clustered
        architectures with low cost of management.
    --  Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Grid Messaging provides an
        enterprise-wide messaging backbone fully integrated with the application
        server based on WebLogic Server Java Message Service.  Oracle WebLogic
        Server also provides integration with Oracle Database 11g Streams
        Advanced Queuing messaging feature for a single, high performance and
        reliable offering.
    --  Oracle Fusion Middleware ActiveCache allows Oracle WebLogic Server to
        easily and reliably scale Web session and persistence state in an Oracle
        Coherence in-memory data grid for greater responsiveness and scalability
        in Java applications.

    --  Oracle WebLogic Server holds world record results in four categories of
        the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark.  Oracle WebLogic Server, together with
        Oracle Database 11g, recently generated a new world record result for
        the multi-node SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark.(1)  Oracle WebLogic Server
        also holds world record results in the dual-node(2) and single-node
        SPECjAppServer2004 benchmarks.(3) in addition to delivering the highest
        performance per core of any result ever published.(4)  These results
        further demonstrate leadership in Java application server performance
        and scalability.

Added Integration with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g - The Foundation for Innovation

    --  Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g provides the best foundation to integrate and
        run other Oracle Fusion Middleware offerings including Oracle SOA Suite,
        Oracle WebCenter Suite, and Oracle Identity Management.
    --  Oracle WebLogic Server 11g also includes Oracle Fusion Middleware Real
        Operations Insight and Oracle Fusion Middleware Real Operations
        Automation to help further reduce operating costs while enhancing
        visibility, automation, and uptime.
        --  Oracle Fusion Middleware Real Operations Insight provides enhanced
            visibility across the entire application infrastructure, helping
            enterprises ensure continuous availability and high performance of
            applications and services.
        --  Oracle Fusion Middleware Real Operations Automation provides a set
            of management tools that enable automation of configuration,
            deployment and ongoing maintenance of Oracle Fusion Middleware
            environments to enable reliable and efficient management with low
            cost.
    --  Oracle WebLogic Suite11g takes advantage of unified tools for
        management, administration and development.  This includes:
        --  Oracle Enterprise Manager enables central management of multiple
            domains and WebLogic Server clusters from a single, comprehensive
            console.
        --  Oracle JDeveloper Integrated Development Environment (IDE) allows
            developers to quickly assemble and build applications and services
            across application servers.  Alternatively, developers can also
            leverage the open source Eclipse IDE through Oracle Enterprise Pack
            for Eclipse.

        --  Users can easily upgrade to Oracle WebLogic Suite11g from Oracle
            Application Server 10g using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade
            Tool for Java EE.

Supporting Quotes

    --  "The new features within Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g have enabled us
        to improve on the world's number one application server," said
        Steve Harris, senior vice president, Oracle Product Development.
        "By further integrating Oracle WebLogic Sever with related Oracle
        Fusion Middleware products we are able to bring together unmatched
        performance, scalability, efficiency, and manageability in a unified
        application server. This is a powerful proposition for partners and
        customers and allows Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g to support the current
        and future demands of our customers' business-critical applications
        and services."

    --  "Avis Budget has always been on the forefront of new technology. 
        We use information technology to reduce cost, increase customer
        satisfaction, and to help us provide a great product to our
        customers," said John Turato, vice president of Technology for Avis
        Budget Group. "Our Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the home
        of our Oracle Fusion Middleware investment. As such, we are closely
        tracking WebLogic Server 11g and related components that can continue to
        enable us to provide better customer service and reduce our costs."

Supporting Resources

    --  Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
    --  Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g
    --  Oracle WebLogic Server 11g
    --  Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g Datasheet

    --  Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g Whitepaper

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(1) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R 3 on HP. 17 HP Integrity BL870c server blades, each with four dual-core Intel(R) Itanium(R) 1.6 GHz processors, (136 cores), 28,463 (World Record Multi Node).

(2) Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Dell PowerEdge R610, 7,311.50 (World Record Dual Node),

(3) Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440, 6334.86 (World Record Single Node).

(4) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 on Dell PowerEdge 610 with two-socket Intel(R) Xeon(R) x5570 quad-core 2.93 GHz processor, 3,975 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (best JOPS per core @ 497 JOPS per core).

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