Oracle targets Indian enterprises with new Sparc server line-up

Oracle has announced the India availability of new Oracle Sparc T5 and M5 servers, powered by the new T5 and M5 microprocessors. Oracle’s Sparc T5 is the world’s fastest processor today with up to 3x faster application performance than IBM or any other competing platform.

With this announcement, Oracle claims to continue its strategic investment in hardware to become the only company delivering the IT architecture of the future today – hardware and software engineered to work together, to redefine mid-range and high-end computing. In India, Oracle will be targeting telecommunications, government, healthcare and financial services industry verticals for these new servers. As per a Gartner report for CY2012, Oracle was the number one vendor in terms of non-x86 Unix server unit shipments in India.
 
“Businesses are demanding extreme performance servers that are also cost-effective – and Oracle’s new generation of Sparc T5 and M5 servers are exactly that. The new range provides unmatched performance for midrange and high-end enterprise computing compared to any other offering in the market today,” said Sandeep Mathur, Managing Director, Oracle India. “This launch is a major milestone for Oracle hardware business and will leave a lasting impact on the servers and enterprise computing market in India.”

The company projects Sparc T5 and M5 servers to be the world’s best platforms for enterprise computing at any scale and deliver the best value for Oracle and non-Oracle applications. These new servers join Oracle’s existing entry-level Sparc T4 servers to complete the Oracle’s Sparc portfolio that now extends from entry-level to midrange and high-end. 
 
“We are delighted to announce the India availability of our new generation of Sparc T5/M5 servers, based on world’s fastest microprocessor. The new systems offer an unbeatable value for midrange and high-end enterprise computing, said Venkatesh Krishnan, Vice President, Systems Business, Oracle India.

“With this launch, we want our customers to know that Oracle continues to invest heavily in its Sparc platform and has set itself aggressive targets to consistently deliver innovations that set new standards in performance. Our new servers provide up to 2.3x performance improvement over the previous generation processor.”

Oracle said it is adopting a three-pronged go-to-market strategy for the new SPARC range in India. The company will leverage its sales and sales consulting teams to demonstrate price/performance advantage to its existing and new customers. Oracle’s large partner base includes systems integrators like TCS, Wipro, HCL and others, value added distributors like Avnet, Redington and tier-2 partners to gain market penetration for the new range. Finally, ISVs who have applications developed on Oracle’s Solaris operating system will ask their customers to choose the new SPARC range for clear performance gains.

The Sparc T5-8 is the fastest single server for Oracle database. The Sparc T8-5 has a 2.5x price performance advantage over the IBM P780 3‐node cluster when including all hardware and software costs. It beats IBM p-series servers on price and performance on a variety of Oracle applications, including running JD Edwards with a 23x price performance advantage, and
running Oracle Siebel CRM with a 7x price performance advantage. The Sparc T5 server also has breakthrough price performance for ERP with a 5x price performance advantage over IBM helping to generate greater user productivity and improve business efficiencies.

Oracle targets Indian enterprises with new Sparc server line-up

Oracle has announced the India availability of new Oracle SPARC T5 and M5 servers, powered by the new T5 and M5

microprocessors. Oracle’s SPARC T5 is the world’s fastest processor today with up to 3x faster application performance than

IBM or any other competing platform.

With this announcement, Oracle claims to continue its strategic investment in hardware to become the only company delivering

the IT architecture of the future today – hardware and software engineered to work together, to redefine mid-range and

high-end computing. In India, Oracle will be targeting telecommunications, government, healthcare and financial services

industry verticals for these new servers. As per a Gartner report for CY2012, Oracle was the number one vendor in terms of

non-x86 Unix server unit shipments in India.
 
“Businesses are demanding extreme performance servers that are also cost-effective – and Oracle’s new generation of SPARC T5

and M5 servers are exactly that. The new range provides unmatched performance for midrange and high-end enterprise computing

compared to any other offering in the market today,” said Sandeep Mathur, Managing Director, Oracle India. “This launch is a

major milestone for Oracle hardware business and will leave a lasting impact on the servers and enterprise computing market

in India.”
The company projects SPARC T5 and M5 servers to be the world’s best platforms for enterprise computing at any scale and

deliver the best value for Oracle and non-Oracle applications. These new servers join Oracle’s existing entry-level SPARC T4

servers to complete the Oracle’s SPARC portfolio that now extends from entry-level to midrange and high-end.  
 
“We are delighted to announce the India availability of our new generation of SPARC T5/M5 servers, based on world’s fastest

microprocessor. The new systems offer an unbeatable value for midrange and high-end enterprise computing, said Venkatesh

Krishnan, Vice President, Systems Business, Oracle India. “With this launch, we want our customers to know that Oracle

continues to invest heavily in its SPARC platform and has set itself aggressive targets to consistently deliver innovations

that set new standards in performance. Our new servers provide up to 2.3x performance improvement over the previous

generation processor.”
Oracle said it is adopting a three-pronged go-to-market strategy for the new SPARC range in India. The company will leverage

its sales and sales consulting teams to demonstrate price/performance advantage to its existing and new customers. Oracle’s

large partner base includes systems integrators like TCS, Wipro, HCL and others, value added distributors like Avnet,

Redington and tier-2 partners to gain market penetration for the new range. Finally, ISVs who have applications developed on

Oracle’s Solaris operating system will ask their customers to choose the new SPARC range for clear performance gains.
 
The Sparc T5-8 is the fastest single server for Oracle database. The Sparc T8-5 has a 2.5x price performance advantage over

the IBM P780 3‐node cluster when including all hardware and software costs. It beats IBM p-series servers on price and

performance on a variety of Oracle applications, including running JD Edwards with a 23x price performance advantage, and

running Oracle Siebel CRM with a 7x price performance advantage. The Sparc T5 server also has breakthrough price performance

for ERP with a 5x price performance advantage over IBM helping to generate greater user productivity and improve business

efficiencies.

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