Uptime Guarantees for the Database On June 3, Oracle announced it will offer a 99.95 percent uptime guarantee on its database and will collaborate with HP to introduce a solution based on HP's MCSS using the Oracle Parallel Server - providing a platform guarantee through the database. Joint account management is expected to give customers an improved vendor management experience. Availability HP Mission-Critical Server Suites are available directly from HP account representatives or certified HP resellers. HP and Oracle integrated services are scheduled to be available in the Fall. Implementation services are available from HP Consulting.
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About EMC EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Hopkinton, Mass., is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage and retrieval technology, designing systems for mainframe, open systems and midrange environments. About Oracle Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest company. With annual revenues of 7.1 billion, the company offers its database, application server, tools and application products along with related consulting, education and support services, in more than 140 countries around the world. Oracle works with leading technology, solutions and services companies through its worldwide Alliance Program to deliver integrated customer solutions for networking computing. About HP HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament.