ADNOC Distribution Selects Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 for Mixed workload

Oracle Exadata Machine X 2-2 offers ADNOC Distribution solutions for high performance, scalability, productivity and cost-efficiency and reduces database storage requirements by ten times

GITEX - Dubai, October 16^th, 2011:

News Facts:

Oracle today announced that ADNOC Distribution, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) subsidiary for distribution, storage and transportation of refined products, has selected Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 to optimise performance, productivity and ROI.

By deploying Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2, ADNOC Distribution expects to achieve extreme performance and scalability for all the subsidiary's database applications including Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), and OLAP, Data Warehousing (DW) and consolidation of mixed workloads.

Built using Oracle engineered systems to work together optimally, the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 offers a complete package of software, servers and storage that is simple and fast to implement, with the ability to run the largest and most important database applications up to ten times faster or more.

Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 will help enable ADNOC Distribution to specifically achieve:

High Availability, using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and unmatched scalability.

Lower storage and licensing costs by consolidating all workloads on to one platform

Intensive workload execution by running more queries concurrently for faster access to critical information

Reduced database storage requirements by ten times.

A faster time-to-market by eliminating systems integration trial and error

Optimal end users productivity

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 installed by ADNOC Distribution included:

Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2

Oracle Exadata Storage Software

Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Oracle Partitioning - Tuning & Diagnostic

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Supporting quotes:

"As one of the largest petroleum companies in the Arab Gulf Region, that operates a vast network of service stations and convenience stores, ADNOC Distribution is always on the lookout for the most advanced IT technology to help streamline its operations and maximise its ROI. After a rigid selection process, we've found that Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 matches our objectives better than other products in the market", said Mr. Awad Ahmed Ali El-Siddiq.

Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Vice President, Oracle Middle East & Africa, said: "Oracle hardware and software products are engineered to work optimally together to yield the best return for customers' IT investments. Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 offers an easy to use out of the box solution with enormous benefits for companies' performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. We are happy that ADNOC Distribution has joined a long list of high end businesses in the UAE and the region which have

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