Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Oracle stops making computers with HP | Technology | Reuters

The HP Oracle Database Machine is officially a (very expensive) collectors’ item…

Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison unveiled the new machine on Tuesday, almost a year after he announced his company's entry into the hardware business with help from HP. At the time, he said that HP would be a key ally in that effort.

But the dynamics of that relationship have changed since April, when Oracle agreed to buy Sun for more than $7 billion. Hewlett-Packard and Sun are fierce rivals in the markets for server computers and storage equipment.

The new Exadata computer is the first of what Ellison has said will be many products that wed Sun's hardware with Oracle's software.

An Oracle spokeswoman said that the Exadata machine built in partnership with HP is no longer available for sale

Oracle stops making computers with HP | Technology | Reuters

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