September 22, 2008
Compellent Supports Oracle® VM to Deliver Advanced, Virtual Storage and Server Infrastructure
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 22, 2008 – Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) today announced support for Oracle® VM server virtualization software. Compellent’s advanced virtualization creates a powerful storage infrastructure, delivering high performance, reduced cost of ownership, simplified storage management and an ideal platform for Oracle VM.
“Compellent and Oracle are aligned in our approach to helping organizations realize the full benefits of a virtual enterprise, and we work together to certify and provide solutions that are seamlessly interoperable,” said Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of marketing, Compellent. “Oracle’s expertise on the server side, and our storage credentials, are enabling companies to improve performance and availability of business critical applications while reducing costs and simplifying IT management.”
Oracle VM server virtualization software supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications, and offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization. Oracle VM’s next generation architecture supports the use of virtualization-aware paravirtualized guest operating systems to allow more efficient, lower overhead operations in areas critical to performance such as memory and I/O management. Oracle VM consists of open source server software and provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for creating and managing virtual server pools across an enterprise. Key Oracle products including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications are certified with Oracle VM.
“Compellent storage technology and Oracle VM provide an ideal platform for customers seeking to create a virtualized data center,” said Monica Kumar, senior director of Linux and Open Source Product Marketing at Oracle. “Like Oracle, Compellent understands that these organizations require integrated solutions that help simplify virtualization, speed deployment and create IT infrastructures ready to handle the growing data demands of today’s enterprise.”
A member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Compellent is part of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux program, and will extend that support to include Oracle VM. Compellent’s innovative software applications, including Thin Provisioning, Remote Replication and Automated Tiered Storage, allow data to be easily accessible, easily replicated and dynamically expanded in less time than traditional storage solutions.
For more information about Compellent’s partnership with Oracle, visit: http://www.compellent.com/Oracle. More information about how the Compellent SAN is designed to be the smartest storage for virtualization is available at www.compellent.com/virtual.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle’s premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today’s global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer to their customers, leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle’s position as the world’s largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner level. These partners receive a higher level of service, support, training and certification from Oracle. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com
About Compellent
Compellent is a leading provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions that are highly scalable, feature rich, and designed to be easy to use and cost effective. The Storage Center solution from Compellent is a storage area network (SAN) that helps significantly lower storage and infrastructure capital expenditures, reduces the skill level and number of personnel required to manage information, and enables continuous data availability and storage virtualization. Compellent Technologies’ principal offices are located in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, please visit: http://www.compellent.com.
Contact Information:
Liem Nguyen
Compellent Technologies
952-294-2851
liem.nguyen@compellent.com
Patty Barry
Matter Communications
978-499-9250 x231
patty@matternow.com