Oracle9
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Database SummaryPage 3To satisfy these requirements, the Oracle9
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Database is designed to support andleverage the capabilities of the Internet. It provides extensive functionality tosupport businesses running on the World Wide Web, as well as traditional missioncritical OLTP and Data Warehousing applications.
It supports the high scalabilityrequirements of the most demanding Internet-based and traditional mission-criticalapplications, as well as the highest availability requirements. It is capable of handling all types of information for all types of applications and providesoutstanding, across-the-board, and transparent scalability from low-end uni-processor to high-end symmetric multi-processor systems and multi-nodeclustered configurations.
The Oracle
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Database has evolved over more than 20 years, from the earliestrelational database providing ad hoc SQL, through to the Internet era, supportingInternet business applications. It has been designed to provide the most completeand low cost solution for any business information management requirement, and isthe only solution available today that can
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Guarantee that critical business information is available when needed.
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Provide proven performance, scalability, and capacity on demand for anybusiness requirement.
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Secure and protect the privacy of sensitive business information.
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Integrate business information from disparate sources, including third-partydatabases and file systems.
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Consolidate and manage all your Internet content
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Reduce the time it takes for a business to make better business decisions byanalyzing more data faster.
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Enable an organization to develop and deploy business solutions quickly.
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Provide all these benefits yet be easy and cost-effective to manageWe explore these features in more detail in the following sections.
SimpleOLTP,Ad Hoc SQL