Bupa's IS director, Uwe Natho, said Oracle's main advantage over its rivals is the scalability of its products. Bupa has chosen Oracle to supply databases for its core business applications. Oracle will initially provide Bupa's customer call centre...
Excite signed a deal with Software.com in September, based on what InterMail claimed was its "ability to scale into millions of users" and its "proven performance in real-world deployments". In a statement, Excite claimed the slowdown was a result...
The main advantage of the Open River product, according to Lovatt, was its scalability. Outsourcing group, Sema, has ditched network management software from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and opted for a product from UK start-up, RiverSoft.
We've developed something that provides the scalability necessary for true citywide deployments. But early deployments in cities including Tempe, Arizona and St Cloud, Florida are resulting in contractors being required to deploy more access points...
However, Gartner argues that at the operating-system level, Linux deployments are showing smaller benefits in total cost of ownership as it is applied to more demanding projects, because of the technical skills required to use it: "Much of the...
Outlining the benefits of virtualisation, Microsoft's general manager of Windows Server marketing, Bill Hilf, said: "Customers who buy Windows Server 2008 are not only getting the scalability benefits, the high performance, reliability and all the...