Talk America Dials Up Enterprise Grid Computing With Oracle(R)
January 31 2005 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Talk America Dials Up Enterprise Grid Computing With Oracle(R)
Communications Provider Migrates to Oracle 10g REDWOOD SHORES,
Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seeking a strong
information technology (IT) foundation to support its business,
Talk America (NASDAQ:TALK) has deployed an enterprise grid
computing infrastructure with Oracle(R) (NASDAQ:ORCL) 10g software
at its core. Talk America, a provider of phone service and high
speed Internet access, is using Oracle Application Server 10g,
Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g and Oracle Real
Application Clusters 10g to develop a highly available, scalable
and secure infrastructure. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO ) After a
thorough evaluation of data management and middle-tier
infrastructure software from Oracle and others, Talk America
decided to migrate to Oracle 10g. Oracle offers the only complete,
integrated software stack-Oracle Database 10g and Oracle
Application Server 10g-engineered to work together to enable grid
computing. "We were impressed by the integrated set of offerings,"
said Timothy Leonard, CIO, Talk America. "There is no need to patch
things together with Oracle 10g -- which was very appealing to us."
Need for Increased Performance Steers Talk America to Oracle 10g,
Grid Talk America is using Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real
Application Clusters 10g to help it increase the reliability of its
business critical applications such as lead management, order
processing, provisioning and customer billing. Oracle's database
clustering software enables Talk America to run their applications
and to query large volumes of information more efficiently with
virtually no interruption of service. "In the past, the database
has been a single point of failure," said Leonard. "So we looked at
the reliability and scalability offered by Oracle 10g and grid
computing, and established that it fits our business strategy."
Central to the company's technology infrastructure is Oracle
Application Server 10g on Linux. Talk America will utilize Oracle
Application Server 10g's J2EE capabilities to build and deploy
custom Java applications in a grid environment. The migration to
Oracle Application Server 10g is currently underway and is expected
to be complete in early 2005. Once fully deployed, Oracle's
comprehensive application platform suite will work with Oracle
Database 10g to provide unparalleled performance, reliability and
scalability for deploying Java-based applications. Oracle 10g
enables Talk America to deploy an enterprise grid computing
infrastructure to address its most significant business priorities.
Talk America's enterprise grid is expected to help it improve its
application service levels, better manage its systems, and reduce
the cost of its IT systems. "Moving to a grid computing
infrastructure using Oracle 10g software gives IT organizations
greater flexibility and better alignment with business priorities,"
said Robert Shimp, vice president of Technology Marketing, Oracle
Corporation. "Grid computing can also improve reliability and it
offers the ability to scale out system performance as needed over
time." Oracle 10g Manageability Eases Demands on Administrators In
addition to addressing IT issues such as availability and
scalability with Oracle, Talk America is positioned to reduce the
burden of administering and monitoring its database and middleware
systems. The Grid Control feature of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
offers advanced application and service level monitoring,
performance management and provisioning for Oracle environments.
The Automatic Storage Management feature of Oracle Database 10g
reduces the complexity associated with managing data and disks. The
ease of management of Oracle 10g, in conjunction with functionality
of Oracle Grid Control, allows Talk America administrators to
reduce time-consuming, repetitive administrative tasks, enabling
them to concentrate on longer-term strategic issues over short-term
fire drills. About Talk America Talk America is a leading
competitive communications provider that offers phone services and
high speed Internet access to both residential and business
customers. Talk America delivers value in the form of savings,
simplicity and quality service to its customers through its
leading- edge network and award-winning back office. For further
information, visit us online at: http://www.talkamerica.com/ .
About Oracle Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software
company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at
http://www.oracle.com/ . Trademarks Oracle is a registered
trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Talk America
is a registered trademark of Talk America. Other names may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
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