LogicTier Chooses Oracle8i Database Technology

Oracle Corp, a provider of software for e-business, announced that LogicTier, a pioneer in e-business operations sourcing, has chosen Oracle8i to deliver highly scalable and reliable services to rapidly growing Websites. LogicTier assumes total accountability for Website operations, guaranteeing not only 24x7 availability, but also mutually agreed upon high levels of enduser service.

LogicTier leverages the Oracle8i database in its Total Performance Management service offering which provides Websites with high-performing, reliable, secure and scalable Internet operations. Drawing on the expertise of its founding members, LogicTier has created a world-class operational environment and guarantees high Website performance for end-users. "With the help of proven technologies like Oracle8i, LogicTier aims to set a new high bar for the level of performance the new hosted e-business infrastructure must provide," said Karen White, Oracle senior vice president of Business Development. "We're pleased to play a role in this next frontier of e-business evolution."

"Oracle8i is the basis of Oracle's Internet-based platform and delivers mission-critical, reliable data that scales as e-businesses grow," said Omar Ahmad, LogicTier Founder and CTO. "By combining Oracle technology with our expertise in operating Web businesses and managing rapidly developing Websites, we can assure our customers that their Websites will meet end-users' needs for high-performance."

Oracle8i is the latest generation of the world's leading database and the first designed specifically as an Internet development and deployment platform. It has been acknowledged by InformationWeek and Datamation as the 1999 "Product of the Year."

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