Oracle and Compaq Announce Near Linear Scalability of SAP(R) R/3 on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Oracle OpenWorld, SAN FRANCISCO, December 4, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the world's largest enterprise software company, and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) today announced initial performance tests with SAP R/3 4.6C and the Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters that showed excellent scalability and throughput results. The testing environment included SAP(R) R/3(R) 4.6C and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters running the parallel SD workload on a four-node Compaq Tru64 UNIX ES45 AlphaServer cluster with 16 processors. The robustness of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Compaq's TruCluster Server software technology provides the foundation for linear scaling which enables on-demand capacity planning and flexibility in deployment. The performance increased by a factor of 1.8 when going from a one-node configuration to two-node configuration, and by a factor of 1.8 going from a two to four-node configuration. The SAP R/3 application is an enterprise class application used by some of the largest companies in the world, and when combined with Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Compaq, provides a compelling mix of out-of-the-box scalability and fault tolerance. "We are pleased to demonstrate the ability to scale the number of users for SAP applications using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters technology with absolutely no application modifications required by SAP," said Charles Rozwat, executive vice president of Server Technologies at Oracle. "With this significant cluster test for an SAP system, Compaq and Oracle have clearly demonstrated the power of clustering to provide unparalleled scalability and reliability without sacrificing performance in building the real-time enterprise," said Rich Marcello, vice president and general manager of Compaq's High Performance Systems Division. The current performance test results build on long-standing engineering relationships between Compaq, SAP and Oracle. The companies are working to finalize official certification of the results, including official support for Oracle9i Database by SAP. About Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters is Oracle's next-generation cluster technology, and is the result of more than ten years of development, which led to 16 patents, with 29 additional patents pending. Based on Oracle Cache Fusion Architecture, Oracle9i Real Application Clusters delivers nearly linear scalability and unbreakable reliability for all applications. Oracle9i Real Application Clusters provides transparent application scalability by quickly and efficiently sharing frequently accessed data across all the computers in the cluster. About Oracle Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit http://www.oracle.com. About Compaq Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a leading global provider of enterprise technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures and markets hardware, software, solutions and services, including industry-leading enterprise storage and computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, communication products, and desktop and portable personal computers that are sold in more than 200 countries. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes: Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i and Oracle OpenWorld are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. SAP, R/3 and all SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries. Compaq, the Compaq logo, Tru64 UNIX, AlphaServer, and ProLiant are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. As of December 4, 2001: These benchmarks fully comply with the SAP Benchmark Council's issued benchmark regulations and has been audited and certified by SAP: HP Superdome, 64 processors, PA8700 750 MHz, 2.25 MB Cache, 128 GB memory, SAP R/3 4.6C, three-tier, 130,570 fully processed assemble orders per hour, Oracle9i HP-UX 11i, certified December 4, 2001. IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model S80, 24 processors, RS64-III 450 MHz, 8 MB L2 cache, 32 MB memory, SAP R/3 4.6B, three-tier, 54,220 fully processed assembly orders per hour, DB2 UDB V7.1, AIX 4.3.3, certified August 23, 2000. More information is available under http://www.sap.com/benchmark. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger does not close or that the companies may be required to modify aspects of the transaction to achieve regulatory approval or that prior to the closing of the proposed merger, the businesses of the companies suffer due to uncertainty; the market for the sale of certain products and services may not develop as expected; that development of these products and services may not proceed as planned; that Compaq and Hewlett-Packard are unable to transition customers, successfully execute their integration strategies, or achieve planned synergies; other risks that are described from time to time in Compaq and Hewlett-Packard's Securities and Exchange Commission reports (including but not limited to Compaq's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, HP's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2000, and subsequently filed reports). 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