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What Oracle is doing with its flagship Oracle Database 10g and grid computing is analogous to the revolution that occurred with the Web browser and the Internet," said Krish Ramakrishnan, chief executive officer at Topspin. "Oracle Database10g will be the killer application that drives the commercialization of grids into the mainstream enterprise." Hands on experience with Oracle Database 10g enables partners to better address manageability, performance, reliability, security and workloads when developing solutions on all major operating systems. The program participants are previewing new Oracle Database 10g features such as Automatic Storage Management, integrated clusterware and cluster workload management, as well as testing Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g. 170 Systems provides advanced, Web-deployed solutions that enable e-businesses to capture and manage all of their information online, collaborate and optimize intra-company and B2B transactions. As an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner of the Oracle PartnerNetwork who has supported the Oracle Database since version 6.0, 170 Systems has worked closely with Oracle to help ensure the tightest possible integration. "Our products are about reducing costs and streamlining core, critical business processes. The underlying database infrastructure needs to scale easily and efficiently to ensure optimal utilization of resources and minimize costs. Oracle Database 10g will help our customers do just that," said Karl Buttner, co-founder and chairman, 170 Systems, Inc. Platform Computing, the largest independent grid software and services provider, helps over 1,600 customers worldwide plan, build, run and manage grids to optimize IT infrastructure. "With over 11 years experience in grid computing, we understand the business need to streamline and coordinate all IT resources to accelerate time to results," said Ian Baird, chief business architect, at Platform. "With our integrated offering, we can extend our grid solutions to the database to help Oracle 10g users simplify and automate their business flows. This provides a single point of control for all jobs, as well as optimization of distributed resources across a virtualized, heterogeneous environment." Today's highest growth and highly regulated industries rely on Waters Corporation, an Oracle PartnerNetwork Certified Partner, to help them succeed. Its high performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis and rheology products and services are being used in labs around the world to push the boundaries of analytical science. "With Oracle Database 10g embedded into our scientific software applications, we expect to provide our customers with a higher degree of functionality, manageability, and scalability, while minimizing the administrative resource requirements," said John Swallow, principal engineer, Waters Corporation. Partners interested in receiving early access to Oracle Database 10g can join the Oracle PartnerNetwork 10g Partner Initiative (see separate press release), and apply for the Early Access for Partner option.