Oracle Consulting to Leverage OPNET's IT Guru & ACE Software in Delivering Oracle9i Architecture Service Offerings
BETHESDA, MD., October 17, 2001 -- OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPNT), the leading provider of intelligent network management software, today announced that Oracle Consulting plans to use the advanced diagnostic and predictive capabilities of OPNET's IT Guru solution to deliver enhanced assessment services for e-business applications. Oracle Consulting, a division of Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL), intends to leverage IT Guru on strategic consulting engagements to optimize the performance of their clients' e-business infrastructures. These engagements will bring together the largest provider of software for e-business with the leading provider of software for optimizing e-business application performance.
Oracle9i is a comprehensive internet infrastructure that helps clients worldwide deploy applications faster while lowering the cost of computing. Two products, Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle9i Database, deliver the industry's highest performance, reliability and security for thousands of popular applications. Oracle9i delivers the first complete application integration infrastructure for collaborative business processes that span people, data, applications, value chains and more. Oracle Consulting's 9i Architecture Services provide comprehensive end-to-end services for providing clients with a roadmap for building an Oracle9i-based infrastructure to support their e-business strategies. By following a best practices methodology from assessment through to deployment, Oracle Consulting can optimize the performance, scalability, capacity and security of a client's complete enterprise, to include hardware, networking, and A2A and B2B integration with the Oracle9i infrastructure.
OPNET software has been widely deployed by major enterprises for capacity planning and application performance management, including Chrysler, Citicorp, CVS, Daimler-Benz, Dell Computer, DirecTV, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, IBM, RR Donnelley, Sears, Schlumberger, State Street Bank, and VISA International. IT Guru's Application Characterization Environment (ACE) pinpoints the source of application performance problems; whether due to server bottlenecks, network congestion, or application architecture. IT Guru's virtual network environment replicates the behavior of a live network, and enables advanced analysis of alternative solutions such as relocating servers, implementing QoS, tuning protocols, or adding capacity. By incorporating IT Guru into their IT management process, organizations accelerate the resolution and reduce the frequency of performance problems.
In making this announcement, Dave O'Neill, Vice President of Oracle9i Architecture and Technology, at Oracle Consulting stated, "Using IT Guru from OPNET Technologies will add additional value to our professional service offerings. By using OPNET's predictive technology, we will enhance our capability to pinpoint bottlenecks in a client's current end-to-end infrastructure. IT Guru will provide an additional quantitative and visual justification for our clients to migrate to Oracle9i much smarter and faster."
Also commenting on the announcement, OPNET's Vice President of
Business Development & Marketing, Todd Kaloudis, stated, "IT Guru
delivers tangible ROI. Our clients reduce infrastructure costs with more efficient
designs, increase productivity with better application performance, and minimize
the risk of failure with better planning. We look forward to working with e-business
leader, Oracle Consulting, as they deliver their assessment services and pass
this value on to their clients."
About OPNET Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. is the leading
provider of intelligent network management software. The OPNET product suite
combines predictive modeling and a comprehensive understanding of networking
technologies to enable its customers to more effectively design and deploy
networks, provision services, diagnose network and application performance
problems, and predict the impact of network changes. For more information
about OPNET and its products, visit www.opnet.com.
About Oracle Corporation & Oracle Consulting
Oracle Corporation provides the software
that powers the Internet. Oracle Consulting brings the
experience of more than 12,000 consulting experts around
the globe. With its unique e-Consulting approach, Oracle
Consulting harnesses the brightest talent from around the
world to implement the solutions that organizations need.
For more information about Oracle Consulting, call 1-888-283-0591.
For more information about Oracle Corporation, call 650-506-7000
or visit www.oracle.com.
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