Press Release
Find "IT" on eBay this Holiday Season: GridApp Systems Auctions Enterprise Database Automation Appliance
Online Auction of D2500 Database Appliance Making DBA Spirits Bright for the Holidays
NEW YORK – November 9, 2006 - GridApp Systems, Inc. (www.gridapp.com), the leading provider of database automation software and solutions, today announced the listing of its D2500 next generation database appliance for auction on eBay to kick-start the holiday and the corporate gift-giving season. The auction includes free Oracle RAC licenses – a savings of up to $100,000 – making the package an intriguing value for the CIO seeking the perfect gift for their DBAs this holiday.
GridApp’s D2500 is the only turnkey database appliance for the Oracle RAC platform. The D2500 leverages the power, flexibility and economic advantages of blade servers while eliminating the associated deployment and administration complexities inherent to any clustered environment. Instead of wrestling with the complexities of Oracle RAC deployment and administration, the D2500 serves as a drop-in alternative that can be put into production within a day and can scale databases online in minutes.
The winning bidder will realize the quickest and easiest path to Oracle RAC adoption while greatly reducing the ongoing costs of database administration. Bidding on the D2500 and RAC licenses (item # 190049588485), a package valued at more than $200,000, opens at $90,000 and will end at midnight on November 17, 2006.
About GridApp Systems
GridApp Systems is a leading provider of database automation solutions to help businesses gain control of their heterogeneous database infrastructures. Currently supporting hundreds of customer installations worldwide, across multiple industries such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, education, eCommerce and technology, GridApp’s market leading products and services have helped businesses deploy and better manage their critical database assets. GridApp Systems automates to help drive businesses forward. For more information, visit www.gridapp.com.
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Jeff Pecor, Barokas Public Relations, 206-264-8220, jeff@barokas.com
Pia Chon, GridApp Systems, 646-452-4055, pchon@gridapp.com