Oracle Achieves World Record Two Processor Result

Oracle (News - Alert) WebLogic Server 12c is an application server in traditional and cloud environments. It is an important product in Oracle cloud application foundation, which the company claims to be the industry’s most complete, best-of-breed platform for developing cloud applications.

The server helps customers outperform their competition with quick, scalable technology. It also facilitates IT to change fast as the business grows.

Oracle has announced this WebLogic Server has achieved a world record result for a two processor system with SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark – an industry-standard. Along with Oracle Linux and Oracle Database 11g Release 2, Oracle WebLogic Server runs on Oracle's Sun Fire x86 servers.

Oracle's Sun Fire X4170 M2 server offers the ideal balance of compute power, memory capacity and I/O capability in a 1RU enclosure, compact and energy-efficient. It’s suited for middleware workloads, application development and systems administration requirements, the company stated in a press release.

Oracle's new world record configuration provides a 53-percent enhancement upon the previous best two processor result. Based on new Intel (News - Alert) Xeon E5 processors, it also showcases the performance of Sun Fire x86 servers, and runs Oracle software across multiple tiers.

“This world-record benchmark result showcases the leading-edge performance and value that Oracle's software and x86 systems, with the new Intel Xeon E5 processor, can deliver to our customers," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle.

TMC’s (News - Alert) Anuradha Shukla recently reported the company agreed to acquire InQuira (News - Alert), a provider of best-in-class service knowledge management software, supporting Web self-service and agent-assisted service. Through InQuira, Oracle can provide the most comprehensive cross channel customer support offering.