NCR Corp and Oracle Corp have moved their agreement on to include joint development to implement the Oracle Parallel Server relational database, Version 6.2, on the NCR System 3600 and System 3700 computers, which are derived from NCR’s relationship with Teradata Corp. With the addition of the Oracle Parallel Server implementation for the System 3600, Oracle will be the first database capable of exploiting fully all levels of NCR’s new unified product line. The two also plan to address a weakness of Unix by developing advanced system administration capabilities, with a single system view of multiple processors working together. The NCR Top End transaction management system will be integrated with Oracle Parallel Server RDBMS. NCR claims that the System 3600, set for first installations in fourth quarter, offers four times the power of the largest conventional mainframes at only one-tenth of the price per MIPS.
