Oracle System Corp expects to introduce more workgroup-type products like the one it introduced with Novell Inc, next year, Jerry Baker, senior vice-president told the conference: that offering combines Oracle’s Oracle7 and Novell’s NetWare, but the relationship with Novell is not exclusive, although an important one because it uses Novell’s extensive distribution channel, Reuter quotes him as saying – That’s an infrastructure they currently have in place that we do not, so a major benefit of this relationship for us is that we get to leverage the indirect sales channel, Baker said; he declined to comment on who Ocacle’s other potential partners might be – We know who we would like our partners to be, he said, adding there’s only so many strategic vendors you can focus on; Novell right now is our strongest and major partner.
