Vietnam is free to use Oracle Database XE

On November 7, in Hanoi, Oracle launched Oracle® Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) database software. The Beta version of the Oracle Database XE is now available and is available free of charge to companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Ho Thanh Tung introduced the Oracle Database XE

According to Ho Thanh Tung - General Manager of Oracle in Indochina: "This new version of Oracle Database 10g gives application developers, database administrators and students in Vietnam a database system. start to develop and exploit their applications This product is also completely free for independent software vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors to distribute or combine applications Now, every customer and audience has the opportunity to access and use this Oracle product without giving up any cost, besides, they are supported and awarded. answer questions online or by phone for free. "

Also according to Mr. Ho Thanh Tung: 'Our customers and partners in Vietnam - including educational institutions, government agencies and trading companies all expressed their need to use Oracle database. Low cost or free to research, practice and develop their applications. We meet that requirement by the product Oracle Database XE. Small customers, students who use Oracle Database XE, later they have greater demand, can fully develop to higher versions of Oracle. "

Oracle Database XE builds on the code of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and is fully compatible with Oracle database of products. Users can start from a small model, choose to upgrade to other versions of Oracle Database 10g depending on development needs, and transfer applications to other versions without changing.

Mr. Tung added: 'With Oracle Database XE, students and independent application developers can take advantage of free software and online support to start developing and testing. on this number one database system without cost. I believe that Oracle Database XE is the product that educational institutions will need to improve their computer skills. '

Oracle Database XE is now available on 32-bit Windows and Linux operating systems, and can be installed on any hardware platform that supports these operating systems. As a free product, Oracle Database XE has the following characteristics: Use up to 1 CPU or a dual processor core; Use memory below 1 GB; Limit only one user at a time; Store up to 4 GB of user data.

With the introduction of Oracle Database XE, Oracle is effectively expanding its portfolio of databases up to six products: Oracle Enterprise Edition, Oracle Standard Edition, Oracle Standard Edition one, Oracle Personal Edition, Oracle Database Lite. , and now the Oracle Database XE. These six products offer different levels of database functionality to best meet customer needs.

A report by IDC showed that Oracle led the Asian integrated database market with a turnover of $ 1.2 billion in 2004 with a market share of 37.8%, including sales of maintenance and sale of new software in the area. The Asia-Pacific region does not include Japan.

Beta version of Oracle Database XE is available for download on the web at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/xe (about 150 MB). Besides, Oracle also provides an online forum for free registration for free users to discuss topics related to the use of Oracle Database XE. The forum is implemented and controlled by database experts of Oracle, at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/forum.html.

Le Quang