OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu announced that it is integrating its internal Oracle database platforms using UNIX Server SPARC M10 (sold as Fujitsu M10 outside of Japan) and the Oracle Database 11g.

This move is intended to consolidate database-server operations, improve availability, and lower total costs. The changeover will be gradually rolled out beginning in late September.

In addition, the expertise in large-scale database integrations gained through this process will serve as a reference model for Fujitsu engineers, further elevating the company's technological prowess and enabling Fujitsu to offer optimal proposals for customers facing similar issues.

Up until this point, each department within Fujitsu, such as production management, procurement, distribution, and general affairs, handled their own database server deployments. As a result, there are now many different database software versions and an assortment of server types within the company. This greatly increased the cost of backups and disaster preparedness and created various service level problems in operations management.