Oracle and Fujitsu renew vows

Larry Ellison says alliance with Fujitsu has "never been stronger" as they extend development and sales ties

Oracle and Fujitsu have extended their SPARC development relationship and joint distribution and sales and marketing efforts.

Having recently lashed out at rivals including HP and SAP, Oracle's confrontational chief executive Larry Ellison (pictured) emphasised that his firm's relationship with Fujitsu had "never been stronger".

The duo has made available a road map of M-series servers it claims provides 15 times better performance in the next three years.

The companies have also aligned to jointly sell SPARC Enterprise servers, while Fujitsu has signed a new Oracle PartnerNetwork distribution agreement to resell the full Oracle portfolio. This permits Fujitsu to act as a systems integrator and solution provider for the overall Oracle stack.

Ellison said: "We are entering a new phase with Fujitsu, aligning our engineering and worldwide distribution efforts with a focus on high-performance, highly reliable systems."

Masami Yamamoto, president of Fujitsu, said: "We believe our active partnership with Oracle, in addressing greater sales and services on a global scale, will produce a richer and more vibrant solution environment for our joint customers."