1. Network Appliance Last Revised Feb 9, 2001 Combined Benefits of Appliance Architecture 8i Appliance and Filer

2. Network Appliance Appliance Paradigm - Validation from Industry Watchers  “A new type of server device will emerge on the enterprise network. Lightweight, specific- purpose and standards-based, appliances will revolutionize delivery of network infrastructure services.” – GartnerGroup  “The move to the appliance paradigm is so compelling that we’re writing a report on ‘corporate appliances’ and we find this strategy as an endorsement of our theory.” – Forrester Research

3. Network Appliance IT Challenges  Scale: more users to service and more data to manage – Creates high demand for infrastructure (servers and desktops)  Reliability: Applications and data are your business – Must be available 7 x 24 x 365  Speed: Only the fastest will win – Requires rapid deployment of infrastructure  Focus: Concentrate on getting more business, not running it – Currently companies spend 80% of time and money on IT infrastructure, only 20% on business development  Efficiency: We must do more with less – High demand for IT professionals, low unemployment rate

4. Network Appliance What is the Oracle8i Appliance? Software Configuration OS Kernel Oracle8i - SE or EE JVM Portal Oracle Enterprise Manager w/ Appliance Pack Intel Processor - Server Management Console Intelligent Agent

5. Network Appliance Commoditize: Certified Configurations Oracle Appliances Oracle Database Appliance  Dedicated Database Server  Rapid, Low Cost Deployment  Rack Mounted, Sealed Box  Available in Small, Medium & Large APPLIANCE Oracle Application Server Appliance  Dedicated Application Server

6. Network Appliance Oracle8 i Appliance Validated ISVs Solutions  86 validated ISVs  Global Validations  Horizontal and Vertical Solutions

7. Network Appliance General Computing vs Certified Configurations General Computing  Customized/unique configurations  Difficult to support  Difficult to test  Difficult to optimize  Complex  Expensive Legacy Now Certified Configurations  Single purpose computing platform  Optimally integrated hardware and software  Rapid deployment  Simplified administration  Lower TCO

8. Network Appliance Oracle Configurations  Certified Blueprints – VOS (high performance, highly available) – MObileBlueprint  Certified Configurations – Oracle8i Appliance (database server) – 9iAS Appliance (application server) – Oracle9i Appliance (planned for 2001) – Oracle E-business Suite Appliance (beta release in 2001)

9. Network Appliance Traditional Deployment Is Very Complex CPU RAM Increased Complexity = Increased Cost Application Developer Programs OS System Admin Maintenance & Tuning Data DBA Systems Mgmt & Backup Software Application Software Middleware Database Software OS Software Configuration Info & Patches Maintenance & Tuning

10. Network Appliance Licensing Comparison Certified Configuration: Enterprise Edition, UPU license Database 1 unit * 4 cpu * 700 mhz * $100 = $280,000 App Server3 units * 4 cpu * 700 mhz * $ 30 = $252,000 License Investment$532,000 + Intel Hardware$191,490 Total $ 723,490 General Computing Model with Sun Database 1 unit * 1.5 * 4 cpu * 400 mhz * $100 = $240,000 App Server 1 unit * 1.5 * 14 cpu * 400 mhz * $ 30 = $252,000 License Investment$472,000 + Sun Hardware$642,245 Total $1,114,245 Appliance Savings $390,755

11. Network Appliance Value Proposition of 8i Appliance Rapid Deployment Preconfigured, complete & ready to go Installs in less than 15 minutes Requires no local IT assistance No OS to configure Lower TCO No local IT or DBA required Lower TCO than Windows NT No separate OS license or OS support fees 100% Internet-enabled e-business server Simplified Administration Lights-out operation DBA tasks automated Single point of contact for customer support Automatic scaling and painless upgrades Browser-based interface

12. Network Appliance Oracle Appliance Customers “The total cost of ownership of an Oracle8i Appliance is between 4 or 5 times less than a typical configuration.” “The Oracle8i Appliance allows us to dramatically speed time to market. As examples, we recently cut a two–to–three week database project down to 36 hours and we validated a new product offering in two weeks instead of two months.” - Shawn Wiora, Vice President of Strategic Markets, Aperian

13. Network Appliance Oracle Appliance Customers “The hardest part about installing the Oracle8i Appliance was getting it out of the box. Now that we’ve seen the simplified system administration—and enjoyed Oracle’s robust performance—we know that it’s a total cost win in the long run.” - John Gray, Vice President of Information Technology, Emerge.com

14. Network Appliance Best-of-Breed Appliance Paradigm from Oracle and NetApp  Oracle Database - Market leader in Mission Critical Database Market – Oracle 8i powers leading web sites of the world – First to introduce a database appliance, primarily targeted for e- businesses  NetApp ® - Market Leader in Network Attached Storage and Data Management Appliances – Meeting the challenges caused by explosive growth of Internet data – Market share leader (Gartner/Dataquest, IDC)  Introducing combined benefits of Oracle 8i Appliance and NetApp Filer – Modular rack mounted architecture that can grow as businesses grow – Best of breed combination of off-host storage and database features

15. Network Appliance What is Network Appliance Filer?  Data Management Solution that can scale upto 12 TB  Dedicated appliance based on patented file system design – Simplifies data management and delivery – Accelerates data access within a network – Maximizes data availability  Value add is all software based on industry standard hardware components

16. Network Appliance Key Filer Features and Value Propositions DATA AVAILABILITY  99.99+% uptime  Cluster Failover  Cluster Failover for “more nines”  SnapMirror  SnapMirror™ for disaster recovery  RAID  RAID for efficient, always-on protection for all appliances DATA SCALABILITY  Self-Tuned  Self-Tuned for high performance accessibility  Storage Scaling  Storage Scaling for “on-the-fly” addition of application-usable data  Multi-protocol SecureShare  Multi-protocol SecureShare™ for native, secure, fast access by Windows or Unix DATA MANAGEMENT  Snapshots  Snapshots ™ for faster, consistent, operator-less backup  SnapRestore  SnapRestore™ for data corruption recovery  ApplianceWatch  ApplianceWatch™ integrates appliances into SNMP frameworks simplify share scale www.netapp.com

17. Network Appliance Combined Rack-Mount Architecture from Oracle and NetApp  Preconfigured solutions  Ability to drop entire stack into SMB environment  Ready for business on the web  Reliable & scaleable Application Server Network Appliance Storage Data Services Oracle8i Appliance

18. Network Appliance Value Proposition of Combined Offering  Oracle and NetApp Appliance architectures enable: – Rapid deployment – Dramatic TCO reduction – Flexibility  Focused function = Larger practical scale – Low response times through a broad range  Predicable building locks are the key enabler for scale-out – Extended features for the specific function  Example: dramatically higher data availability in a NetApp filer Appliance architectures are as important at the high end as the low end

19. Network Appliance Oracle8i Appliance - Your extended sales team  Field Sales Contacts  Mark Welsh, Sr. Director Sales mark.welsh@oracle.com 720.303.2210  Jack Wheeler, Regional Manager West & Mid-West jack.wheeler@oracle.com 650.633.6377  Nicole Campbell, Regional Manager Southwest nicole.campbell@oracle.com 714.445.4621  Henry Lowder, Regional Manger, Southeast henry.lowder@oracle.com 919.465.5030  Anne Hinds, Regional Manager Northeast anne.hinds@oracle.com 973.541.0963

20. Network Appliance Last Revised: March 7, 2000 Combined Benefits of Appliance Architecture 8i Appliance and Filer