Commercially Viable Security Now Offered With Oracle8i(TM) Release 2
RSA CONFERENCE 2000, SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
(http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?134549) Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL),
the number one choice for e-business, today announced that Oracle8i(TM)
Release 2 is now shipping, and includes new security technologies designed for
large and complex e-business applications. With this release, now even the
largest e-businesses may offer the superior levels of security in a scalable
and manageable way.
"The growth of e-business necessitates the exchange of sensitive
information between partners, suppliers and customers," said Jeremy Burton,
vice president, Internet Platform Marketing, Oracle Corp. "Using Oracle8i
Release 2, companies can expand and integrate their applications while
providing users with the utmost confidence that their data is secure, even
from Database Administrators who manage the data. Additionally, the data
encryption and Virtual Private Database features in Oracle8i are a hacker's
nightmare because they isolate and protect individuals and their
transactions."
Now Oracle offers security to support very large user communities, data
integration across multiple tiers and applications, and protection of data in-
storage and in-transit through the network. Oracle8i Release 2 allows
multiple partners, customers and users to share a common database while still
protecting information as if each had a private view. For example, a company
managing multiple suppliers could allow each to access an inventory database,
but participating suppliers would only see information for the products they
supply. The company, on the other hand, would have access to all of the
combined data. Ultimately, this new security functionality lowers cost of
ownership through simplified administration and improves integration of
applications.
New Security Technologies for Oracle8i(R) Enterprise Edition
Oracle8i Release 2 offers improved access control for data stored in the
server by providing selective encryption of sensitive data stored such as
credit card and social security numbers. As a result, such sensitive
information is protected from internal view.
Oracle8i Release 2 has also enhanced the Virtual Private Database feature,
which provides fine-grained row-level access control. Access can now be
limited based on a variety of session attributes, such as the location from
which a user is connected, thereby allowing users to gain greater access to
data when connected from inside versus outside the corporate firewall. Oracle
is the only database vendor that provides Virtual Private Database
functionality.
New Security Technologies for Oracle Advanced Security
Oracle Advanced Security for Oracle8i Release 2 offers customers superior
network security with support for the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
standard and encryption of Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) for both thick
and thin Java clients. It extends support to SSL-based single sign-on in
addition to Kerberos, SESAME and DCE.
To improve ease of administration and reduce costs, Oracle Advanced
Security also offers centralized management of users and privileges across
multiple applications and databases using Oracle Internet Directory, a
directory service which complies with the standard V3-compliant Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Finally, Oracle8i Release 2 also adopts Internet standard security
technologies and supports leading security technology partners.
About Oracle8i Release 2
Oracle8i Release 2 includes expanded analytical data warehousing
functions, native support for Java2, remote debugging of Java programs and a
100 percent-Java XML parser to Oracle8i's integrated Java Virtual Machine
(JVM), Oracle JServer. It also includes Oracle Enterprise Manager 2.1, new
high-availability database configurations of Oracle Parallel Server and
performance improvements to Oracle Server, Oracle Parallel Server and
applications.
Oracle8i Release 2 can be purchased online through the Oracle store at
http://oraclestore.oracle.com
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for
information management, and the world's second largest software company. With
annual revenues of more than $9.3 billion, the company offers its database and
application products, along with related consulting, education and support
services, in more than 145 countries around the world.
Trademarks
Oracle is registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered
trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
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