MCI Teams with Oracle for Web Hosting Infrastructure

HostReview.com
Tuesday, December 14, 2004; 01:17 PM

MCI (www.mci.com) today announced it is working with Oracle to enhance service delivery of its Enterprise Hosting application management services and optimize its managed hosting infrastructure.

"Oracle Grid Control enables MCI to improve database administration productivity and provide proactive management, while minimizing downtime," said Joe Crawford, senior director for MCI Hosting Services.

MCI Enterprise Hosting now utilizes the Grid Control functionality of OracleŽ Enterprise Manager 10g to help reduce the cost and complexity of managing its advanced systems, while maximizing service levels for its customers.

Oracle Grid Control provides MCI with system management capabilities to deliver optimal system performance and reliability so that MCI customers can securely deploy scaleable, high-performing applications over the Internet.

MCI monitors and measures the performance availability of hundreds of database servers. Oracle Grid Control enables MCI Enterprise Hosting to easily track changes in hardware and software configurations resulting in reduced time and increased consistency of security administration and patch management.

Like many Application Service Providers (ASPs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) whose management requirements extend beyond traditional data centers, MCI also benefits from Oracle Grid Control's high levels of automation and intelligence, which enables the company to consolidate management resources while managing various customer environments.

"Managing increasingly complex IT environments has become daunting for many customers," said Glenn O'Donnell, program director at META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services and strategic consulting.

As a long-time leader delivering advanced hosting services, MCI offers a complete continuum of innovative managed hosting and Data Center services.

MCI/Digex Enterprise Hosting holds more than 300 professional certifications from leading technology organizations like Microsoft, HP and Sun Microsystems and is compliant with SAS70 certified Type I and II.

The Grid Control feature of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g allows administrators to manage complex IT systems running a combination of Oracle and non-Oracle technologies.