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Palo Alto, Calif.-HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. and Oracle Corp. last week said they are planning to jointly develop and deploy Oracle's Web-based enterprise software on the HP platform.
Oracle will move its core development platform for all Internet software-including its customer relationship management (CRM) software suite, enterprise resource planning, E-business, Business OnLine and database software-to the HP-UX platform, said Carly Fiorina, chief executive and president of HP, based here.
Oracle also will install HP servers to power its Internet applications internally, with HP servers accounting for up to 50 percent of Oracle's installed base, said Fiorina.
For its part, HP will adopt the sales component of Oracle's CRM software within its Enterprise Computing group, which has a sales force of more than 6,000 people. The companies will link their sales forces...