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Oracle commissioned Merv Adrian to write about Exadata. Here’s his blog and the report: Oracle Exadata: A Data Management Tipping Point.

Early customer results indicate that Oracle Exadata V2 is delivering on the promise of those new capabilities. The action item for IT, then, is to target corporate applications with the biggest potential for speed-based enhancement, and consider whether Oracle Exadata V2 can cost-effectively enable new ways to use these for competitive advantage.