Oracle8i: Internet Platform Database for internet computing features

•    Advanced tools for manage all kinds of data on Web sites.
•    iFS: More than a simple relational data store.
•    Jserver: Integrated Java VM in the server.
•    Better performance, language improvement, stronger security.
•    AppWizard: Have greater integration with Windows NT environment.

Oracle8i the database for Internet computing, gives advanced tools to manage all kinds of data in Web sites.

It is much more than a simple relational data store.  The Internet File System merges the power of Oracle8i with the ease of use of a file system.  It permits users to move all of their data into the Oracle8i database where it can be managed and stored more efficiently.  End users can simply access folders and files in Oracle iFS through a variety of protocols like as FTP, HTML, and IMAP4 providing them universal access to their data.

Oracle 8i inter Media permit users to web enable their multimedia data involving text, image, audio and video data. Oracle 8i involves an integrated, robust, and scalable Java Virtual Machine within the server (Jserver), therefore supporting Java in all tiers of applications. This reduces the necessity of recompiling or changing Java code when it is to be deployed on a variant tier.

With the latest introduced resource management, the DBA can choose the best techniques to fit an application’s profile and workload. The extended characteristics of parallel servers and networking improve case of system administration. An extended functionality of advanced replication results in improved security and better performance. Significant new functionalities have been added to the languages.

Oracle 8i gives full, native integration with MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server)   in the Windows NT environment. Application development is simplified through the Oracle Application Wizard (AppWizard) for Visual Studio, that gives developers with a GUI tool for creating a Visual Interdev, Visual C ++ or Visual Basic applications accessing data in an Oracle database.