“Being able to utilize parallel
threads in the CPU is critical. . . .
This is where the SPARC/Oracle
Solaris combination excels.”
—Steve Taylor, Architecture and Technology Division Director,
Eagle Investment Systems
Eagle Investment Systems’ clients demand stability and availability for their
mission-critical applications, and enterprise-class servers based on SPARC64
deliver, says Steve Taylor, architecture and technology division director at Eagle.
Among those businesses is Eagle Investment Systems, a leading
provider of financial technology solutions that has been using the
SPARC/Oracle Solaris platform since 2001. Serving many of the
world’s most prominent financial institutions, Eagle has been
providing a complete middle- to back-office software solution
for data management, investment accounting, and performance
Oracle Solaris Binary Application Guarantee Program
The Oracle Solaris Binary Application Guarantee Program, introduced
by Sun in 2000 and continued by Oracle after its 2010 acquisition of
Sun, supports the binary compatibility of applications developed on the
Oracle Solaris operating system. The program is designed to provide
assistance so that eligible Oracle Solaris applications running on Oracle
Solaris 2. 6, 7, 8, or 9 will run unchanged on Oracle Solaris 10, taking full
advantage of new and advanced Oracle Solaris features.
If an eligible application experiences compatibility problems
running on Oracle Solaris 10, the program commits Oracle to help in
analyzing the problem and providing the appropriate remedy as set
forth in the Oracle Solaris Binary Application Guarantee Program terms
and conditions.
For a brief overview of the program, download the “Oracle Solaris:
Binary Application Guarantee Program” document at bit.ly/g75aJT.
measurement to the global investment management industry for
the past 15 years. Eagle’s applications are available on a direct subscription model or through Eagle’s hosted offering, Eagle ACCESS,
a secure private cloud infrastructure anchored by UltraSPARC-and SPARC64-based computers running Oracle Solaris 10. This
advanced computing platform provides capacity on demand
during critical data-processing workloads such as daily pricing
and reporting.
“We need to service a wide range of clients where scalability and
availability are paramount, while being sensitive to cost pressures,”
says Steve Taylor, architecture and technology division director at
Eagle. “Eagle technology facilitates more-timely access to critical
investment information. Our mutual fund clients price their funds
daily, and they are exclusively using Oracle Solaris 10 right now
because it’s designed for mission-critical applications that require
rock-solid stability and predictable performance.”
DESIGNED TO SCALE
The Eagle application can be easily configured to take advantage
of the specific hardware and is a key part of the design and deployment process to assess the workload, service-level agreements, and
the shape of the data. The majority of Eagle’s Oracle customers use
systems based on SPARC64 and UltraSPARC processors running
Oracle Solaris because of the compelling price/performance capabilities of those products. “Enterprise-class servers based on SPARC64
give them the scalability and the stability that they require for their
daily operations,” Taylor says.
For example, large mutual funds, portfolio managers, and some
of the fund administration providers—including Eagle’s parent
company, BNY Mellon—benefit from Oracle’s SPARC Enterprise
M-Series systems with SPARC64 VI/VII+ processors in their daily
accounting operations because of that scalability and stability. On
the other hand, for a large wealth management shop that has hundreds of thousands of accounts, it’s important for the processor to
be able to execute multiple threads in parallel to drive high levels of
concurrency—keeping throughput levels high. These customers are
better suited to Oracle’s SPARC T-Series systems, where concurrency
is paramount. Being able to match hardware to application configuration and the shape of the data is key.
“Being able to utilize parallel threads in the CPU is critical to us,
and this is where the SPARC/Oracle Solaris combination excels,”
adds Taylor. “It’s a trusted platform with a high degree of engineering
talent supporting it.”
And the integrated engineering effort behind SPARC, Oracle
DAVE BRADLEY
MAY/JUNE 2011 ORACLE. COM/ORACLEMAGAZINE
