【News】Oracle收购GoldenGate有感

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消息闭塞，真是消息闭塞，才看到这个09.07.23日的新闻：Oracle收购GoldenGate！

对于强大的Oracle，在她身上什么事情都可能发生，不过看到这个新闻之后，我还是非常的惊讶的，毕竟我和GG有过一段非常难以忘怀的故事！

GoldenGate（亲切的称其为GG，我们都这么称呼她）是一款跨多个数据库产品都能提供几乎接近实时复制（准实时复制）的高级复制软件。

我和GG不得不说的事儿：
第一次接触GG是在07年的8月份，当时单位准备上线GG，目标是将主生产数据库部分核心数据准实时复制到另外一套数据库用于数据挖掘，复制的两端数据库都是两节点Oracle RAC（595满配）。当时我和GG的专家们一同度过了测试、培训、上线准备、正式上线以及上线后的故障诊断与处理全过程。

整个过程都是和曾工（他是我心目中GG领域的绝对高手）还有另外一位伊小姐（后来去新加坡读博士了，应该快毕业了，在这里也祝她学业有成，一切顺利）一同完成的，从曾工那里学到了不仅仅是技术细节，还有很多很多，向曾工致敬。

GG的复制原理和Quest公司的SharePlex产品（俺也有幸完成了SharePlex的全面测试任务）都是一样的，都是挖掘Oracle的日志（redo和归档）然后生成自己的队列文件，通过队列文件传输到目标端，目标端通过读取相应的队列文件在目标数据库中重演事务。

GG的复制原理和复制效率都是一流的，截止到现在我一直坚信GG的复制效率是最高的。当然GG也有一些小瑕疵，我曾经做过一次非常详尽的测试，的确发现了一些小问题（商业机密，这里就不提了），不知道现在的版本有没有修正。

GG的另外一个大的特点和优势是：跨不同的数据库进行复制，目前支持的数据库有：Oracle、IBM DB2、SQL Server、Sybase ASE和Teradata。（SharePlex只支持Oracle到Oracle的复制）
这一点我想也许是Oracle收购GG最大的动力，这样Oracle就可以顺理成章的触碰到其他重量级商业数据库的利益了。这也就能够解释为什么Oracle手里已经有DataGuard、Stream和曾经收购的Sunopsis还要收购GoldenGate的目的了。

此次收购没有公布价格，不过鉴于GoldenGate本身高昂的采购价格，应该也不是一个小数目。

不管怎么说，在这里祝福GoldenGate产品越做越好（也只剩祝福了，关键还得看Oracle怎么定位这个高端产品）。

【附】Oracle新闻链接：http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/022092
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Oracle Press Release

Oracle Buys GoldenGate Software

Adds Leading Real-time Data Integration Solution to Create Comprehensive Heterogeneous Data Integration Platform.

Redwood Shores, Calif, July 23, 2009

News Facts

Oracle has agreed to acquire GoldenGate Software, Inc., a leading provider of real-time data integration solutions enabling superior IT performance and enterprise decision making.

The addition of technology from GoldenGate extends Oracle’s capabilities with a heterogeneous real-time data integration solution and adds functionality to maintain uptime of business-critical applications during migrations and upgrades.

The combination of GoldenGate and Oracle is expected to create a comprehensive heterogeneous data integration platform.

Customers are expected to benefit from enhanced real-time data movement, replication and synchronization across heterogeneous systems enabling improved business intelligence, while providing high availability of business-critical applications.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close later this year.

Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Supporting Quotes

“The need to improve operating performance in a global 24x7 environment has led to the need for data integration to support real-time and high availability capabilities,” said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president Oracle Fusion Middleware Product Development. “With the addition of GoldenGate, Oracle expects to help our customers achieve better performance through improved business intelligence and business continuity with real-time information.”

"Oracle and GoldenGate share a common vision to bring a comprehensive data integration solution to customers," said Ali Kutay, GoldenGate Software, Inc. President & CEO. "Our partnership spans more than 10 years and now our joint vision can help companies make better decisions based on more timely, accurate information across multiple systems."

Supporting Resources

About Oracle and GoldenGate Software

General Presentation

FAQ

Customer Letter

Partner Letter

This document is for information purposes only and may not be incorporated into a contract.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest business software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.