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Breakfast Seminar Explores a Quick and Easy Approach to Gaining Immediate Value: GridApp Systems ((its Web site), the leading provider of database automation solutions, today announced that it has teamed with Oracle to deliver a breakfast seminar on Thursday, November 2nd at 9:00 a.m. ET, entitled, "The Real Story about Grid Computing." Together, Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist for GridApp Systems, and Bijan Chowdhury, Oracle's Senior Director of Financial Services, will reveal how grid computing has proven to reduce costs and improve control over the database infrastructure. The seminar will also demonstrate how GridApp Systems' database automation solutions can maximize and extend Oracle RAC's value -- especially for the small and mid-sized organizations. Those attending the seminar will: -- Better differentiate between the myths and realities of grid computing. -- Realize why you do need RAC. -- Learn how Oracle's customers are applying grid computing in areas such as trading systems, risk analytics and compliance. -- Learn how to transform your company's database infrastructure. -- Gain maximum value from your company's IT investments. GridApp Systems simplifies the deployment and automates the administration of clustered database environments. This breakfast seminar is a rare opportunity for companies to better understand how to achieve superior performance, continuous availability and flexibility from their database environment. With GridApp Systems' D2500 database appliance and Oracle RAC, organizations can now realize a highly available and resilient environment while cost-effectively meeting business goals. And instead of wrestling with the complexities of Oracle RAC deployment and administration, the D2500 does the heavy lifting so your database infrastructure can be in production in under a day. The breakfast seminar is free and will take place at Oracle's offices, located at 520 Madison Avenue (30th floor) in New York City, and will begin with registration and networking at 8:30 a.m. Advance registration is recommended by contacting Jeff Addiss at 646-452-4101.