SRS Gateway for Oracle to provide SQL querying of SRS from any Oracle environment
Cambridge, MA, USA, Heidelberg, Germany, January 21, 2004 – LION bioscience (Nasdaq: LEON) announced today immediate availability of the SRS Gateway for Oracle. The new module of the SRS architecture combines the power of two industry-leading platforms, SRS and the Oracle Database, providing scientists and informatics professionals optimal integration capabilities for discovery-relevant data of all file types and sources.
The new LION SRS Gateway for Oracle enables informatics professionals to access the SRS engine and associated databases from Oracle using SQL or from any Oracle application. Oracle users in the life sciences industry can use the new product to access more than 900 different public flat file databases and integrate the data into their existing infrastructures using the power of SRS. The SRS Gateway for Oracle is available immediately for SRS 7.1 and supports Oracle9i Database Release 2 and subsequent versions including Oracle Database 10g.
“LION is responding to strong customer demand by bringing SRS and Oracle closer together,” said Dr. Daniel Keesman, LION bioscience Chief Business Officer. “With the successful launch of the SRS Gateway for Oracle, we continue our efforts and commitment to delivering open, industry-standard solutions that leverage ‘best of breed’ technologies. The combination of Oracle and SRS 7.1 integrates and makes accessible the largest and most wide-spread databases in the Life Sciences with virtually one mouse click.”
“Until the release of the SRS Gateway, combining flat files with relational databases was a major challenge for the life science industry. However, with the SRS Gateway for Oracle, our users will have access to broader data sets including the numerous public flat file databases,” said Jacek Myczkowski, Oracle Vice President – Life Sciences and Data Mining Technologies. “We chose to work with LION because we see SRS as one of the best ways to integrate biological data. Furthermore, we expect this partnership with LION will be of great benefit to the life science industry and will decrease the time and money needed for drug discovery.”
About SRS
SRS is a proven, scalable and robust data integration platform that provides fast access to diverse life science data – genetic, protein, cellular, molecular and clinical – from public and proprietary sources, regardless of data format. SRS is used in more than 300 commercial and academic sites delivering genomic data daily to thousands of users around the globe. SRS is the clear market leader for bioinformatics data integration, providing global bioinformatics platforms for pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly, Johnson&Johnson and AstraZeneca, as well as forming the basis of genomics portals for leading data providers such as Celera, Incyte, Derwent and Affymetrix.
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For further information please contact:
LION bioscience:
Julia Fritz
Corporate Communications
+49 (0) 6221 4038 158
julia.fritz@lionbioscience.com
Oracle Corp:
Ryan Mikolasik
Director, Industries and Customer PR
Corporate Communications
+1 650 607 5087
Ryan.mikolasik@oracle.com
