The intense final saw the Nottingham Panthers claw their way to a win, leaving their rivals the Belfast Giants, to go home empty handed.

The match was hugely significant for the Panthers, as a victory means their third consecutive Challenge cup win – an impressive, unbeaten record. A score of 10-4 aggregate saw Nottingham Panthers lift the Challenge Cup once again, making history as the record holders for the most successive wins of the cup.  

As match sponsors of the final, our very own Managing Director Andrew Elcock and Technical Director David Noble presented the Man of the Match awards for both teams, but most importantly the Challenge Cup itself to the Panthers captain Danny Meyers.

Both teams gave outstanding performances and the supporters showed their enthusiastic commitment to both teams, making the game one to remember.

Xynomix would like to thank the Nottingham Panthers and also the organisers at the Nottingham Ice Arena for a fantastic evening – we look forward to being match sponsors again very soon!

Established in February 2002, Xynomix have created an immense success story emerging from nothing to a hugely profitable business with over a hundred customers across the UK and overseas. Xynomix provide services for small to large enterprises from an array of industry sectors and because of their extensive development capabilities, can create bespoke support solutions to meet specific business requirements.

Within 10 years of operating, Xynomix have built a team of over twenty employees including twelve Technical Consultants with over a hundred years of collective experience of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and Unix/Linux Operating Systems.

Says the Founder and Managing Director of Xynomix, Andrew Elcock: “The set up and development of Xynomix has been a successful challenge. At times it has been tough, but the journey has been particularly rewarding and it’s clear to see the hard work has paid off. I have enjoyed seeing this company grow, taking on new ambitious employees and extending our services to the ever-changing IT environment. I am extremely proud of what Xynomix have achieved and I look forward to what the next 10 years will bring.”

Xynomix’s services pool has adapted greatly over the years, initially starting with support services of Oracle databases and then adding Unix and Linux operating systems. Due to the increased demand, Xynomix later added Microsoft SQL Server managed services and VMware to their portfolio. Now, Xynomix are experienced in the installation, support and consultancy of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, VMware and Unix/Linux systems.

The expansion of the team will enable the business to undertake more clients and thus mature their existing client base. Xynomix will use this development to provide further professional managed services for Oracle and SQL Server Databases or Unix/Linux Operating Systems.

Says Xynomix Technical Director, Dave Noble: “We are really excited about the recent additions to our team. We are receiving new interest on a more frequent basis, so this development will help to continue our business running smoothly and efficiently”.

This is not the first time Xynomix have recruited a significant number of new employee’s. The company has been growing its staff considerably for the past four years and it doesn’t look to be stopping as Xynomix’s reputation spreads.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Endeca provides powerful tools which help businesses analyse unstructured data, achieve better understanding of business knowledge and thus provide a superior customer experience. Endeca’s huge success so far has depended on the use of MDEX core technology which allows companies to analyse unstructured data.

The combination of Oracle ATG Commerce and Endeca InFront technology will perfect cross-channel commerce and on-line user experience.

The transaction is expected to complete by the end of 2011.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/acquisitions/endeca/index.html

The new acquisition is likely to benefit network equipment providers and it is expected to result in the creation of more comprehensive and standards-based offering that delivers service availability across the telecoms industry.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/495941

Oracle Unified Directory was developed as a key component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g which allows customers to better manage the vital identity information which drives their business applications.

With Oracle Unified Directory, administration and ownership costs can be considerably reduced as all corporate needs are maintained in a single directory. This also allows for a simplification of the enterprise architecture.

Some of the unique features of Oracle Unified Directory are:

- High Volume Writes – which allows customers to increase the frequency of changes to identity data and to include more content details such as location, images and relationships;

- Elastic scalability and Extreme performance – provides a global index data so that unmatched horizontal scalability is delivered;

- On-premise and Cloud computing capabilities – which controls the synchronization and virtualization of data in order to make it available to cloud-based applications and systems while data is protected;

- Next generation: builds on the success of the existing Oracle directories with innovative development to suit the needs of modern directory servers.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/434211

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Many Support and Managed Services customers already have Xynomix’ monitoring technology in place. It enables users to:

• Monitor database environments in real-time
• Ensure maximum availability for all database environments
• Act before potential problems become an issue
• Analyse database usage trends

The technology can monitor database availability and performance 24x7x365. It delivers alerts and reports based on key performance indicators that have been set for the database, allowing internal DBAs and/or support DBAs within Xynomix to pre-emptively resolve potential issues.

According to Xynomix: “Our monitoring solutions are currently some of the best in class. We want to continue to deliver the most effective Oracle database monitoring solutions to market, including database cluster monitoring and incredibly accurate monitoring for Oracle and SQL server environments. We will back these up with our renowned proactive approach to system management and our industry leading Oracle support services”

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In a continuing drive to set the standard for mission-critical computing, Oracle has invested heavily in the development of the Solaris operating system. The organisation has announced Oracle Solaris 10 9/10, Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3.

Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 is designed to compliment systems that are based on up to date SPARC and x86 architectures. It is compatible with well over ten thousand third-party products and applications.

Users of the updated Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS will access updates to the Oracle Solaris ZFS file system, and will experience improved performance, virtualization and networking potential.

Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2 is an application development tool designed for increased developer productivity.

Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 is a multi-site disaster recovery solution. It enables virtual application clusters via Oracle Solaris Containers and integrates with Oracle WebLogic sevrer, MySQL Cluster, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g and Oracle’s Siebel CRM.

In a further drive to deliver faster processing, increased performance, scalability, security and virtualization capability, Oracle has also unveiled the SPARC T3 Processor and four new servers.

Billed as “the first [processor] to deliver to deliver 16 core and 128 threads” [Oracle Magazine November/December], the SPARC T3 processor delivers on scalability, integration and security.

Whilst the company is unable to release further details at this stage, it has been confirmed that Xynomix’ portfolio of Oracle Support customers now contains yet another household name.

Known for the delivery of Oracle Support and Consultancy to SME’s and Blue Chips, Xynomix continues to grow in terms of revenue and improvements to their Oracle Support delivery infrastructure.

Says Marketing Executive, Jules Pedersen: “Companies of all sizes, in all sectors and with varying levels of system criticality, continue to entrust us with their Oracle Support, system management and Oracle Consultancy requirements. In return, we continue to deliver on strict SLA’s and high levels of customer service”

Xynomix plans to continue with its organic growth strategy for the forseeable future.