<p>Some of SAP's software products are now certified for use with Oracle's Database Appliance, which is essentially a streamlined version of its Exadata machine aimed at small and medium-size businesses.</p><p>All SAP products based on versions 7.0 and higher of the vendor's NetWeaver middleware can be used with the database appliance, which was released in September 2011, according to an official Oracle blog post. The products must also be certified for Oracle database version 11g Release 2.</p><p>[ Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. | Get the latest insight on the tech news that matters from InfoWorld's Tech Watch blog. ]</p><p>Single-node or RAC (Real Application Clusters) deployments are supported, but not Oracle's RAC One Node option.</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/oracles-database-appliance-certified-sap-software-208940">Keep reading...</a></p>