With this partnership, it will be easier and more affordable for customers in India to deploy Oracle products on Dell servers running on Linux, Dinesh Pai, general manager, Dell India said.

Claiming to lower total cost of ownership and a 69 per cent faster processing, he said Oracle's 10g data software application would be bundled with the Dell PowerEdge server under this alliance.

Dell will use its direct sales model to provide customers in India with enterprise solutions integrating both hardware and software. Both the companies will put in dedicated teams in place to carry out joint training, marketing and sales tracking, Pai said.

"Our growing partnership with Oracle reflects customer's increasing demand for one-stop solution and a single point contact," Pai said.

Dell and Oracle have long supported a low cost approach to enterprise computing, Shekhar Dasgupta, managing director, Oracle India said.

The two companies have already extended this alliance to A-Pac region in Malaysia, Australia and China.