Oracle announces availability of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (1st October 2009)
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is Now Generally Available. Latest Generation of Database Innovation Delivers Superior Quality of Service at Lower Cost. This latest generation of the world’s #1 database builds on the innovations introduced in Oracle Database 11g to help organizations deliver better information throughout the enterprise, at a higher quality of service, and at a much lower cost.

Oracle Unveils Exadata Version 2: The First Database Machine for OLTP With FlashFire Technology (16 Sep 2009) DELETE
Based on a combination of Oracle software and innovative Sun hardware, including Sun's breakthrough FlashFire technology, Exadata Version 2 is built on a massively parallel architecture that brings together fast servers, and high-bandwidth interconnects between storage and database servers — a design that radically accelerates database processing and delivers exceptional performance. This uniquely well-balanced CPU, I/O and memory system yields high throughput networking and performance, designed and tuned for Oracle technology