IT giants Dell and Oracle have extended an existing partnership, which will see Dell continue to package Oracle software and services with hardware, while Oracle in turn will optimise services for Dell’s product offering.

The extension of the collaborative partnership will see the sharing of customer support and engineering support services.

“We test it together, we patch it together, we support it together," was how Oracle Co-President Mark Hurd described the shared relationship between the two IT giants.

In supporting each other services which compete in differing markets, the two companies seek to gain the competitive edge through the collaborative joint packaging of services and products.

The new partnership comes as Dell seeks to see increased growth after a downturn in its traditional PC markets.

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