Sun Microsystems and Metapa, which provides high-performance analytic infrastructure software, has announced that E! Networks has chosen to deploy their integrated data warehousing solution.

E! Networks will leverage Metapa's Cluster DataBase (CDB) solution for the Sun Solaris Operating System (OS) on Sun Fire servers based on AMD Opteron processors. The aim is to achieve price/ performance results for its enterprise class data warehouse system.

E! Networks claims to be the world's largest producer and distributor of entertainment news and lifestyle-related programming. While deploying a unified data warehouse has always been a strategic goal of the company it had not been practical in the past when one factors in the total ownership cost associated with traditional solutions.

The combined Metapa and Sun solution at E! Networks can integrate both detailed online and offline operational data into a single, consolidated data warehouse. This can support sophisticated business level reporting and analysis.

Additionally, the solution can provide the business intelligence infrastructure necessary for key E! Networks executives and television programming personnel to better understand and optimise programming for both its customers and partners.