Microsoft to offer Oracle cloud database on Azure
Ahead of subsequent week’s Oracle CloudWorld in Las Vegas, Oracle and Microsoft have introduced Oracle Database@Azure.
This is claimed to give direct entry to Oracle database companies operating on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and deployed in Microsoft Azure datacentres.
It additionally opens up Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI companies to Oracle prospects.
“Our expanded partnership with Oracle will make Microsoft Azure the only other cloud provider to run Oracle’s database services and help our customers unlock a new wave of cloud-powered innovation,” stated Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft.
Oracle chairman and chief expertise officer Larry Ellison stated: “Most prospects already use a number of clouds. Microsoft and Oracle have been working collectively to make it straightforward for these prospects to seamlessly join Azure Services with the very newest Oracle Database expertise.
“By collocating Oracle Exadata hardware in Azure datacentres, customers will experience the best possible database and network performance.”
Mihir Shah, enterprise head of knowledge at Fidelity Investments, stated: “Today’s announcement displays how industry leaders Microsoft and Oracle are putting their customers’ interests first and providing a collaborative solution that enables organisations like Fidelity to deliver best-in-class experiences for our customers, and meet the substantial compliance and regulatory requirements with minimal downtime.”
Magesh Bagavathi, senior vice-president and world chief expertise officer of PepsiCo, additionally weighed in: “Data is the lifeblood of any enterprise, and the cloud is one of the best ways to analyse it in order that insights change into actionable.
“The ability to run our mission-critical systems and associated data in the cloud with Oracle Database@Azure gives us a scaled strategic advantage across our global operations.”
And, from Newbury within the UK, Scott Petty, chief expertise officer of Vodafone, stated: “This new offering from Oracle and Microsoft enables us to deliver innovative and differentiated digital services faster and more cost effectively to our customers.”
Oracle will function and handle these OCI companies straight inside Microsoft’s datacentres globally, starting with areas in North America and Europe.
At an occasion asserting the growth of the suppliers’ joint exercise, Ellison stated: “[We are] taking the Oracle {hardware} and software program, all of the Oracle Database hardware that we use in the Oracle Cloud, and all the database software using the Oracle Cloud, and physically moving it into Azure datacentres.
“We are making it convenient and economical for customers to move enormous amounts of data that may be stored in an Oracle database to train an OpenAI model.”
The state of cloud migration
Ellison went on to comment on the state of cloud migration for Oracle workloads. “A majority of the data has not migrated from on-premise into the cloud as yet, but it will,” he said. “And we are trying to hasten that process to make it easier for customers to move their entire datacentre workload to the cloud.”
The expanded partnership will, said the suppliers, provide a “streamlined environment that simplifies cloud purchasing and management between Oracle Database and Azure services”.
They also said, of Oracle Database@Azure: “The new service is designed to eliminate customers’ biggest challenges in adopting multi-cloud architectures, including disjointed management, siloed tools and a complex purchasing process.”
Customers will be able to purchase Oracle Database@Azure through Azure Marketplace, using their existing Azure agreements. They will also be able to use their existing Oracle Database license benefits, including Bring Your Own License and the Oracle Support Rewards programme.
