Microsoft and Oracle Expand Partnership
The new service delivers a fully integrated experience for deploying,
managing, and using Oracle database instances within Azure. It enables
organizations to drive breakthroughs in the cloud using their existing skills
to leverage the best of Oracle and Microsoft capabilities directly within the
Azure portal.
The new service is designed to eliminate customers’ biggest challenges
in adopting multicloud architectures, including disjointed management, siloed
tools, and a complex purchasing process.
As a result of this expanded partnership, customers will have the choice
to deploy their Azure services with their fully managed Oracle Database
services all within a single datacenter, including support for Oracle Exadata
Database services, Oracle Autonomous Database services, and Oracle Real
Application Clusters (RAC). Oracle and Microsoft have also developed a joint
support model to provide rapid response and resolution for mission-critical
workloads.
Additionally, Oracle and Microsoft have significantly simplified the
purchasing and contracting process. Customers will be able to purchase Oracle
Database@Azure through Azure Marketplace, leveraging 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 program.
“As we continue our digital transformation through innovation and
technology, interoperability across cloud service providers to enable safe,
secure, and rapid financial transactions for our 40 million customers is
paramount,” said Mihir Shah, enterprise head of data, Fidelity Investments.
“Today’s announcement displays how industry leaders Microsoft and Oracle are
putting their customers’ interests first and providing a collaborative solution
that enables organizations like Fidelity to deliver best-in-class experiences
for our customers and meet the substantial compliance and regulatory
requirements with minimal downtime.”
“Data is the lifeblood of any business, and the cloud is the best way to
analyze it so that insights become actionable,” said Magesh Bagavathi, senior
vice president and global chief technology officer, PepsiCo. “As one of the
largest food and beverage companies in the world with a market value of over
200 billion U.S. dollars, 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.”
“We are looking to our technology partners to support Vodafone’s
strategic focus on customers, simplicity and growth across Europe and Africa,”
said Scott Petty, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone. “This new offering from
Oracle and Microsoft does that by enabling us to deliver innovative and
differentiated digital services faster and more cost effectively to our
customers.”
“As a global leader in the financial services industry, Voya has
harnessed the power of digital transformation to help provide the best
experience for our customers and employees. As we continue to bring our
business applications to the cloud, cloud partnerships have the potential to help
the entire industry maintain better security, compliance, and performance,
helping to accelerate the development of new technology products, solutions,
and services that enhance customer experience and help achieve better financial
outcomes,” said Santhosh Keshavan, executive vice president and chief
information officer, Voya Financial, Inc.
Oracle
will operate and manage these OCI services directly within Microsoft’s
datacenters globally, beginning with regions in North America and Europe.
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