Home > News > Top Stories > Oracle and Microsoft Azure Collaborate for Cloud Database Services

Cloud App Development

Oracle and Microsoft Azure Collaborate for Cloud Database Services

Oracle and Microsoft Azure Collaborate for Cloud Database Services
  • Oracle has partnered with Microsoft Azure to extend its database infrastructure to the cloud, offering customers a seamless, integrated experience.
  • Oracle Database@Azure will leverage Azure's security, flexibility, and AI capabilities, promising enhanced options for customers to migrate their databases to the cloud.
  • The partnership addresses customer demands for cloud migration options, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella anticipating accelerated adoption of cloud solutions reliant on Oracle Database.

Oracle has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft Azure to expand its database infrastructure in the cloud. The collaboration, known as Oracle Database@Azure, seeks to combine Oracle's database services with Azure's cloud platform, offering customers a seamless, integrated experience. This move comes as Oracle aims to recover market share and compete with subscription-based alternatives.

Oracle Database@Azure will make use of Azure's renowned security, flexibility, and AI capabilities, including those developed in partnership with OpenAI. Oracle's hardware and software will be co-located in Azure's data centers, promising enhanced options for customers to migrate their databases to the cloud. Initially, the offering will support various Oracle database services, including Oracle Exadata Database, Oracle Autonomous Database, and Oracle Real Application Clusters. A joint support guarantee from Oracle and Microsoft will ensure mission-critical workload stability. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison emphasized the importance of the partnership, noting that Oracle's hardware and software would be co-located and physically relocated to Azure's data centers.

Customers will have the option to purchase Oracle Database@Azure through the Azure Marketplace while retaining their existing Oracle Database license benefits. Oracle will manage its services within Microsoft's data centers across regions in North America and Europe.

The partnership addresses customer demands for cloud migration options, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella anticipating accelerated adoption of cloud solutions reliant on Oracle Database.

Oracle faces stiff competition in the database market, with its market share declining from 36.1% in 2017 to 20.6% in 2021, as per Gartner.

To regain momentum, Oracle has taken steps such as offering free database software for developers. The Azure partnership is a strategic move to fortify its market position and retain long-term clients amid growing competition.

Spotlight

More featured news

Spotlight

Related News

Cloud App Management

Dell Technologies delivers hybrid cloud innovation with Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure

iTWire | September 27, 2023

Dell Technologies today announced the availability of Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft, a new fully integrated turnkey system developed in collaboration with Microsoft that extends the Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud experience to data centre and edge environments. It’s the first offer in the Dell Apex Cloud Platform family and the first available Premier Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. This new Azure Stack HCI solution category only includes platforms that provide fastest time to value for Azure hybrid cloud through the deepest levels of integration with Microsoft. Dell Technologies and Microsoft have a long history of hybrid cloud innovation and collaboration to help customers deploy apps and data wherever they need them. Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure is the latest innovation to stem from our long collaboration, said Dell Technologies regional director Apex Asia Pacific and Japan Karolis Macionis. “This new platform will enable organisations in the region to simplify their Azure management, accelerate application delivery, and offer flexibility to run their workloads across the cloud, edge, and data centre.” Dell Apex Cloud platforms are next-generation infrastructure that deliver consistent operations and more control over workload placement by extending the choice of cloud ecosystem on-premises. These platforms offer customers greater flexibility and investment protection over time by combining the best of Dell innovation in automated infrastructure management and orchestration, software-defined storage, and next-generation compute. Simplifying Azure on-premises The opportunity to extend Azure cloud services to on-premises environments is significant. According to an ESG study on multicloud application deployment trends, 48% of customers surveyed are expanding on-premises deployments. Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Azure provides an optimal way for customers to bring Microsoft Azure to their data centre and edge locations. This new platform builds upon decades of Dell and Microsoft collaboration. It combines Dell’s expertise in delivering software-driven management and orchestration and software-defined storage with Microsoft’s leadership in cloud services and container orchestration. “More of our customers are asking us to bring the power of Azure wherever they need it out in the real world, whether that is in their factories, retail stores, quick service restaurants, or distributed locations. Through our partnership with Dell, we can project just enough Microsoft Azure to those locations at the edge,” said Azure Edge + Platform corporate vice president Douglas Phillips. “This new solution gives our mutual customers a seamless experience from cloud to edge, wherever their data lives, so they can spend less time managing infrastructure and focus more on transforming their business.” Enhancing Azure hybrid cloud The Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure is designed to address several key IT priorities. Simplify management: This new offer delivers consistent Azure operations across on-premises locations and public cloud via native integration with Azure Arc. Deep integration and extensive automation enabled by Dell’s APEX Cloud Platform Foundation Software would deliver greater benefits to customers compared to past solutions. For example, the automated deployment wizard results in an 88% reduction in deployment steps compared to existing integrated systems, allowing customers to save more time when deploying the platform. Accelerate application delivery: Through optimised delivery of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) hybrid, and Arc-enabled app and data services, the platform helps accelerate application delivery. Customers will be able to simplify management with deep integration and familiar tools. Users can also enforce consistent security and compliance policies across the Azure landscape through integration with centralised Azure management and governance services. Fastest time to value: To ensure customers get the fastest time to value and ongoing full stack support, Dell ProSupport Infrastructure Suite provides a single source of solution level-support for Dell hardware, system software, and Azure HCI. Onsite diagnosis, residency, data migration, data disposition, and education services cover tasks commonly required in a multicloud environment, allowing internal staff to focus on other priorities. Going above and beyond While the new Premier Solutions for Azure Stack HCI category represents the highest level of required automation, integration, and collaboration with Microsoft, Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure takes this even further. Lifecycle management: Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure delivers near instantaneous availability of new releases and patches - within just four hours of a Microsoft release. Single-pane, full-stack lifecycle management ensures the complete infrastructure stack always remains compliant. Unique automation: The platform provides automated cluster expansion, enabling rapid addition of on-premises infrastructure to meet workload requirements. Edge offerings coming soon: The specialised nodes based on the Dell PowerEdge XR4000 edge-optimised server platform to help customers extend Azure to the edge while minimising cost, footprint, and complexity. Ultimate flexibility coming soon: Dell Technologies will support additional storage configurations with Dell software-defined storage, making it the only offer to support linear scaling of storage resources independently from compute resources, helping customers address workloads with diverse performance, and scaling needs. Meeting customer and partner needs Dell has heard overwhelming excitement about this solution from customers and partners alike. Kyndryl, a strategic partner of Dell and Microsoft, is expanding its solutions with managed services for this platform. “In a rapidly changing IT landscape, Kyndryl is helping customers modernise their mission-critical environments to a hybrid cloud operating model. As a strategic alliance partner with Dell and Microsoft, we are excited for the availability of the new Dell Apex Cloud Platform that will provide a consistent Azure operation across on-premises and Azure public cloud,” said Kyndryl vice president private cloud services Kevin Powell. “We are committed to delivering services that help customers utilise the latest industry technology innovations from our ecosystem partners to deliver leading edge hybrid cloud solutions.” Through customer conversations, Dell is seeing existing customers familiar with the operational outcomes delivered by its automated software are excited to adopt the Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to extend their Azure deployments on-premises. “More than 5,000 organisations around the world look to LoopUp to help them bring global communications to the cloud to support flexible work, increase productivity, simplify complexity, and reduce cost,” said LoopUp vice president of network operations Chris Stanley. “Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure’s deep software integration and lifecycle management will help us scale and deliver cloud telephony innovations faster and get the most value from our Azure hybrid deployment.” Orange Business, another strategic partner for Dell and Microsoft, is also excited about the transformative power Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure could hold for their customers. “As organisations increasingly turn to hybrid cloud strategies to help power digital experiences for their employees and customers, they need an efficient solution to easily manage it all from edge to core data centres to public cloud,” said Orange business marketing director of digital services Olivier Ménez. “Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure includes deep integrations and automation that will help us easily build and manage our customers’ data and applications in hybrid environments.” Delivering hybrid cloud innovation Dell’s customers can now get their hands on Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to see first-hand how it can help them unleash innovation by simplifying the Azure hybrid experience.

Read More

Cloud App Management

Red Hat Named a Leader in Multicloud Container Platforms by Independent Research Firm

Business Wire | October 04, 2023

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Red Hat OpenShift has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q4 2023. Forrester Research identified the 8 most significant providers and researched, analyzed and scored them. Red Hat and the other top providers were evaluated for The Forrester Wave™ against 32 criteria grouped into three categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. In the evaluation, Red Hat received the highest possible scores in 29 criteria, including developer experience, operator experience, DevOps automation, development environments, security features and policies, AI/ML services, data management, multicloud and hybrid cloud support, vision, roadmap, innovation and more. According to Forrester’s evaluation, “With OpenShift’s systematic innovation and development on multiple fronts, Red Hat has helped transform the MCP market segment. What began as a rough-around-the-edges open source effort has become a full-blown multicloud development and infrastructure platform that handles anything from bespoke internal apps to digital operations platforms and complex AI/ML workloads.” View a complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q4 2023 here. Supporting Quote Joe Fernandes, vice president and general manager, Hybrid Cloud Platforms, Red Hat We are proud to be recognized as a leader in The Forrester Wave™. As they note in the report, ‘Red Hat sets the pace with enterprise IT capabilities and massive market presence.’ We believe receiving the highest possible scores across 29 criteria validates Red Hat OpenShift as a holistic application platform providing organizations with a trusted set of capabilities to more quickly and easily bring cloud-native applications to market. We designed Red Hat OpenShift to support organizations regardless of workload type or where an application lives across the hybrid cloud and will continue to evolve and refine its features to best support customer innovation today and in the future. About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.

Read More

Cloud Security

Fortinet and Wiz Partner for Securing Cloud Workloads Using CNAPP

Fortinet | September 13, 2023

Fortinet and Wiz partner for enhanced cloud workload protection, joining each other's tech programs. Their collaboration combines Fortinet's network security with Wiz's cloud technology, bolstering cloud workload protection. The partnership broadens Fortinet's Open Fabric Ecosystem, enabling unified cloud workload security for joint customers. Fortinet and Wiz Technologies have formed a partnership to better secure cloud workloads. Wiz has joined Fortinet's Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program, while Fortinet has become a part of the Wiz Integration (WIN) Program. Together, they have developed an integrated solution combining their technologies to safeguard cloud workloads. Fortinet’s customers can utilize the Wiz Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) to scan their cloud infrastructure, identify risks, and implement automation rules. On the other hand, Wiz customers can leverage Fortinet's Security Fabric to automate security enforcement and protect their cloud environments, utilizing tools like the FortiGate VM Next-Generation Firewall virtual appliance and FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) for traffic management. This partnership allows Fortinet to expand its Open Fabric Ecosystem and offer joint customers comprehensive cloud workload security across different cloud environments. For Wiz, having Fortinet as part of WIN empowers security teams to meet diverse needs quickly and adopt an efficient cloud operating model. Fortinet has numerous Open Fabric Ecosystem partners, including major players like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Google Cloud, IBM Security, and Microsoft. The WIN Program facilitates technology integrations and offers a catalog of cloud security partner integrations from various cybersecurity and technology companies. The Fortinet and Wiz partnership enhances cloud workload protection by combining Fortinet's network security with Wiz's cloud technology. It enables automation, provides comprehensive cloud security, and expands Fortinet's ecosystem of security partners. Customers gain unified cloud security solutions across various cloud environments and access to integrated technologies. Concerns may arise regarding vendor lock-in and potential integration challenges. The partnership may not cover all cloud platforms, and overlapping features should be carefully assessed. Organizations relying on this partner ecosystem may have limitations in terms of security capabilities and offerings.

Read More

Cloud App Management

Dell Technologies delivers hybrid cloud innovation with Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure

iTWire | September 27, 2023

Dell Technologies today announced the availability of Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft, a new fully integrated turnkey system developed in collaboration with Microsoft that extends the Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud experience to data centre and edge environments. It’s the first offer in the Dell Apex Cloud Platform family and the first available Premier Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. This new Azure Stack HCI solution category only includes platforms that provide fastest time to value for Azure hybrid cloud through the deepest levels of integration with Microsoft. Dell Technologies and Microsoft have a long history of hybrid cloud innovation and collaboration to help customers deploy apps and data wherever they need them. Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure is the latest innovation to stem from our long collaboration, said Dell Technologies regional director Apex Asia Pacific and Japan Karolis Macionis. “This new platform will enable organisations in the region to simplify their Azure management, accelerate application delivery, and offer flexibility to run their workloads across the cloud, edge, and data centre.” Dell Apex Cloud platforms are next-generation infrastructure that deliver consistent operations and more control over workload placement by extending the choice of cloud ecosystem on-premises. These platforms offer customers greater flexibility and investment protection over time by combining the best of Dell innovation in automated infrastructure management and orchestration, software-defined storage, and next-generation compute. Simplifying Azure on-premises The opportunity to extend Azure cloud services to on-premises environments is significant. According to an ESG study on multicloud application deployment trends, 48% of customers surveyed are expanding on-premises deployments. Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Azure provides an optimal way for customers to bring Microsoft Azure to their data centre and edge locations. This new platform builds upon decades of Dell and Microsoft collaboration. It combines Dell’s expertise in delivering software-driven management and orchestration and software-defined storage with Microsoft’s leadership in cloud services and container orchestration. “More of our customers are asking us to bring the power of Azure wherever they need it out in the real world, whether that is in their factories, retail stores, quick service restaurants, or distributed locations. Through our partnership with Dell, we can project just enough Microsoft Azure to those locations at the edge,” said Azure Edge + Platform corporate vice president Douglas Phillips. “This new solution gives our mutual customers a seamless experience from cloud to edge, wherever their data lives, so they can spend less time managing infrastructure and focus more on transforming their business.” Enhancing Azure hybrid cloud The Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure is designed to address several key IT priorities. Simplify management: This new offer delivers consistent Azure operations across on-premises locations and public cloud via native integration with Azure Arc. Deep integration and extensive automation enabled by Dell’s APEX Cloud Platform Foundation Software would deliver greater benefits to customers compared to past solutions. For example, the automated deployment wizard results in an 88% reduction in deployment steps compared to existing integrated systems, allowing customers to save more time when deploying the platform. Accelerate application delivery: Through optimised delivery of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) hybrid, and Arc-enabled app and data services, the platform helps accelerate application delivery. Customers will be able to simplify management with deep integration and familiar tools. Users can also enforce consistent security and compliance policies across the Azure landscape through integration with centralised Azure management and governance services. Fastest time to value: To ensure customers get the fastest time to value and ongoing full stack support, Dell ProSupport Infrastructure Suite provides a single source of solution level-support for Dell hardware, system software, and Azure HCI. Onsite diagnosis, residency, data migration, data disposition, and education services cover tasks commonly required in a multicloud environment, allowing internal staff to focus on other priorities. Going above and beyond While the new Premier Solutions for Azure Stack HCI category represents the highest level of required automation, integration, and collaboration with Microsoft, Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure takes this even further. Lifecycle management: Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure delivers near instantaneous availability of new releases and patches - within just four hours of a Microsoft release. Single-pane, full-stack lifecycle management ensures the complete infrastructure stack always remains compliant. Unique automation: The platform provides automated cluster expansion, enabling rapid addition of on-premises infrastructure to meet workload requirements. Edge offerings coming soon: The specialised nodes based on the Dell PowerEdge XR4000 edge-optimised server platform to help customers extend Azure to the edge while minimising cost, footprint, and complexity. Ultimate flexibility coming soon: Dell Technologies will support additional storage configurations with Dell software-defined storage, making it the only offer to support linear scaling of storage resources independently from compute resources, helping customers address workloads with diverse performance, and scaling needs. Meeting customer and partner needs Dell has heard overwhelming excitement about this solution from customers and partners alike. Kyndryl, a strategic partner of Dell and Microsoft, is expanding its solutions with managed services for this platform. “In a rapidly changing IT landscape, Kyndryl is helping customers modernise their mission-critical environments to a hybrid cloud operating model. As a strategic alliance partner with Dell and Microsoft, we are excited for the availability of the new Dell Apex Cloud Platform that will provide a consistent Azure operation across on-premises and Azure public cloud,” said Kyndryl vice president private cloud services Kevin Powell. “We are committed to delivering services that help customers utilise the latest industry technology innovations from our ecosystem partners to deliver leading edge hybrid cloud solutions.” Through customer conversations, Dell is seeing existing customers familiar with the operational outcomes delivered by its automated software are excited to adopt the Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to extend their Azure deployments on-premises. “More than 5,000 organisations around the world look to LoopUp to help them bring global communications to the cloud to support flexible work, increase productivity, simplify complexity, and reduce cost,” said LoopUp vice president of network operations Chris Stanley. “Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure’s deep software integration and lifecycle management will help us scale and deliver cloud telephony innovations faster and get the most value from our Azure hybrid deployment.” Orange Business, another strategic partner for Dell and Microsoft, is also excited about the transformative power Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure could hold for their customers. “As organisations increasingly turn to hybrid cloud strategies to help power digital experiences for their employees and customers, they need an efficient solution to easily manage it all from edge to core data centres to public cloud,” said Orange business marketing director of digital services Olivier Ménez. “Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure includes deep integrations and automation that will help us easily build and manage our customers’ data and applications in hybrid environments.” Delivering hybrid cloud innovation Dell’s customers can now get their hands on Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to see first-hand how it can help them unleash innovation by simplifying the Azure hybrid experience.

Read More

Cloud App Management

Red Hat Named a Leader in Multicloud Container Platforms by Independent Research Firm

Business Wire | October 04, 2023

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Red Hat OpenShift has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q4 2023. Forrester Research identified the 8 most significant providers and researched, analyzed and scored them. Red Hat and the other top providers were evaluated for The Forrester Wave™ against 32 criteria grouped into three categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. In the evaluation, Red Hat received the highest possible scores in 29 criteria, including developer experience, operator experience, DevOps automation, development environments, security features and policies, AI/ML services, data management, multicloud and hybrid cloud support, vision, roadmap, innovation and more. According to Forrester’s evaluation, “With OpenShift’s systematic innovation and development on multiple fronts, Red Hat has helped transform the MCP market segment. What began as a rough-around-the-edges open source effort has become a full-blown multicloud development and infrastructure platform that handles anything from bespoke internal apps to digital operations platforms and complex AI/ML workloads.” View a complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q4 2023 here. Supporting Quote Joe Fernandes, vice president and general manager, Hybrid Cloud Platforms, Red Hat We are proud to be recognized as a leader in The Forrester Wave™. As they note in the report, ‘Red Hat sets the pace with enterprise IT capabilities and massive market presence.’ We believe receiving the highest possible scores across 29 criteria validates Red Hat OpenShift as a holistic application platform providing organizations with a trusted set of capabilities to more quickly and easily bring cloud-native applications to market. We designed Red Hat OpenShift to support organizations regardless of workload type or where an application lives across the hybrid cloud and will continue to evolve and refine its features to best support customer innovation today and in the future. About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.

Read More

Cloud Security

Fortinet and Wiz Partner for Securing Cloud Workloads Using CNAPP

Fortinet | September 13, 2023

Fortinet and Wiz partner for enhanced cloud workload protection, joining each other's tech programs. Their collaboration combines Fortinet's network security with Wiz's cloud technology, bolstering cloud workload protection. The partnership broadens Fortinet's Open Fabric Ecosystem, enabling unified cloud workload security for joint customers. Fortinet and Wiz Technologies have formed a partnership to better secure cloud workloads. Wiz has joined Fortinet's Fabric-Ready Technology Alliance Partner Program, while Fortinet has become a part of the Wiz Integration (WIN) Program. Together, they have developed an integrated solution combining their technologies to safeguard cloud workloads. Fortinet’s customers can utilize the Wiz Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) to scan their cloud infrastructure, identify risks, and implement automation rules. On the other hand, Wiz customers can leverage Fortinet's Security Fabric to automate security enforcement and protect their cloud environments, utilizing tools like the FortiGate VM Next-Generation Firewall virtual appliance and FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) for traffic management. This partnership allows Fortinet to expand its Open Fabric Ecosystem and offer joint customers comprehensive cloud workload security across different cloud environments. For Wiz, having Fortinet as part of WIN empowers security teams to meet diverse needs quickly and adopt an efficient cloud operating model. Fortinet has numerous Open Fabric Ecosystem partners, including major players like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Google Cloud, IBM Security, and Microsoft. The WIN Program facilitates technology integrations and offers a catalog of cloud security partner integrations from various cybersecurity and technology companies. The Fortinet and Wiz partnership enhances cloud workload protection by combining Fortinet's network security with Wiz's cloud technology. It enables automation, provides comprehensive cloud security, and expands Fortinet's ecosystem of security partners. Customers gain unified cloud security solutions across various cloud environments and access to integrated technologies. Concerns may arise regarding vendor lock-in and potential integration challenges. The partnership may not cover all cloud platforms, and overlapping features should be carefully assessed. Organizations relying on this partner ecosystem may have limitations in terms of security capabilities and offerings.

Read More

More featured news