On Wednesday, Oracle Inc (NYSE:ORCL) and Microsoft Inc (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveiled deeper integration for their respective clouds, allowing customers to migrate between platforms for projects.
Oracle and Microsoft Are Adapting to the Multicloud Environment
Oracle and Microsoft announced during the Microsoft Inspire conference that Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure is now generally available. This new offering allows Microsoft Azure clients to quickly access, provision, and monitor enterprise-grade Oracle database services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with a familiar experience. Users can migrate or build new applications on Azure. They can then connect to high-performance, high-availability managed Oracle Database services, like Autonomous Database, which operates on OCI.
The announcement follows an agreement reached in 2019 when Oracle and Microsoft partnered to provide Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure, the companies said.
Since then, hundreds of organizations have used the secured, private interconnects in 11 regions around the world.
With the announcement of Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft and Oracle are extending their collaboration to simplify the multi-cloud experience further. Many joint customers, including some of the world’s largest enterprises such as Veritas, AT&T, SGS, and Marriott International, want the best cloud provider services to optimize performance, scalability, and the ability to accelerate their efforts in business modernization. Oracle Database Service for Azure builds on the core functionality of Oracle Interconnect for Azure. It makes it easier for any customer to integrate workloads on Microsoft Azure with Oracle Database Services on OCI.
The announcement of Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure includes no transfer fees. Customers must pay for other services, including Azure Synapse and Oracle Autonomous Database.
Corey Sanders, Microsoft Cloud’s vice president of industry and global expansion, said in a post that the two companies “have a long history of working together” and that this partnership is an example of the choice and flexibility available to clients.
Clay Magouyrk, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, said the agreement allows the two companies to “dispel” the myth of running real applications in two clouds.
With the new Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, users can connect their Azure subscriptions to their OCI tenancy in just a few clicks. The service automatically configures what is necessary to connect the two cloud environments and federates Azure Active Directory identities. This feature makes it easy for Azure customers to use the service. The familiar dashboard of the Oracle database services on OCI uses Azure terminology and monitors with Azure Application Insights.
“Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure has simplified the use of a multi-cloud environment for data analytics,” said Jane Zhu, senior vice president, and chief information officer, Corporate Operations, Veritas. “We were able to easily ingest large volumes of data hosted by Oracle Exadata Database Service on OCI to Azure Data Factory where we are using Azure Synapse for analysis.”
Microsoft Launched Cloud for Sovereignty
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty. This new public cloud offers governments around the world greater control over data and “increased transparency.”
The tech giant said Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty is built on its public cloud and will enable governments to “accelerate digital transformation while creating a customized experience adhering to government requirements.”
The company recognized two customers already using Cloud for Sovereignty, Italian defense contractor Leonardo and Belgian telecommunications company Proximus.
Microsoft is expected to release its fiscal fourth quarter results on July 26. An analyst consensus expects the company to earn $2.29 per share on revenue of $52.41 billion. In the company’s Q3, revenue jumped 18% year-on-year to $49.4 billion, while net profit rose 8% to $16.7 billion and diluted EPS increased 9% to $2.22 per share. Revenue and earnings exceeded analysts’ expectations with revenue of $49.05 billion and EPS of $2.19 per share.
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