Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a next-generation cloud designed to run any application, faster and more securely, for less. OCI is a distributed cloud platform that can be deployed anywhere, whether in public clouds, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. This gives customers the flexibility to meet their digital sovereignty needs, ensuring that accelerated computing and generative AI services are available everywhere.

OCI offers a broad range of cloud services to support a wide range of workloads:

• Multicloud: Direct database integration with Microsoft Azure and high-performance interconnection.
• Public Cloud: Consistent services and low prices across commercial and government public cloud regions.
• Hybrid Cloud: Trustworthy solutions for any location, including Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer, already deployed in over 60 countries.
• Dedicated Cloud: Offers more than 100 cloud services at public cloud pricing within data centers through OCI Dedicated Region and Oracle Alloy.

Some of the key services in OCI include:

• Developer Services: Tools and services for building, deploying, and managing modern cloud applications, such as API Gateway, DevOps, and Visual Builder Studio.
• Integration Services: Connect applications and data sources to automate end-to-end processes and centralize management.
• Analytics and BI: Comprehensive business intelligence with augmented analytics, including Oracle Analytics Platform and Oracle Fusion CX Analytics.
• AI and Machine Learning: Add intelligence to applications with prebuilt models and out-of-the-box chatbots or build and train custom models with data science services.
• Big Data and Data Lake: Manage Spark, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, and Kafka-compatible services, along with data warehouse and data management services.
• Compute: Secure and elastic compute capacity with flexible virtual machines, bare metal servers, HPC, and GPUs.
• Storage: Address various use cases with on-demand local, object, file, block, and archive storage.
• Containers and Functions: Deploy microservices applications on high-performance Docker, Kubernetes, and Fn Functions services.
• Networking: Connect securely to a customizable virtual cloud network (VCN) with options for load balancing, DNS management, and site-to-site VPN.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers competitive pricing without inflexible up-front commitments. The same low price applies to all cloud regions, including government and dedicated regions, with features like flexible compute, auto-tuning storage, and lower data egress fees. Discounts, software license portability, and loyalty rewards are also available.

OCI is available across 48 interconnected geographic commercial and government cloud regions, offering a consistent set of over 100 services in each region. This infrastructure supports a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and telecommunications. Oracle also offers direct interconnection with Microsoft Azure and a full suite of Oracle Cloud Applications.

Companies like Deutsche Bank have used Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer to reduce energy use by 50%. The financial services industry can benefit from OCI's secure, reliable, and scalable multicloud platform, which offers robust services and an accelerated AI infrastructure to meet data residency requirements.

Visit the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure website to learn more about the full range of services and pricing details.

Published on June 23, 2024