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Oracle enables enterprises to migrate and modernise their Oracle Database workloads in Azure
O rganisations want choice , and all of them are using two or more clouds . But , most workloads are still on-premises , and many of them are Oracle Database workloads . Customers need greater flexibility with best-in-class technologies to move workloads into the cloud . 97 % of the Fortune 100 companies rely on Oracle Database for their most critical workloads . Many of these customers have also invested in Microsoft Azure .
Since 2019 , Oracle has partnered with Microsoft to deliver the Oracle Interconnect for Azure , which offers secure , private interconnections with sub-2 millisecond latency in 12 global regions . This multicloud network foundation enabled customers , such as AT & T , Marriott International , and Veritas , to build applications across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure , OCI and Azure .
Oracle is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to launch a new service called Oracle Database @ Azure . With this service , Microsoft and Oracle will deliver the same Oracle database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure , OCI in Microsoft Azure datacentres . Oracle database services in Azure are designed to offer high levels of performance , scale , security , and availability , at parity with what is available in OCI today .
By collocating OCI database services in Azure datacentres , Oracle expects that Oracle Database @ Azure will have the same low latencies as other Azure services . Enterprises can also deploy and manage the service through the existing Azure portal and use Azure developer tools , software development kits , SDKs , and APIs .
With this new offering , Oracle is making it easier for customers to migrate and modernise their Oracle Database workloads to Azure . With Oracle database services running locally in Azure , you can benefit from proximity to familiar application development tools and frameworks to modernise your workloads and run cloud native applications with direct access to data in Oracle Database with the same security and compliance across the entire solution .
Additionally , customers will be able to purchase these services through the Azure Marketplace and apply their purchases to their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment , MACC .
Bringing the power of Oracle Autonomous and Exadata to Azure customers organisations in every industry have long relied on Oracle Exadata and Oracle Real Application Clusters , RAC to make the most of their data and to power mission critical applications . Oracle Database @ Azure brings these technologies into Azure .
Oracle RAC allows you to run a single Oracle Database across multiple servers , providing high availability and enabling
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horizontal scaling for traditional workloads . Building on this scale-out architecture , Oracle Exadata combines high-performance database servers , low-latency interconnects , and intelligent storage with unique , database-aware software optimisations .
It can let you access data with less than 20 microseconds of latency , process tens of millions of operations per second , and analyse petabytes of data . Exadata offers the same functionality on-premises and in the cloud , so you do not have to redesign and rearchitect your applications .
Migrating and deploying productiongrade environments is straightforward . Oracle provides proven database migration strategies , including automated migration solutions like Zero-Downtime Migration , ZDM and powerful tools like Oracle Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate . •
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