SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ORACLE
OPENWORLD -- To support its customers around the world, Oracle
today announced that it plans to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud
regions by the end of 2020, for a total of 36 Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure regions. This expansion includes regions in new
countries and dual, geographically separated regions in the U.S.,
Canada, Brazil, U.K., EU, Japan, South
Korea, Australia,
India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and new government regions in the U.K.
and Israel. In addition, Oracle is
announcing updates to its roadmap for its interconnect with
Microsoft Azure.
More customers and partners can harness the power of Oracle
Cloud to unlock innovation and drive business growth. With these
dual regions, customers can deploy both production and disaster
recovery capacity within their country or jurisdiction to meet
business continuity and compliance requirements. Customers will now
have access to all Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services including
Oracle Autonomous Database, as well as Oracle Fusion Applications,
in these regions.
"Enterprise customers worldwide require geographically
distributed regions for true business continuity, disaster
protection and regional compliance requirements. Multiple
availability domains within a region will not address this issue,"
said Don Johnson, executive vice
president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "Unlike other cloud
providers, Oracle is committed to offering a second region for
disaster recovery in every country where we launch Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure services, a strategy that's aligned with our
customers' needs."
Oracle Cloud has opened 12 regions in the past year and
currently operates 16 regions globally – 11 commercial and five
government – the fastest expansion by any major cloud provider.
Available regions include:
- Americas: Phoenix,
Ashburn, Toronto, São Paulo
- Europe: Frankfurt, London, Zurich
- Asia: Tokyo, Seoul,
Mumbai, Sydney
- Government: two U.S. Government regions, three U.S. DoD
regions
Rapid expansion in commercial and government
regions
Oracle expects to open an average of one region
every 23 days over the next 15 months for a total
of 20 additional regions (17 commercial
and three government). As planned, 11 of the
countries or jurisdictions served by local cloud regions will have
two or more regions to facilitate in-country or in-jurisdiction
disaster recovery capabilities. Oracle's Gen 2 Cloud
Infrastructure makes this possible through highly-optimized region
deployment technologies, which can implement an entire software
defined data center and customer-facing cloud services in
days.
Oracle Cloud is scheduled to build new cloud regions in the U.S.
(Bay Area, CA), Canada
(Montreal), Brazil (Belo
Horizonte), U.K. (Newport,
Wales), European Union (Amsterdam), Japan (Osaka), Australia (Melbourne), India (Hyderabad), South
Korea (Chuncheon), Singapore, Israel, South
Africa, Chile, two in Saudi
Arabia and two in the United Arab
Emirates. Oracle also intends to open two regions for usage
by the U.K. Government and one for the Government of Israel.
Microsoft Interconnect expansion in new locations, including
government regions
Oracle is expanding its regions
interconnected with Microsoft Azure. Since June 2019, Oracle has announced two commercial
regions that are interconnected with Microsoft Azure – Ashburn and London. In the next few quarters, it is
globally expanding the interconnect to U.S. West, Asia and Europe. Similar to commercial regions, Oracle
Cloud and Microsoft Azure will extend their interoperability into
government regions. This will now enable joint Oracle and Microsoft
government customers to more easily move applications to the cloud,
preserving their existing technology investments while taking
advantage of next generation cloud native technologies.
Oracle Cloud meets needs of the enterprise
"As the
cloud is now being used by enterprises globally for more
mission-critical workloads, Oracle is demonstrating that its
enterprise-grade credentials are resonating with customers, leading
to a combination of customer retention and growth. According to
Oracle it is seeing more and more existing customers committing to
the Oracle Cloud, as well as growth in new customers moving to the
Oracle Cloud," said Roy Illsley,
distinguished analyst, Infrastructure Solutions, Ovum. "Oracle's
aggressive global data center expansion plan is helping in its
growth. With its reputation for reliability, high performance and
security, we believe Oracle is increasingly becoming an influential
enterprise-class cloud provider."
Today, Oracle is the only company delivering a complete and
integrated set of cloud services and building intelligence into
every layer of the cloud: from cloud infrastructure, to tools for
application development and integration, to cloud applications for
finance, enterprise resource planning, customer experience, and
analytics. Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Analytics, and
platform services for application development and integration will
be available in these regions. Oracle Fusion Applications now run
on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in five data center regions, and
will be available in all global regions within a few months after
each region's launch. This will be the most distributed cloud
application platform in the market, able to satisfy in-country and
in-jurisdiction data sovereignty requirements. Customers requiring
integration between Oracle Cloud Applications and on-premises
applications will also benefit from the global availability of
cloud-based integration services.
Specifically architected to meet the needs of the enterprise,
Oracle's Generation 2 Cloud offers customers a compelling array of
advanced Cloud Services. With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,
customers benefit from best-in-class security, consistent high
performance, simple predictable pricing, and the tools and
expertise needed to bring enterprise workloads to cloud quickly and
efficiently.
About Oracle
The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite
of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human
Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly
Automated and Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the
Oracle Autonomous Database. For more information about Oracle
(NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.
About Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle OpenWorld, the
industry's most important business and technology conference for
more than 20 years, hosts tens of thousands of in-person attendees
as well as millions online. Dedicated to helping businesses
leverage cloud for their innovation and growth, the conference
delivers deep insight into industry trends and breakthroughs driven
by technology. With thousands of sessions, demos and hands-on labs,
plus exhibitions from more than 250 partners and customers from
around the world, Oracle OpenWorld has become a showcase for
leading cloud technologies, from Cloud Applications to
Infrastructure. For registration, live keynotes, session details,
news and more,
visit www.oracle.com/openworld or www.oracle.com/newsroom.
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