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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explain why Oracle’s AWS partnership signals a new era of cloud interoperability.
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00:03 — Recently, my colleague Bob Evans reported on a new initiative from AWS called Interconnect multicloud aimed at enhancing the company’s multi-cloud offerings. Now, Oracle has announced that it will leverage AWS Interconnect multicloud to expand its multi-cloud networking capabilities.
00:31 — Oracle is enabling high-performance connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS by connecting Oracle Interconnect with AWS Interconnect multicloud. Now, as a result, Oracle customers will gain, and I quote, access to “a fast, private, managed connection to run applications and move data seamlessly between OCI and AWS.”
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01:00 — This new connectivity will support both full and split-stack multi-cloud deployments, empowering customers to confidently leverage the benefits of both cloud providers without the management complexity that previously posed major challenges.
01:14 — Nathan Thomas, Senior Vice President, Product Management at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, said the following: “Oracle continues to advance multi-cloud connectivity as part of its commitment to help customers unlock flexibility, agility, and performance across clouds.”
01:40 — Once again, we see Oracle at the forefront of multi-cloud connectivity, quickly integrating with a competitor’s product to ensure that its customers are always in a position to realize their business ambitions, most notably in the AI space, without the issues of dispersed systems, data silos, and latency.
