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In today’s bonus Cloud Wars Minute from CloudWorld, I discuss the significant impact of AWS joining Oracle’s multi-cloud strategy.
Highlights
00:09 — AWS is joining the Oracle multi-cloud parade. Now, AWS joins Microsoft and Google Cloud which also have multi-cloud deals with Oracle. These partnerships allow customers to use many of the services from both clouds interchangeably to access the Oracle database. It’s available through Google Cloud, Azure, and now AWS. Breakthrough development.
00:50 — It’s sp important to Larry Ellison that he invited the CEO of AWS, Matt Garman, to appear on stage. Ultimately Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all saw the big deal here. Everybody wins if we break these old molds. The old thinking was: never do anything with your competitor. In fact, it’s turned out to be a huge boon to all the companies that have gotten in on this.
01:59 — For example, a year ago, Larry Ellison made his first visit to the Redmond campus in 46–47 years. He and Satya Nadella sat down for a video interview. On Microsoft’s earnings call, a financial analyst asked Nadella, “Hey, Azure sales are way up. What’s behind that?” The very first reason Nadella cited was the Oracle multi-cloud partnership.
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03:05 — Today, there’s an Oracle and Google Cloud executive speaking on stage with Oracle’s Clay Magouyrk, and Oracle has been showcasing Google Cloud executives on its LinkedIn page and throughout different promotions here at CloudWorld. And again, AWS CEO Matt Garman will be on stage with Larry Ellison in a little while.
03:54 — But the winners here — I’ve talked about everybody winning — I’ve already described how clearly Microsoft, Oracle, AWS, and Google Cloud are proud of this. The customers are the big winners and the partners are big winners, too. I think customers will push back on cloud vendors who don’t enter into agreements like this.
