With the services’ debut in the Microsoft Azure Australia East region, Oracle Database@Azure is now available in Australia for the first time.
Oracle Database@Azure brings these technologies and Oracle Exadata Database Service, including Oracle Database 23ai and Oracle Autonomous Database, running on OCI, into Azure datacentres.
Customers can deploy their Azure services with their Oracle Database services all within the same physical data centers, including support for Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database, both running Real Application Clusters on Oracle Exadata. Oracle and Microsoft’s joint support model provides rapid response and resolution for mission-critical workloads.
Oracle Database@Azure is now available in six Azure regions – Australia East, Canada Central, East US, France Central, Germany West Central, and UK South.
“Leading organizations worldwide across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and more have shown strong interest in Oracle Database@Azure,” said Stephen Bovis, regional managing director of Oracle Australia,and New Zealand.
“This surge in demand highlights the global and local need for business agility and multicloud capabilities. A single, unified, and fully automated database optimized for all workloads and data formats is essential to achieving this. With the launch of Oracle Database@Azure in Australia, we are now bringing the benefits of AI and multicloud deployments to our mutual customers locally,” he added.
Oracle and Microsoft also announced new updates to the Oracle Database@Azure solution.
“Expanding our collaboration with Oracle in Australia reinforces our shared commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions as well as our mutual dedication to helping local organizations streamline and advance the migration of workloads to the cloud,” said Sarah Carney, national chief technology officer of Microsoft ANZ. “Oracle Database@Azure will enable customers to use Oracle Database services running on OCI in Microsoft Azure datacentres and benefit from the latest innovations in AI.”
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