Zoom doesn’t rely on cloud for their critical services
Turns out that Cloud infrastructure does not play as big a role as some would have us believe.
The COVID-driven explosion in remote working and online videoconferencing have made Zoom the darling of the tech world. Not surprisingly, notable big tech firms like Oracle and AWS have tried to jump ...
SOHO combines Azure and Oracle Cloud via interconnect
Setting up a so-called interconnect between the Microsoft Azure Cloud and the Oracle Cloud has been possible for some time now. This gives you a fast private connection between the two cloud environments and enables applications to be active in both environments. This feature is not yet very well k...
Oracle announces Database 21c GA for Cloud customers
The new release appears to be a showcase for new features.
Oracle Database 21c is now production on the Oracle Cloud Database Service and the Autonomous Database Free Tier Service. Customers who want an on-premises edition for Exadata, Linux and Windows will have to wait until 2021.
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Oracle adds flexible load balancing to its public cloud
The company's automated load balancing reduces the need for manual input.
Oracle this week unveiled a new feature in the company's cloud platform: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Flexible Load Balancer. The new service aims to facilitate easier addition and removal of network resources inside enterp...
Oracle releases new version of its CRM system
Oracle has added some improvements to its Fusion Cloud Customer Experience software. The new features in the CRM system should better integrate data about customers, so that sales reps can better focus on the most promising customers.
The renewed CRM system draws a lot of data from ERP systems a...
Oracle is aiming to have 36 cloud regions by mid-2021
Oracle is expanding its cloud regions. With the upcoming brexit more regions in the UK are added. They just launched a dual-region government cloud in Wales and London to support the UK government services. The move comes as the UK is ramping up infrastructure projects.
The new Oracle offering i...
Oracle enhances NetSuite and integrates it with Autonomous Data Warehouse
Oracle announced a wide variety of enhancements that it’s making to NetSuite, its software for small and mid-sized businesses. It includes customer self-service, machine learning to identify gaps in transactions and recommend configurations for sites and new integration with Oracle’s flagship n...
Oracle is spending a lot on its high-performance computing cloud services
Oracle is rolling out new offerings which should be very competitive to other cloud vendors. The new offering focusses on high performance cloud computing which is targeted towards customers who need high power for apps that deal with things like AI, video rendering or 3D visualization.
The comp...
Oracle announces new cloud security tools
Two new services will help customers to secure their Oracle Cloud environment.
Oracle announced the general availability of two cloud security tools that are designed to help reduce the risk of data breaches caused by human error.
The new services, Oracle Cloud Guard and Maximum Security Zone...
Oracle introduces E3 instances based on AMD EPYC processors
Oracle has launched its new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform. The platform is configured based on AMD 2nd EPYC processors and should provide users with more processing power for workloads.
The new E3 instances include bare metal and standard instances. These instances are based on...
Oracle acquires Zoom as cloud customer, defeats no one
Oracle announced today that it has acquired Zoom as a new major customer. The Oracle Cloud is now being used by Zoom as their infrastructure provider, which should ensure that people can have a smooth video conference 24 hours a day.
This article has been updated. Zoom contacted Techzine to info...
Oracle reports growth, mainly through cloud subscriptions
Oracle announced that it had the best quarterly results in nearly two years. The announcement resulted in a 3 percent increase in the value of Oracle shares.
Revenues increased by nearly 2 percent, to about 9.79 billion dollars, compared to a year ago. Profits fell slightly, to 2.57 billion doll...