Feature
Platform services, on a subscription basis, will include the Oracle Database Service and the Oracle Java Cloud Service. The Oracle Social Network is a secure collaboration tool that enables team collaboration, delivery of real-time information and leveraging expertise across an organization.
User-Controlled Virtual Machines
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison recently told a conference that one way this cloud platform will differentiate itself is by offering user-controlled virtual machines for individual customers, instead of a multi-tenant infrastructure.
The platform-as-a-service offering was launched with a media event at the company’s Redwood City, Calif., headquarters. In October of last year at the Oracle Openworld conference in San Francisco, Oracle launched its Public Cloud as an integrated set of apps and infrastructure.
At the Oracle Public Cloud website, the company said that the subscription-based Public Cloud will offer “predictable subscription pricing” in a managed environment built with Oracle Exadata, Exalogic, Database and WebLogic, plus “added identity management, high availability, elasticity, backup, and monitoring.”
Oracle’s application programming interface allows developers to provision machines, modify configurations and standardize storage devices and networks.
Learning Opportunities
Webinar
Jun
6
The Future of Social Media: Emerging Trends and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve
The impact of emerging technologies like AI on social media
Webinar
Jun
7
The Building Blocks of Personalization
This webinar will explore how personalization can create powerful ecommerce shopping experience.
Webinar
Jun
8
Attracting—and Keeping—Your High-Net-Worth Investors
Join PwC to dissect their recent survey findings on a specific customer subset — high-net-worth investors.
Webinar
Jun
13
The Future of Contact Centers with AI at the Helm
Learn how to balance human intuition and interaction with the potential uses of AI to create delightful and lasting CX
Webinar
Jun
13
Learn How to Deliver Dynamic Video Experiences at Scale
Learn how to convert existing assets into video experiences in near real-time.
Webinar
Jun
20
3 Steps to Unlock Your Customer Data and Drive Revenue
Discover how Twilio Segment’s #1 Customer Data Platform helps implement data-driven strategies.
Pricing of Public Cloud services will be based on a monthly subscription, either per user or per environment. Platform services will priced in multiple tiers, with variations to account for usage growth or shrinkage.
Buying Service Businesses
The company said some common use cases include managing sales through the Fusion CRM Cloud Service, delivering social business capabilities inside the enterprise with Oracle Social Network or rapidly deploying Java apps in the cloud and then deploying them locally.
Oracle has been buying service-based businesses over the years, many with online services, including Siebel Systems, JD Edwards, Hyperion, PeopleSoft and, more recently, enterprise talentmanagement provider Taleo, customer relationship management company RightNow and data management company Endeca.
Even with its many unique products and services, and an established base of customers, Oracle is competing with the likes of IBM, Salesforce, Microsoft, SAP and others in providing applications, services and developmental infrastructure for enterprises.
