Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
Microsoft and Oracle announced a new alliance today that will see the two companies directly connect their clouds over a direct network connection so that their users can then move workloads and data seamlessly between the two. This alliance goes a bit beyond just basic direct connectivity and also includes identity interoperability.
This kind of alliance is relatively unusual between what are essentially competing clouds, but while Oracle wants to be seen as a major player in this space, it also realizes that it isn't likely to get to the size of an AWS, Azure or Google Cloud anytime soon. For Oracle, this alliance means that its users can run services like the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle JD Edwards on Azure while still using an Oracle database in the Oracle cloud, for example. With that, Microsoft still gets to run the workloads and Oracle gets to do what it does best (though Azure users will also continue be able to run their Oracle databases in the Azure cloud, too).
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 06 2019, @11:42PM (6 children)
Precision surgical strikes into unwilling customer wallets.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday June 07 2019, @12:18AM (4 children)
That's what they did to the huge multinational corporation I work for, presumably because they thought we would decide Oracle are too hard to ditch.
We are currently in the process of ditching Oracle worldwide. It's a big job, but obviously worthwhile.
I don't know how much we spend worldwide with Oracle, but in the Asia-Pacific region the number bandied around is $US25 million per year, so quite a lot.
All because of a license audit. Nobody wants to pay for Larry's new yacht.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by stormreaver on Friday June 07 2019, @02:47AM (3 children)
Many years ago, I snuck PostgreSQL into my workplace. In the intervening years, we followed a trajectory like this:
1) All new applications used PostgreSQL instead of Oracle. Then later:
2) All remaining applications that used Oracle were converted to use PostgreSQL.
3) We kept a TON of money that used to go to Oracle.
Our users didn't know the difference (and didn't care). We also became able to offer new levels of service that were impossible with Oracle.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Friday June 07 2019, @02:53AM (2 children)
I bet.
I bet Oracle tried really hard to ensure your licensing costs rose as fast as your usage fell too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @12:32PM
CA did that to us.
Management thought they were so good saving money by culling a few CA products. Wrong. The bill was about the same. The managers rotated leaving us with the same job and less COTS tools. How does one go about building Ez? One function at a time from scratch.
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Friday June 07 2019, @06:59PM
They didn't have the chance. We cut them off in one fell swoop. Bye bye, Oracle!
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Friday June 07 2019, @02:35AM
MOAB in this context means Mother of all Bills
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 06 2019, @11:44PM (1 child)
Like a choice between Pol Pot and Adolph Hitler!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @01:29AM
Not a choice between, but two great tastes that taste great together!
Seriously, the only way this could get any better is if they invited SAP to join the mix.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday June 07 2019, @12:32AM (1 child)
Has Oracle never heard of Nokia?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Friday June 07 2019, @07:13AM
Didn't they used to make phones or something?
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @02:12AM
Sounds like a great way for Oracle's victims to migrate to Azure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @04:36AM (2 children)
will they spontaneously combust?
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Friday June 07 2019, @07:05AM
If 8 bit theatre has taught us anything... No.
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 07 2019, @04:44PM
They need to get Facebook and Sony in on the action first, before they can collapse into a black hole.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @07:55AM (4 children)
OrSoft
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @09:55AM
"Enterprise computing is hard, that's why we developed OrSoft."
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @10:15AM (1 child)
You just know they are going to call it Miracle.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday June 07 2019, @03:29PM
And you just know that Jackson sisters soundtrack will be deemed prophetic
Let me just capitalize one word, there:
"They say the day is ending
Let's watch the Sun go down
And plan a holiday for two
For all eternity
We will ride a cloud so you can see
The world i created just for you
I saw you standing on the street
I wanted to meet, just stop a while
You give me a smile to say hello
You make me feel so good inside
That i realised that I couldn't hide
The feeling that came when you failed to say
I Believe in Miracles
I Believe in Miracles
I Believe in Miracles
Don't you"
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @01:05PM
Azuracle sounds like an evil creature who will devour your wallet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 07 2019, @10:19PM
The brown turd gang up with the yellow turd against the orange turd.