Introduction of new Platform-as-a-Service and
Infrastructure-as-a-Service capabilities provide customers with
complete set of Cloud capabilities
READING, United Kingdom,
Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle
today expanded on its cloud leadership in the UK with the
introduction of new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technologies to be hosted in its
Slough data centre. The range of new services include Oracle
Database Cloud Service, Oracle Dedicated Compute Cloud Service,
Oracle Big Data Cloud Service and Oracle Exadata Cloud Service. The
facility currently serves over 500 UK and global customers with
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
offerings tailored for private corporations and public sector
customers.
The addition of PaaS significantly enhances the services and
technologies Oracle is able to offer its customers to help them
meet mission critical business objectives. For example, customers
will now be able to:
- Rapidly develop, test, and launch applications at low cost
- Achieve greater agility for their businesses without
compromising security
- Unleash the power of Hadoop delivered as a secure, automated
service that can be fully integrated with existing enterprise data
in Oracle Database
- Access a rapidly provisioned virtual compute environment to run
applications at scale on the Oracle Cloud.
Oracle has 19 data centres around the world powering all layers
of the Oracle Cloud - Software as a Service, Platform as a Service
and Infrastructure as a Service. Last week Oracle further announced
its intent to open a new Cloud data centre in Abu Dhabi to keep pace with growing customer
demand for Oracle's complete cloud portfolio. The new Abu Dhabi data centre will enable Oracle to
better deliver high performance Cloud computing services to
customers throughout the United Arabic Emirates.
Thomas Kurian, President,
Oracle, said:
"CIOs are facing increased pressure to balance operational
responsibilities with rising expectations all under greater
scrutiny from the boardroom. Much of their future success is
dependent on quickly exploiting new digital innovations and that is
where cloud plays a huge part. We have introduced PaaS capabilities
into the UK datacentre to ensure Oracle continues to help customers
maximize existing technologies and new innovations and allow CIOs
to set the agenda for the future of their organizations."
Iain Patterson, CEO, Common
Technology Services, Government Digital Service said:
"I am delighted with the investments Oracle is making in this UK
datacentre. With several government bodies already using services
from this facility, the expansion provides greater capabilities and
further choice and meets additional important Public Sector
requirements. Government is committed to a cloud first policy and
significant supplier investments, such as this, support our
strategic ambition and will ultimately provide better value and
better services to the taxpayer."
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