Oracle announced on the 16th that it has released a preview of Oracle Database@AWS.
Starting with the U.S. East region of AWS, customers will be able to use the Oracle Exadata Database Service of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within Amazon Web Services (AWS). Oracle Database@AWS offers customers a fully integrated experience for deploying, managing, and using Oracle Exadata databases natively in the AWS environment.
First announced earlier this year, Oracle Database@AWS supports customers in migrating Oracle database workloads, including Oracle Exadata and Oracle Real Application Clusters, to the cloud.
This service provides low-latency network consolidation between Oracle databases and applications running on AWS. This allows customers to easily connect enterprise data stored in Oracle databases with applications running on AWS's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Analytics, or Amazon Bedrock. Oracle handles the operation and management of the Oracle Exadata Database Service.
Dave McCarthy, vice president of research at IDC, noted, "Until now, it has not been possible to implement the performance and features of Oracle Exadata Database Service on AWS. With Oracle Database@AWS, customers can easily migrate mission-critical workloads from on-premises to the cloud and enjoy the same experience. This allows customers to simplify routine management and operations, focusing their capabilities on key challenges for modernization."
Oracle Database@AWS supports customers in leveraging their existing technologies while simplifying database management, billing, and integrated customer support, all while providing the benefits of security, agility, flexibility, and sustainability offered by AWS. Customers can quickly get started with Oracle Database@AWS using familiar tools such as the AWS Management Console.
Additionally, Oracle Database@AWS enables the consolidation and analysis of data across both Oracle and AWS for machine learning and generative AI applications. This allows customers to build scalable microservices-based applications by combining features of Oracle Database 23ai with Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and AI vector search, ultimately shortening the time to market for new features.
Karandeep Bhatia, senior vice president of OCI at Oracle, said, "We hope customers will access our data services to seamlessly utilize multiple clouds. This partnership provides an integrated approach to simplify operations while leveraging the strengths of both Oracle and AWS’s latest AI innovations. Providing Oracle Exadata Database Service in the U.S. East region of AWS is just the beginning, and we plan to continue collaborating with AWS to meet customer demands in the future."
Oracle Database@AWS is expected to be launched in more AWS regions in the coming months, as both companies are committed to continuously collaborating and expanding various Oracle database services.