Multicloud Solutions

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) lets you combine cloud services from multiple clouds to optimize cost, functionality, and performance. OCI’s multicloud solutions help you modernize your databases and applications using unique capabilities, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Autonomous Database, and AI infrastructure, paired with leading services from Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). OCI integration services facilitate your SaaS integration with other applications in real time.

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    Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@Azure offers new possibilities to run mission-critical multicloud applications.

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Benefits of OCI’s multicloud services

  • Run your workloads anywhere

    Run Oracle’s database services inside Azure or Google Cloud without an interconnect for the highest level of performance, scalability, and availability. Alternatively, leverage the best of cloud providers using Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud interconnections in more than 20 global regions or OCI FastConnect and its 100-plus partners.

  • Modernize databases and applications

    Run Oracle’s multicloud database services and applications in the same cloud with the full capabilities of Oracle RAC, Autonomous Database, and Oracle Exadata Database Service.

  • Address regulatory and data residency needs

    Take advantage of OCI’s 70-plus global cloud regions to address your data residency requirements.

  • Optimize cost, functionality, and performance

    Combine services and data from any cloud with rich integration, data replication, and streaming capabilities to run analytics and applications that cost as much as 30% less.

  • Secure applications and data

    Deploy a layered security strategy using built-in cloud identity and access management and data security services that can seamlessly integrate with third-party vendors.

  • Manage and govern

    Establish standard operations and management practices, procedures, and tools across cloud platforms to address multicloud barriers related to people, processes, and technology.

  • Get certified on multicloud

    Take free multicloud training and become an OCI multicloud architect associate.

Explore multicloud use cases

Leverage services from two different cloud providers running alongside each other as native services in one cloud. This architecture eliminates the complexity and cost of moving large amounts of data. For example, when running in Azure or Google Cloud as a native service, Oracle Exadata Database Service and Autonomous Database can be combined with Microsoft Power BI or Google Cloud Vertex AI respectively to deliver the highest performance, availability, and scalability.

Conduent powers a large US tolling authority with Oracle Database@Azure


Single stack diagram, description below

This multicloud use case diagram shows Microsoft Azure Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure side by side, with IoT displayed to the left of Microsoft Azure Cloud.

The services under Microsoft Azure Cloud are apps and services in a container, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Oracle Database@Azure.

The services under Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are Fusion and Oracle Analytics Cloud.

IoT connects to the apps and services in the container. The apps and services in the container connect to Oracle Database@Azure; they also connect to Fusion via OCI Integration.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 connects to Oracle Database@Azure.

Oracle Database@Azure connects to Oracle Analytics Cloud via Data Guard.

Support specific development environments and toolsets while using best-of-breed data management technology.

Architecture

  • PowerBuilder, .NET, and Go applications are on the front end on AWS and GCP, and Autonomous Database is on the back end on OCI.
  • An OCI FastConnect partner connects FastConnect to AWS Direct Connect and Google Interconnect.

A home service plan customer with 2 million users deploys a multicloud split-stack solution across OCI, AWS, and GCP


Split stack diagram, description below
The split-stack architecture diagram includes three main components: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, and GCP. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connects to AWS via OCI FastConnect, Equinix Fabric, and AWS Direct Connect. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connects to GCP via OCI FastConnect, Equinix Fabric, and Google Interconnect. Equinix Fabric is at the center of the network connections. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component includes Autonomous Database and OCI GoldenGate. The AWS component includes an app in a container and an app in a VM. The GCP component includes and app in a container and an app in a VM.

Modernize data transformation pipelines with real-time data analysis and faster delivery of data reports to make more informed and timely business decisions.

Architecture

  • Data analytics on the frontend on Azure with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse on the backend in Oracle Database Service for Azure on OCI for real-time data insight
  • Data feed from Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse using OCI GoldenGate
  • Data transfer to Azure Data Lake via Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure and Azure data gateway for batch data upload

Veritas achieves 20X better performance using OCI databases with Azure


Data analytics pipeline diagram, description below
The data analytics pipeline architecture diagram includes three main components: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Database Services for Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Azure. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure are bidirectionally linked via Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component includes E-Business Suite, GoldenGate and Autonomous Data Warehouse. E-Business Suite data are feed into Autonomous Data Warehouse via GoldenGate. Oracle Database Services for Microsoft Azure component includes Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure. Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure is a network service that connects OCI FastConnect directly with Azure ExpressRoute. Microsoft Azure component includes Synapse, Data Lake, and Data gateway.

Integrate SaaS applications with applications on different clouds to achieve business agility and innovation.

Architecture

  • Replicate an Oracle Retail cloud database to a SQL server to run the custom application on Azure.
  • Achieve near real-time integration of customer apps with the SaaS application.
  • The data is also replicated from OCI GoldenGate to GoldenGate for a SQL server running in Azure and subsequently loaded into an Azure SQL database.

Replicate and integrate retail merchandising data access schema (DAS) in near real time


SaaS integration diagram, description below
The SaaS integration architecture diagram includes four main components: SaaS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Interconnect for Azure, and Azure. SaaS component connects to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Interconnect for Azure via one-way replication. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connects to Azure via Oracle Interconnect for Azure. SaaS component includes SaaS app, SaaS Database which is an Autonomous Database, and GoldenGate. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component includes Database and GoldenGate. Oracle Interconnect for Azure includes OCI FastConnect and Azure ExpressRoute. Azure includes Application VM, SQL server, and GoldenGate. The data replication of SaaS Database has two options: One option is replicated by GoldenGate in SaaS component to GoldenGate and Database in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; The other option is replicated by GoldenGate in SaaS component to Oracle Interconnect for Azure to GoldenGate and SQL server in Azure. The data replication of the Database in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component can be replicated by GoldenGate in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component to Oracle Interconnect for Azure to GoldenGate and SQL server in Azure component.

Integrate ERP on one cloud with applications running on other clouds to meet business agility and IT modernization needs.

Architecture

  • Application stacks on OCI and Azure interoperate and share data.
  • Maintain high performance connectivity between dependent applications in the cloud with no re-architecture.
  • Siebel CRM 22.8 in OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes with Oracle Exadata Database Service on OCI.
  • Low-latency, high-speed integration with Azure-hosted apps using Oracle Interconnect for Azure.

How American Airlines transformed legacy apps and migrated to OCI (PDF)


App to app diagram, description below
The App to app architecture diagram has three main components: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Interconnect for Azure, and Microsoft Azure. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connects to Microsoft Azure via Oracle Interconnect for Azure. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component includes Container Engine for Kubernetes with Siebel application in it, Exadata database, API Gateway and Integrations. Oracle Interconnect for Azure component includes OCI FastConnect and Azure ExpressRoute. Microsoft Azure component includes Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Mobile and Apps.

Distribute workloads to run on different clouds to achieve the best price-performance.

Architecture

  • Run workload orchestration on OCI and run a distributed Kubernetes or VM workload on OCI, AWS, and Azure.
  • Achieve a high level of parallel computing and good price-performance.

YellowDog deploys workload management platforms on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Mynet delivers exceptional mobile gaming experiences with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and cuts costs by 80%


Distributed workload diagram, description below
The Distributed workload architecture diagram has three main components with network connections in between: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, and Azure. Oracle cloud infrastructure component includes Workload management, Container Engine for Kubernetes, and Workload in VM. AWS component includes App in container and App in VM. Azure component includes App in container and App in VM. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS have two options to connect: One option is via Site-to-site VPN; The other option is via OCI FastConnect to Equinix Fabric to AWS Direct Connect. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure have two options to connect: One option is via Site-to-site VPN; The other option is via OCI FastConnect to Equinix Fabric to Azure ExpressRoute.

Multicloud adoption on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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Customers enable business growth with OCI multicloud solutions