Cloud Adoption Framework for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
OCI Cloud Adoption Framework guides fast-growth companies to enterprise organizations, offering a collection of cloud resources, best practices, tutorials, and enablement tools. This framework helps organizations define a robust cloud strategy, plan for successful workload migration, and ensure complete manageability of cloud environments. Oracle also provides customers with a methodology to leverage Oracle Cloud differentiators and built-in efficiencies that best facilitate their transition to the cloud.
OCI is recognized as a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services.
Cloud adoption and seamless modernization in Oracle Cloud
Organizations today face the fundamental challenge of modernizing their technology stack while looking for ways to compete more effectively and develop innovative solutions for their customers. Modernizing applications, infrastructure, and platforms using cloud computing is best accomplished with Oracle, the only vendor with comprehensive capabilities for IaaS, PaaS, packaged applications, and SaaS. Explore the value you'll get from OCI.
Move for security 75%of enterprises attest to OCI’s superior security design
Move for performance 70%performance improvement for Mazda on OCI
Move for economics>3Xbetter compute price-performance vs. competitors
Move for customer satisfaction 8.64/10highest customer satisfaction among cloud vendors
Enterprise scale baseline landing zone
Learn how the enterprise scale baseline landing zone helps you configure your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure cloud tenancy in preparation for moving your workloads to the cloud.
Cloud Adoption Framework guidance
Find guidance for each step in your cloud journey.
Migrate your workloads
Migrate workloads to OCI: Oracle apps, ISV apps, custom apps, databases, and VMware apps
Reduce risk and improve governance
Take the Wheel: Create Your Cloud Plan Now (Forrester Report)
Plan your approach to cloud platforms to improve business processes, customer experience, and developer productivity.
Cloud customer spotlight—Built & Deployed on OCI
The PeopleSoft solution for Alliance Data Systems
Explore how the leading global provider of loyalty and marketing services migrated PeopleSoft to OCI.
The Hyperion solution for Alliance Data Systems
Explore how Alliance Data Systems increased efficiency and reduced costs by moving its on-premises financial applications to the cloud.
The E-Business Suite solution for Specialized Bicycle
Explore how Specialized Bicycle Components, founded on the principle of performance and fueled by innovation, moved E-Business Suite to OCI.
Cloud use cases
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Hardware refreshCapital expenditure/cost of new hardware Hardware lock-in |
Customers only “pay for what they use” OCI offers the industry’s broadest compute portfolio across Intel, AMD, and Arm architectures |
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Application upgradesNo hardware capacity to upgrade Moving to SaaS-based solution |
OCI has more than 30 cloud regions globally Users of on-premises ERP products, including E-Business Suite (ERP), PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards can move to Fusion SaaS Users of on-premises HCM products, including E-Business Suite (HCM), PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards can move to Fusion SaaS |
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Issues with hosting providerCannot guarantee SLAs Renewal triggers cost increase |
OCI offers end-to-end SLAs for availability, performance, and manageability OCI offers several pricing and service levels, including Bring Your Own License (BYOL) |
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Mergers and divestituresNew cost center in a different country New legal entity in a different country |
Use Cloud@Customer offerings for OCI services in countries without OCI’s presence Ensure business continuity with Oracle Database Appliance |
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High run and maintain costsNonstandardized infrastructure that is vulnerable to security threats Old infrastructure with slow performance |
OCI uses security-first architecture for its wide array of compute shapes, as well as GPU- and VMware-based computing OCI offers superior price performance |
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Exit the data centerCloud migration can be complicated Managing a data center is not strategic Data center contract is expiring |
Cloud Lift Services provide free migration assistance for customers, from planning to deployment Universal Credits for OCI provide transparent pricing and flexibility in consumption—across services and regions |
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DR/HA requirementsChange of regulatory requirements Meet business continuity requirements |
Dedicated Region provides all the benefits of public cloud, while meeting stringent regulatory and compliance requirements OCI meets several compliance standards globally |
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Greenfield implementationNew application implementation New module implementation |
Oracle Consulting delivers cloud solutions that are implemented by OCI experts Advanced Consulting Services provide day two operations support for managing cloud environments |
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Oracle expands the OCI Cloud Adoption Framework and accompanying resources
Pablo Sanchez Perez, Senior Principal Product Solution Engineer
Alex Cruft, Principal Program Manager
Faye Hutsell, Director of Product Marketing, OCI GTM
In August 2021, we released the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Cloud Adoption Framework to better support customers in their cloud adoption journey. The framework was created as a resource for anyone who wants to further their cloud knowledge—from a tech operator to a CIO—and as an opportunity to learn more about OCI’s unique capabilities.
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Free OCI training
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) helps thousands of companies run their critical workloads in the cloud. OCI is one of the fastest growing cloud platforms, increasing demand for OCI expertise across the globe. Advance and future-proof your career by learning OCI for free with our expert-created training, globally recognized certification program, and live sessions.
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- Access trainings on Oracle University
- Explore Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certification Paths
Save with Oracle Support Rewards
With Oracle Support Rewards, the more you use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the more you save. As a customer you can earn $0.25 to $0.33 in rewards for every $1 spent on OCI. Then apply those rewards to reduce your tech software license support bill, even down to zero.1
Simply sign or renew a Universal Credits order, earn your rewards every month, and track them right in your OCI console.
- Explore Oracle Support Rewards
Migrate with Oracle Cloud Lift Services
Oracle Cloud Lift Services provide customers with free and dedicated cloud engineering resources for planning, architecting, prototyping, and managing cloud migrations. Clients can move critical workloads in weeks, or even days, instead of months by leveraging these included services for customer tenancies.
Build your skills
- Learn more about the Oracle Live Labs
- Become an Oracle Learning Explorer
- Download white papers on design patterns and best practices
Assessment + enablement programs
- Attend the zero-cost Oracle Imagine virtual workshop
- Elevate your digital transformation with Deloitte Consulting
- Explore Oracle Advanced Customer Services
1 Reduction in tech support bill is subject to region tax regulations. Taxes cannot be paid with rewards and only the pretax invoice amount can be paid with rewards.