All cloud infrastructure services are basically the same, right? So why choose Oracle OCI Distributed Cloud? What does it offer that other services don’t? Or is it simply a question of finance?
This is what you need to know:
Your cloud, anywhere
With some services, the cloud just ‘exists’. Customers are given little control or insight into where their data is hosted. This lack of transparency can cause issues with compliance and sovereignty.
Oracle has a fundamentally different approach that goes far beyond simply choosing a geographical region in which to work. With OCI you can deploy cloud services anywhere – including your data centre. This allows you to deploy a truly hybrid cloud, combining services across clouds, public cloud regions and your local data centre as you need them.
How is this possible? Oracle Cloud Infrastructure distributed cloud products and services are all built on the same technology stack. This standardisation simplifies deployment and management, resulting in lower administrative overheads.
No lock-in
Your business may have legacy applications that run on a different tech stack. Or maybe you have heavily invested in another cloud. Fortunately, OCI works with other clouds.
This interoperability goes beyond basic connectivity too. OCI offers high-performance, low-latency interconnects with Microsoft Azure. This ensures applications remain performant, no matter where the processing or storage takes place.
Managed cloud services – in your data centre
The most sensitive workloads must be kept in an environment where you have total control. And the only place you can guarantee that level of control is your on-premise data centre.
OCI can not only be deployed on-premise, but it offers the same suite of tools and services as the hosted variant. This ensures you can build platforms and applications with the same infinite scaling capabilities – and move them seamlessly to public cloud infrastructure (or any other hybrid variant) whenever you choose.
Equally important is the managed service that accompanies each on-premises OCI deployment. Your environment is managed, upgraded and supported – just like any other Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region.
Globally competitive pricing
Unpredictable cloud pricing has caused significant difficulties when trying to properly evaluate costs. Many businesses have found that expected cloud cost reductions never materialised. Others discovered that costs exceeded expectations, particularly when operating across multiple geographical regions.
OCI Distributed Cloud has solved this problem. All 100+ services are offered at the same cost. This includes public and dedicated cloud regions – and any hybrid cloud deployments too. Stripped of geographic variations and currency fluctuations, OCI users are better equipped to plan and manage their cloud spend – without compromising their cloud strategies and goals. To learn more about Oracle OCI Distributed Cloud and how it could power the next stage of your digital transformation strategy, please give us a call.