Tech rivals Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on Thursday deepened a four-year-old cloud partnership, signaling more cooperation in the fast-evolving software and AI markets.
The accord will make it easier for Oracle ORCL, +1.63% users to run Microsoft MSFT, +0.79% Azure’s AI on top of the Oracle database, the companies said. Previously, Oracle customers had to run a separate dashboard within Microsoft’s Azure Cloud dashboard to integrate the competing platforms. Customer previews of the new service, called Oracle Database@Azure, will be available in early 2024 in regions of the U.S., U.K. and Germany. Oracle and Microsoft declined to disclose financial details of the plan.
“We have a real opportunity to help organizations bring their mission-critical applications to the cloud so they can transform every part of their business with this next generation of AI,” Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella said in a statement. Microsoft Azure will be the only other cloud provider to run Oracle’s database services, he said.
“Most customers already use multiple clouds,” Oracle co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison said in a statement. Seamlessly connecting Oracle’s database technology with Azure Services will let “customers experience the best possible database and network performance,” Ellison said.The deal marks a significant strategic shift in the cloud market. Before, cloud providers attempted to lock users on one platform.
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