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Oracle’s Utah Compute Facility Oracle has become a major player in cloud computing, offering elastic computing, storage, and networking services on their platform. Originally a builder of innovative new data centers, Oracle become a consumer of wholesale hyperscale data centers to meet the growing demand for cloud services and storage.

Headquarters: Redwood Shores, CA
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Oracle Cloud Makes Gains in Video Conferencing With Zoom, 8×8 Wins

By Rich Miller - May 18, 2020 1 Comment

Oracle Cloud is competing aggressively for video conferencing business, winning deals with video conferencing providers Zoom and 8×8 for additional capacity to support pandemic-driven user growth.

Tagged With: Oracle, Video, Zoom

The Rise of Multicloud Provides Benefits, Challenges for IT Operations

By Kayla Matthews - May 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Multicloud strategies are becoming more popular, allowing IT managers to leverage the respective strengths and cost profiles of major cloud platforms. But multicloud strategies come with management challenges.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Enterprise, Google, Microsoft, Multicloud, Oracle

Oracle Cloud Adds On-Ramps Across Digital Realty Data Hubs

By Rich Miller - January 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty cloud data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia is one of the sites offering Oracle Cloud FastConnect. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Oracle Cloud has rolled out faster connections to tenants in 59 Digital Realty data centers in major business markets, tapping into a large pool of the enterprise customers that represent some of Oracle’s best prospects,

Tagged With: Digital Realty, Oracle

To Compete With AWS, Oracle Will Need More Data Centers

By Rich Miller - March 17, 2017 1 Comment

An aerial view of Oracle's Utah Compute Facility in South Jordan, Utah. (Image: Oracle Corp.)

Oracle’s strong momentum in cloud computing is good news for data center developers, who have been among the leading beneficiaries of the cloud infrastructure expansions by the largest cloud providers.

Tagged With: Oracle, Wholesale

Microsoft Deals Drive Blockbuster Year for Data Center Leasing

By Rich Miller - January 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Massive deals by Microsoft drove a 25 percent increase in data center leasing activity from 2015, making 2016 a blockbuster year for wholesale providers, according to a new report, which says 2017 may see a continuation of cloud-driven growth.

Tagged With: Chicago, Microsoft, Oracle, Wholesale

Oracle Seeking Data Center Space for Cloud Push

By Rich Miller - July 8, 2016 1 Comment

An aerial view of Oracle's Utah Compute Facility in South Jordan, Utah. (Image: Oracle Corp.)

As Oracle shifts its business model toward the cloud, it is seeking to lease wholesale data center space in key markets, according to a new report.

Tagged With: Northern Virginia, Oracle

Oracle’s Data Center Journey

By Rich Miller - February 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Michael Thrift, Oracle's Director of Data Center Facilities.

The evolution of Oracle’s Utah Compute Facility (UCF) illustrates ongoing changes in technology and best practices, as well as Oracle’s emphasis on continuous refinement of data center design.

Tagged With: IaaS, Oracle

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Top 5 Things to Ask Your Data Center About Compliance

Choosing the right colocation partner is critical, especially when it comes to compliance. When you’re outsourcing your data center needs, understanding your colocation provider’s compliance, security, availability and integrity are of upmost importance. Download the new report from Iron Mountain that provides details on what the company sees as five of the top things to ask your data center provider about compliance 

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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