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partnership will help these customers use Oracle database and applications in concert with Google Cloud ’ s innovative platform and AI capabilities .”

The new multicloud capabilities are pitched as delivering a fully integrated experience for deploying , managing and using Oracle database instances within Google Cloud – along with the ability to move data and deploy new cloud native applications across both clouds .

Customers can benefit from :

Google Cloud will offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services and highspeed network interconnect with Oracle .

Google Cloud ’ s Cross-Cloud Interconnect will be initially available for customer onboarding in 11 global regions , allowing customers to deploy general purpose workloads with no cross-cloud data transfer charges .

Later this year , a new offering , Oracle Database @ Google Cloud , will be available with the highest level of Oracle database and network performance , along with feature and pricing parity with OCI .

Both companies will jointly go-to-market with Oracle Database @ Google Cloud , benefitting enterprises globally and across multiple industries , including financial services , healthcare , retail , manufacturing , and more .

“ Customers want the flexibility to use multiple clouds ,” said Larry Ellison , Oracle Chairman and CTO . “ To meet this growing demand , Google and Oracle are seamlessly connecting Google Cloud services with the very latest Oracle Database technology . By putting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure hardware in Google Cloud datacenters , customers can benefit from the best possible database and network performance .”

“ Oracle and Google Cloud have many joint enterprise customers ,” said Sundar Pichai , CEO , Google and Alphabet . “ This new

• Flexible options to simplify and help accelerate migrating their Oracle databases to Google Cloud .

• A simplified purchasing and contracting experience .

• Unified customer experience and support from Google Cloud and Oracle .

• The simplicity , security , and latency of a unified operating environment ( datacenter ) within Google Cloud to deploy the entire portfolio of Oracle database services .

• Connecting their Oracle data with Google ’ s industry-leading AI services .

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cross-Cloud Interconnect gives customers the ability to deploy workloads across both OCI and Google Cloud regions with no cross-cloud data transfer charges .

Customers can begin onboarding in 11 cross-cloud interconnect regions – Australia East ( Sydney ), Australia South East ( Melbourne ), Brazil East ( São Paulo ), Canada South East ( Montreal ), Germany Central ( Frankfurt ), India West ( Mumbai ), Japan East ( Tokyo ), Singapore , Spain Central ( Madrid ), UK South ( London ), and US East ( Ashburn ) – expanding to more regions over time .

The collaboration provides a low-latency , high-throughput , private connection between two leading cloud providers , with seamless interoperability . This enables customers to :

• Innovate using the best combination of Oracle ’ s and Google Cloud ’ s services .

• Use a direct interconnection between OCI and Google Cloud .

• Run multiple Oracle applications .

• Build new cloud-native applications using Google Cloud and OCI technologies including Google Cloud ’ s enterprise-grade AI technologies . p

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