Oracle’s onshore cloud attracts blue-chip clients
One of the question marks around cloud computing concerns the offshoring of data storage and processing. For many purposes that’s not an issue, but in certain situations there are legal, regulatory or policy reasons for keeping things within Australia.
For that reason, Oracle has been offering a locally hosted implementation of its SaaS CRM product since November 2010, taking into particular account the needs of the public sector.
The company has now revealed that customers for the onshore service include NBN Co, the Victorian Department of Human Services, NSW Government agency NSW Businesslink, Suncorp, and energy and mining service provider AJ Lucas…