Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud

Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: Chris Kanaracus.

An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle’s cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line with industry standards, while others may prompt cause for worry among customers, according to analysts.

The document was last updated Dec. 1 and is marked "confidential," despite being openly available on Oracle’s website (PDF). It lays out the rules by which Oracle and its cloud customers must play, apart from any special terms that may exist in individual contract agreements. Oracle launched a wide array of cloud services this year, including its Fusion Applications as well as a PaaS (platform as a service), IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and social network…

Analyst Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research, offered a measured perspective after viewing the document this week.  In many respects, Oracle’s policies fall in line with principles spelled out in a cloud customer "bill of rights" document Wang recently created, he said.

But customers should be mindful of other policies, such as one that allows Oracle to turn off access to accounts in the event of a dispute or account violation. "Customers may want to get clarity on the type of incidents that would result in a temporary turn-off of service," Wang said. "Unlike on-premises software, this is a potential concern, so the process and triggers should be carefully outlined."…

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