Oracle Finally Takes Full Plunge Into Cloud Computing Services

Grazed from eWeek. Author: Eric Lunquist.

The red cloud has finally fully enveloped Oracle. After years of an off-again, on-again relation with the cloud computing concept, Oracle acknowledged the necessity of being a full-service player in the cloud and is offering its entire range of database, compute and applications in cloud configurations.

While Oracle is offering up its support for cloud capabilities, it is not yet discussing prices or delivery dates for the full range of cloud services. The cloud announcements were scheduled to be made by Larry Ellison at the company’s OpenWorld customer conference. However, when Ellison had to decide between appearing on stage to make the announcements or watching his team’s boat compete in the final rounds of the America’s Cup races, the boat won…

You can hardly blame him since Oracle Team USA has made a highly improbable comeback to tie the racing series 8 to 8 after losing 8 of the first 11 races in the best of 17 series. Meanwhile it’s opponent, Team Emirates New Zealand, had been poised to win the America’s Cup for the past week of racing if it could have only managed to win one more race. Now it will all come down to a final race here on San Francisco Bay on Sept. 25…

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