Oracle Goes All In On Microsoft’s Cloud

Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: Doug Henschen.

Cloud computing made strange bedfellows out of Microsoft and Oracle on Monday as the longtime rivals announced a strategic partnership whereby customers will be able to run Oracle software and Java on Microsoft’s Azure platform.

The partnership, which was jointly announced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Oracle president Mark Hurd, will see Oracle certify and support Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, Java, Oracle Linux and Oracle applications on Windows Server Hyper-V and Windows Azure. Oracle’s software already runs on Windows Server in hundreds of thousands of on-premises deployments, but the partnership extends that capability to Microsoft’s cloud. It’s a step Ballmer described as crucial to customers of both companies…

"Today’s announcement is a great example of partnering to deliver what our enterprise customers need … greater choice and flexibility in how they deploy software," Ballmer said. "For most enterprise customers, the solution isn’t only a public cloud or a private cloud; the solution is orchestrating hybrid clouds in support of business needs."  In contrast to cloud pure-play vendors, like Salesforce.com and Workday, which focus exclusively on delivering public cloud services and platforms, Microsoft and Oracle have both made hybrid deployment a cornerstone of their cloud strategies…

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