Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS)

We supply cloud services from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) – virtual servers, storage and networks (IaaS) as well as managed platforms such as cloud databases (PaaS). We design what to run where in the cloud, calculate the costs including licences and look after the environment after go-live.

• Independent choice of provider – OCI, Azure, AWS or hybrid, based on your applications and costs.
• Licences under control – Oracle licensing rules differ between cloud providers; we calculate them up front.
• From design to operation – service supply, migration and operation from one team.

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What we supply

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – virtual servers, storage, backups and networks in OCI, Azure or AWS, e.g. for a standby site, test environments or moving servers out of your own server room.
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) – managed databases and platforms: Autonomous Database, Base Database Service and Exadata Database Service in OCI, Oracle Database@Azure in Azure, Amazon RDS for Oracle in AWS.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – the widest offering for Oracle databases; licences can be brought along (BYOL) or included in the service price.
• Microsoft Azure – for Microsoft-based environments, including Oracle Database@Azure, where Oracle databases run on Exadata directly in Azure data centres next to your applications.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Amazon RDS for Oracle or your own EC2 instances.

Cloud applications (SaaS) are offered separately: Google Workspace and SugarCRM / SuiteCRM.

Oracle OCI advisory and initialisation

For Oracle databases OCI is often the best choice – but only when it is set up well. We help from the first decision to operation:

• Advisory – assessing which systems to move to OCI, designing the architecture and services (IaaS, Base Database Service, Autonomous Database, Exadata Database Service) and calculating costs including Oracle licences (BYOL or licence included).
• Tenancy initialisation – setting up the environment: compartments, VCN networks, IAM users, groups and policies (landing zone).
• Standby site in OCI – a standby database and DR site in the cloud, e.g. alongside an Oracle Database Appliance without buying a second appliance.
• Database migration – moving databases from your own servers or ODA to OCI with minimal downtime.

What we add to the delivery

• Design and cost calculation – choosing the provider, size and type of services, including counting Oracle and Microsoft licences in the cloud.
• Security and compliance – encryption, identity management, data location and GDPR or NIS2 requirements.
• Migration – moving databases and applications with minimal downtime (cloud migration).
• Operation – patching, backups and monitoring as part of infrastructure support.

Results for our customers

How we work

1. Consultation – which systems you want to run in the cloud and why (cost, availability, backup, growth).
2. Design and costing – provider, services, licences and operating model.
3. Delivery and migration – setting up the services and security and moving the systems.
4. Operation – monitoring, backups, patching and ongoing cost optimisation.

Contact us when

• you are considering moving servers or databases to the cloud and want to know the real costs,
• you need a standby site or test environment without buying hardware,
• you are not sure how Oracle licences are counted in the cloud.

FAQ

Which cloud is best for Oracle databases?

It depends on your applications and licences. OCI has the widest offering for Oracle, Azure suits applications running in a Microsoft environment, AWS where you already use its services. Licensing rules differ between them – we compare them up front.

Will you look after the cloud after go-live?

Yes. We can take over monitoring, backups, patching and cost optimisation as part of infrastructure support.