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Oracle Cloud Machine fuels race against AWS | #CloudWorld
Despite coming late to the race, Oracle is going “all in” with cloud, with the announcement of the new Oracle Cloud Machine expected at Oracle CloudWorld today.
John Furrier (@furrier) and Dave Vellante (@dvellante), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, kicked off theCUBE’s live coverage of Oracle CloudWorld 2016 from the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
Marketshare numbers, according to Wikibon, put Oracle down below competitors Amazon Web Services (AWS) (with 27 percent of the marketshare), Microsoft (with 16 percent) and IBM (with 12 percent). However, according to Furrier, these figures do not take into account all factors. Although Oracle currently only has approximately five percent of the market share, last year the company had a growth rate of 43 percent, and its cloud sales will soon hit $1 billion.
SaaS growth strong
Oracle’s cloud push is concentrated in Software as a Service (SaaS), which is the fastest-growing sector in the cloud market. Furrier predicted that Oracle will soon be in top three cloud service providers; “no question,” he said. Oracle is “in it to win it” he added, citing the company’s positive history of being able to shift gears in a major market change and come out on top.
Oracle vs. Amazon
During Oracle CloudWorld 2016, theCUBE will be asking and answering questions around Oracle’s announcement of the Oracle Cloud Machine, and the company’s future plans, including:
- Can Oracle really compete with AWS?
- Will the company be able to get existing customers to run all their cloud services on Oracle infrastructure?
- What is the company’s sales strategy to get new customers to buy into the Oracle cloud?
- What is Oracle’s angle for DevOps? Will they embrace the full-stack developer model?
- What business problems does the Oracle Cloud Machine solve?
- What is the pricing structure for the Oracle Cloud Machine?
- How will Oracle be integrating end-to-end cloud?
Watch the full interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of Oracle CloudWorld 2016. And make sure to weigh in during theCUBE’s live coverage at the event by joining in on CrowdChat.
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