Oracle Database@Azure Now Available in the U.K., Totaling Three Cloud Regions with 12 More Planned

Oracle Database@Azure, a powerful cloud database service, is now available in three regions worldwide, including Azure U.K. South, Germany West Central, and East U.S. To meet growing demand, Microsoft and Oracle plan to make it available in an additional 12 regions globally by the end of 2024.

Oracle Database@Azure delivers all the performance, scale, and availability advantages of Oracle Database on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with the comprehensive application and developer services of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure.

Conduent (NASDAQ: CNDT) has improved application performance and enabled real-time transaction processing by migrating its on-premises Oracle Exadata environment to the cloud with Oracle Database@Azure.

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) has been able to advance the delivery of high-performance, low-latency applications to its customers, while helping ensure the security and protection of their data with Oracle Database@Azure.

New solutions and certifications are now available to help businesses leverage disaster recovery and high availability on Oracle Database@Azure, including Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Silver and Gold levels, Oracle GoldenGate, and several reference architectures.

Oracle Lobbyists Meet on TikTok Data Deal Amid Ban Concerns

In private meetings, Oracle executives discussed data storage arrangements for TikTok with Senate aides. The House had already passed a bill potentially banning the app, prompting concerns for Oracle, its data center provider. Oracle claims to have only provided technical guidance to lawmakers, despite the potential financial impact of a ban on TikTok.

Microsoft and Oracle Emerge as Potential TikTok Buyers in US Amidst Forced Divestment

As the US government pushes for Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US operations, analysts identify Microsoft and Oracle as likely buyers. The updated House bill provides ByteDance with a one-year divestment period. Wedbush analysts suggest that private equity firms and consortiums, including those backed by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, may also express interest in acquiring the asset. However, Wedbush emphasizes the uncertainty surrounding the potential sale due to the absence of TikTok’s algorithms and possible legal challenges from ByteDance.

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