Oracle Cloud Platform

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Oracle Cloud Platform (OCP) is part of Oracle Cloud. Oracle Corporation has branded its Platform as a Service (PaaS) as Oracle Cloud Platform. This platform is used to build, deploy, integrate and extend applications in the cloud. The platform supports open standards (SQL, HTML5, REST, etc.) open-source solutions (Kubernetes, Hadoop, Kafka, etc.) and a variety of programming languages, databases, tools and frameworks including Oracle-specific, open source and third-party software and systems. Oracle Cloud Platform offerings include Data Management, Application Development, Integration, Content and Experience, Business Analytics, Systems Management and Security.

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Regions

Oracle Cloud Platform currently has 12 regions :

• US East - Ashburn
• US Central - Chicago
• US West - Phoenix
• US Gov - Chicago
• US Gov - Ashburn JAPAC Australia - Sydney
• EU UK - London
• EU UK - Slough
• EU Germany - Frankfurt
• EU Netherlands - Amsterdam
• JAPAC Japan - Tatebayashi
• S. America Brazil - Sao Paulo

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Deployment Models

Oracle Cloud can be deployed over Public Cloud, Private cloud and Hybrid Cloud deployment models.

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Architecture

Oracle Cloud Platform (OCP) provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). The infrastructure is offered through a global network of Oracle managed data centers. Oracle deploys their cloud in Regions. Inside each Region are at least three fault-independent Availability Domains. Each of these Availability Domains contains an independent data center with power, thermal and network isolation. Oracle Cloud is generally available in North America, EMEA, APAC and Japan with announced South America and US Govt. regions coming soon.

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Key People

• Mark Hurd: (CEO since September 2014), previously co-President (since 2010). In 2007, Mark Hurd was ranked No. 16 on Fortune's list of the 25 Most Powerful People in Business.
• Safra Catz: (CEO since September 2014), previously co-President (since 2004) and CFO. In 2016, she was ranked 10th on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list.
• Larry Ellison: Executive Chairman and CTO (since September 2014), co-founder of the company, previously CEO (1977-2014), previously Chairman (1990-2004).

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See also

• Amazon Web Services
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• IBM Bluemix

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Further reading

• Ovum Review of Oracle's Cloud Platform for Integration

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References

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External links

Official website

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