Oracle and Vodafonethe largest company in technological communications from Europe and Africahave announced today the formalization of a strategic alliance to modernize infrastructure of the operator’s European IT and accelerate its transition to the cloud.
Pursuant to the multi-year agreement, Vodafone will modernize and migrate a large number of systems to the OCI Dedicated Region, a cloud-managed region that incorporates all of Oracle’s public cloud services into its own data centers and network. Vodafone.
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With this initiative, Vodafone will have a dedicated cloud platform with which it can modernize its thousands of Oracle databases, as well as strengthen and scale its essential OSS and BSS systems, including CRM and order management.
This implementation will also allow Vodafone to accelerate the development of new cloud-based applications and, taking advantage of its geographical reach, launch them in multiple markets simultaneously.
Oracle will deploy OCI Dedicated Region in Vodafone’s main data centers responsible for managing its European IT and network operations.
Deploying cloud infrastructure services directly within Vodafone’s own network and data centers will allow the operator to flexibly modernize, manage and automate its core systems using new technologies, such as autonomous services, and more easily meet latency and throughput requirements of these applications.
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Vodafone will also have direct access to the computing resources it needs to dynamically grow and scale services across multiple geographies based on changing business requirements, reduce operating costs and comply with data residency regulations.
The alliance will give impetus to Vodafone’s multi-year initiative that aims to consolidate and modernize the technological infrastructure that houses its essential systems, until it becomes a shared, proprietary and open platform capable of supporting and scaling next-generation digital services.
Likewise, it will help Vodafone to advance in its «Tech 2025» objectives, with which the company intends to reduce time to market for your servicesprovide outstanding customer experiences through always-on services, and reduce operating costs through automation.
“At a time when Vodafone is focusing on growth, data is essential for the evolution of our business, the development of new capabilities and innovation to meet the needs of our customers. Our collaboration with Oracle supports our vision of becoming a technology communications company«, comments Scott Pettydigital and IT director of Vodafone.
“The agreement allows Oracle to move its entire portfolio of cloud services directly to Vodafone data centers, with the same architecture, software, services and control panel that it uses in its public Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. OCI’s flexibility allows us to create a robust, secure and scalable cloud platform in our own data centers, while providing the operational agility and scalability to drive the growth and diversification of our business.”
“Telecommunications companies are reinventing their business models to innovate and monetize new opportunities quickly and at scale,” he says. Clay MagouyrkExecutive Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
“Vodafone is at the forefront of this space and we are excited to bring the full power of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to its data centers to support the company and its partners in realizing this vision and delivering the next generation of connected services«.
“Today more than ever, telecommunications companies need to accelerate the adoption of new technologies to offer new and innovative products quickly and ensure compliance with constantly changing regulatory requirements. Our alliance with Vodafone is based on achieving this balance, providing a platform in the cloud with which the company manages to modernize and consolidate its current infrastructure, and lay the foundations to face the digital future with guarantees.
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We are extremely motivated to establish this alliance with one of the digital pioneers in the telecommunications sector, as we will help shape the next generation of business models and communication services, “he says. Jonathan Tikochinskyexecutive vice president of global strategic customers for Oracle.
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