Oracle Unveils New Programs that Transform how Customers Buy and Consume Cloud

- REDWOOD SHORES, California, Sept., 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At a live event today, Oracle Executive Chairman of the Board and CTO Larry Ellison announced new programs that lower costs by delivering increased automation and flexibility, and enable customers to get more value from their existing Oracle software investments.  The new Oracle Cloud programs include Bring Your Own License to PaaS and Universal Credits. "We are completely transforming the way all companies buy and use cloud by providing flexibility and choice," said Ellison. "Today, we combined the lowest prices with the highest performance and more automation to deliver a lower total cost of ownership for our customers." While organizations are eager to move to the cloud, many have not due to obstacles that have forced them to choose between flexibility and lower costs.  They have been challenged by the complexity of the cloud and the inability to rebalance spend across different services. Organizations have also been constrained by limited visibility and control over cloud spend.  Until now, they have been unable to fully leverage their on-premises software investments in the cloud, having been limited to IaaS services or sacrificing key database features at the PaaS layer.  Oracle's new cloud programs address customers' cloud adoption challenges by improving and simplifying the way they purchase and consume cloud services. Bring Your Own License to Oracle Database PaaS: Delivering Increased Value Through License Mobility Currently, customers are able to bring their on-premises licenses to Oracle IaaS.  Today, Oracle is expanding the offering by enabling customers to reuse their existing software licenses for Oracle PaaS, including Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Oracle Analytics, and others.  Customers with existing on-premises licenses can leverage that investment to use Oracle Database Cloud at a fraction of the old PaaS price. Running Oracle Database on Oracle IaaS is faster and offers more features than Amazon, delivering the industry's lowest total cost of ownership.  Additionally, customers can further reduce management and operational costs required for on-premises maintenance by taking advantage of this PaaS automation. Universal Credits: Flexible Buying and Consumption Choices for Oracle's PaaS and IaaS Services Oracle is introducing Universal Credits, the industry's most flexible buying and consumption model for cloud services.  With Universal Credits, customers have one simple contract that provides unlimited access to all current and future Oracle PaaS and IaaS services, spanning Oracle Cloud and Oracle Cloud at Customer.  Customers gain on-demand access to all services plus the benefit of the lower cost of pre-paid services.  Additionally, they have the flexibility to upgrade, expand or move services across datacenters based on their requirements. With Universal Credits, customers gain the ability to switch the PaaS or IaaS services they are using without having to notify Oracle. Customers also benefit from using new services with their existing set of cloud credits when made available. Oracle's new Universal Credit and Bring Your Own License to PaaS will be available on September 25, 2017. These programs span Oracle Cloud and Oracle Cloud at Customer. About OracleThe Oracle Cloud offers complete SaaS application suites for ERP, HCM and CX, plus best-in-class database Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from data centers throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com. TrademarksOracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Safe Harbor StatementsThe preceding is intended to outline our general product direction. 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