Built for You

Leaders at established businesses understand perfectly well the advantages of cloud, so why has only a sliver of enterprise computing workloads moved to cloud? Why are so many workloads still done in company-owned data centers? “The reality is they haven’t moved because it’s hard, and it’s hard because the cloud platforms and infrastructure don’t give you what you need,” says Clay Magouyrk, vice president of software development for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “What people want to know is, ‘I have these types of workloads—how does this work for me?’”

Here are three ways that established businesses should expect cloud infrastructure to help them meet their specific use cases and IT needs.

—Chris Murphy, Oracle director of cloud content

Oracle Cloud Business Grows 44 Percent

Powered by continued strong gains in its cloud business, Oracle reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue growth for its fiscal 2018 second quarter ended November 30. What’s driving growth?

Fear and Loathing in Times of Transformation

Unless executive leaders get busy using modern technologies to create experiences that delight current and future customers, their companies’ futures are dim. “The magnitude and effort required are stupefying in size and scope, which is just one reason that ‘born in the cloud’ disruptors have an asymmetric advantage,” says Chuck Hollis, senior vice president for Oracle converged infrastructure. How to win.

Meet the Next-Generation SPARC

“SPARC M8 includes a new core design with 32 5.06 GHz processor cores, which effectively yield a 50 percent improvement in single-thread performance over SPARC M7,” says Oracle’s Marshall Choy. Oracle’s SPARC M8 will be—among other things—the processor power behind some new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services. Read an interview with Choy.

No Downtime for the Enterprise

A one-size-fits-all approach to data protection can be disastrous, so it is important to shift to a more intelligent and adaptive backup and recovery framework. Limit loss exposure.

Profit Magazine’s Most Popular Tech Stories of 2017

“Our most popular articles show that Profit readers want to understand how technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the Internet of Things, and virtual reality will affect their businesses—and their careers,” says Aaron Lazenby, editor in chief. What’s #1?