Guess which cloud giant Zoom picked to handle millions more video calls? Bzzt, wrong answer: It's Oracle
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/28/zoom_oracle_cloud_infrastructure/
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Big Red today [1]boasted Zoom has inked a deal to use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and we're told the platform is already supporting millions of Zoom video-conference meetings. The upstart, which is experiencing soaring demand for its services amid the [2]coronavirus pandemic, is funneling seven petabytes a day through Oracle's servers, and more is expected, according to Oracle.
Zoom already uses Amazon and Microsoft cloud services, though chose Oracle for its latest expansion, it appears. In other words, Zoom has added Oracle to its platform mix. Amazon Web Services is the global cloud leader followed by Microsoft Azure, then Google, Alibaba, and others tussling for third, fourth, and fifth places.
Clay Magouyrk, executive vice president of engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, told The Register talks were underway with Zoom long before Oracle co-founder Ellison lauded the app maker on YouTube on April 13 – which you can watch below.
[3]Youtube Video
Specifically, Magouyrk said the database giant started working with Zoom on March 16. “A big part of why this is so impressive is because literally before that Zoom was not a customer of Oracle Cloud infrastructure, and within a few days they were actually serving their customers on [our cloud],” he said.
“I've had conversations with Larry about this," Magouyrk continued.
"People should know is that long before Zoom was the Oracle Cloud customer, Oracle was a Zoom customer. Larry has been very impressed with what Zoom has been capable of. It's been very critical infrastructure for our company and for our employees, and you know he wanted to share that with Eric [Yuan, Zoom CEO] and his team."
Magouyrk said he hoped Zoom – which has [4]shored up its security after ballooning to 300 million daily users from just 10 million in December – will use Oracle’s cloud for “many years” to come.
Meanwhile, Zoom boss Yuan said in a statement: “We recently experienced the most significant growth our business has ever seen, requiring massive increases in our service capacity.
"We explored multiple platforms, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was instrumental in helping us quickly scale our capacity and meet the needs of our new users. We chose Oracle Cloud Infrastructure because of its industry-leading security, outstanding performance, and unmatched level of support.”
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It was an unusual step for Ellison to offer a personal endorsement out of the blue. It was also slightly odd that a multi-billionaire with several palatial homes and his own private Hawaiian island chose to make the recording in what looks and sounds like storage closet.
“Zoom has become an essential service for Oracle, for companies in the US, and around the world," the executive chairman said in his YouTube address. "It has allowed the economy to continue to function even though we’re facing a COVID-19 pandemic."
Zoom is popular, no doubt, though to say it is essential is perhaps a bit of a stretch. That would imply there are no alternatives. Yet alternatives – Cisco Webex, Skype for Business, Blue Jean, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, ezTalks Meetings, and StarLeaf – demonstrably exist.
The other part of Ellison's statement we could quibble with is that Zoom alone has “allowed the economy to continue to function.”
Let us just say that, with [6]news today that President Donald Trump’s own economic adviser has warned America's GDP could drop by 30 per cent this quarter due to the pandemic lockdowns and slowdowns, The Register would hate to see what a dysfunctional economy looks like. ®
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[1] https://www.oracle.com/uk/corporate/pressrelease/zoom-selects-oracle-to-support-growth-2020-04-28.html
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/Tag/coronavirus
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u96GRtxBUUQ
[4] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/22/zoom_5/
[5] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/08/sap_oracle_cloud/
[6] https://www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-forecast-trump-adviser-hassett-gdp-unemployment-coronavirus-depression-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
[7] https://go.theregister.co.uk/tl/1936/-8578/how-to-build-your-digital-experience-portfolio?td=wptl1936
Dont piss others off
Also going or Oracle is probably viewed as relatively harmless and non-threatening to all the other tech companies that decided to use Zoom as their standard.
Another way...Azure, no way, they sell teams/Skype...AWS, that raises too many opinions in the channel...GCP same thing (they also have Hangouts). What is left besides shoddy chinese houses?
Re: Dont piss others off
Err.. they already use AWS and Azure
Zoom is popular, no doubt, though to say it is essential is perhaps a bit of a stretch. That would imply there are no alternatives. Yet alternatives – Cisco Webex, Skype for Business, Blue Jean, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, ezTalks Meetings, and StarLeaf – demonstrably exist.
Inane much?
"It was an unusual step for Ellison to offer a personal endorsement out of the blue. It was also slightly odd that a multi-billionaire with several palatial homes and his own private Hawaiian island chose to make the recording in what looks and sounds like storage closet."
Counterpoint, thought process: I'm not exactly the most well liked person. I need to endorse this company in a video. I have a lot of money. Maybe I won't remind people who aren't fans of me that I'm also filthy rich when I do this. Let's add some quaintness.
Cynical, but logical in my opinion. I'd do the same thing.
Well, I suppose with virtually nobody else using their cloud facilities, there would be plenty of spare capacity.