This article has been updated because many things have changed rapidly in Oracle’s hyperscaler offerings. If you’d like to review the original version, I’ve kept it available to highlight the differences compared with today. You can find it here: “Obsolete – Your Guide to Oracle Multi-Cloud: How and Where to Track Service Availability” – Cloud […]
Last week, I received an email from a customer asking whether the use of the DBMS_CLOUD package is subject to licensing restrictions. They were considering using DBMS_CLOUD on an on-premises database to write to an S3 bucket in the cloud. At first, I thought this would be a straightforward question. However, I quickly realized it
As an Oracle Pre- and Post-Sales Engineer with a technical flair, I occasionally present at User Groups, sharing the latest technology and valuable lessons learned from projects in the field. But my journey into the world of Oracle User Groups started many years ago. Back then, I was working for my former employer and decided,
When Requirements Hide in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Cloud Migration Conversation There’s a particular kind of joy in collaborating with customers who are at the beginning of their cloud journey. It reminds me of my own early days—full of questions, brimming with possibilities, and, sometimes, stumbling over nuances that only experience can reveal. Recently,
If you’ve ever wondered about the story behind this blog, it actually begins long before my current role at Oracle, back in my days at Swiss Mobiliar. There, our database team launched an internal blog to document our experiences, technical challenges, and lessons learned. Collaborating with my teammates, we created a community that attracted more
