Oman Information and Communication Technology (OICT) Group, Oman Data Park and Oracle have jointly launched Oracle’s Hyper-Scale Cloud Infrastructure Data Centre in the Sultanate of Oman – the first Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the country.
The new cloud infrastructure will provide a broad range of IaaS/PaaS cloud services for all entities in the public and private sectors, across the Sultanate of Oman, through Oman Data Park’s certified Tier III Data Center.
Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a dedicated region in the Sultanate of Oman will enable the entities in the country to run all their Oracle systems on a multi-tenant cloud infrastructure with physical control of infrastructure and data to help them meet the most demanding regulatory, data residency, and latency requirements
Commenting on the launch, Eng Said bin Abdullah al Mandhari, CEO of Oman Information and Communication Technology (OICT) said: “This partnership between the group and Oman Data Park Company embodies the objective of setting up (OICT), which aims at becoming an investment arm for the government in partnership with the private sector in implementing the strategies of the telecommunications and information technology sector, as well as the goals of the 4th Industrial Revolution.”
Al Mandhari added: “The launch of this cloud region also comes within the framework of the four specialisations of the OICT, which include the fields of infrastructure, communications, information technology platforms, provision of services, data centres, cloud computing, services of electronic platforms ,and information security survives, in addition to the efforts of the group to contribute in building the country’s digital economy, and promoting the development of small and medium enterprises.”
Eng Maqbool al Wahaibi, CEO of Oman Data Park, stated: “We in ODP are pleased to be part of this distinguished cooperation with the OICT group, which resulted in launching the Oracle Cloud Region in the Sultanate of Oman.”
Al Wahaibi added: “OCI is built on agile modeling that simplifies the transformation of all verticals in the Sultanate of Oman towards sustainable economy and the 4th industrial revolution.”
The launch of Oracle’s advanced cloud technology will accelerate the digital transformation goals of Vision 2040 by rolling out the latest technology in cloud-services that meets market needs and data governance requirements, reducing operational costs, and modernising legacy applications.
The Oracle High Performance Cloud Region will also enhance the ability of companies and organizations to ensure the security and integrity of their data within the country, and will contribute in reducing data transmission times and speeding up recovery from the consequences and effects of disasters on a large scale. It is also one of the first ultra-wideband clouds from Oracle launched in the Sultanate of Oman.
This service will also provide the operating companies and institutions with access to a high-bandwidth network with high performance to operate all types of workloads with various work tasks, including complex calculations.
Oracle is the fastest growing network of global data centers, has 34 cloud regions available and 10 more planned by the end of 2022. Oracle offers more than 80 cloud infrastructure and platform services. Most regions also offer its Cloud Application (SaaS) portfolio.
