Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) continues to
expand its global cloud region footprint with 48th
public cloud region
New region in Valparaíso extends Oracle's
commitment to helping organizations across one of South America's largest economies move to the
cloud
More Chilean organizations across all
industries can now benefit from OCI's high performance and
security, powerful data and analytics, and distributed cloud
capabilities
AUSTIN,
Texas, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today
announced the opening of a second Oracle Cloud Region in
Chile, making it the first
hyperscaler to have two regions in the country. With the new Oracle
Cloud Valparaíso Region and the existing region in Santiago, Oracle will help organizations
across all industries in Chile
strengthen business continuity while addressing data residency and
sovereignty requirements.
"The arrival of the second Oracle Cloud Region in Chile is a significant milestone as it allows
our customers to gain the benefits of OCI's services, while
leveraging best practices for business continuity and disaster
recovery," said Joaquin Ma-Shichoy, managing director, Oracle
Chile. "With the opening of the Oracle Cloud Valparaíso Region,
we're strengthening our commitment to Chile's technological development by enabling
organizations – including those in highly regulated industries and
with in-country data residency requirements – to accelerate their
journeys to the cloud."
Part of Oracle's distributed cloud strategy, the new public
cloud region is Oracle's 48th worldwide and will offer
Oracle Cloud's full capabilities across more than 100 Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI) services and cloud applications, including
Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL HeatWave Database Service, Oracle
Container Engine for Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, and
AI infrastructure. Underscoring its significant investment across
Chile and the broader Latin America region, Oracle now operates
seven public cloud regions across Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico – more than triple that of any other
major hyperscaler.
"The opening of a second Oracle Cloud Region in Chile is excellent news, not only because of
the impact of cloud computing on our economy, but because it
consolidates us as a digital infrastructure hub in the southern
cone of Latin America," said
Karla Flores, director, Invest
Chile. "These investments reaffirm the confidence of foreign
investors in our country and its opportunities. The launch of this
Oracle region demonstrates that this type of operation can also be
developed at a regional level, in this case promoting Valparaíso as
a digital hub that provides the latest technology and increased
employment opportunities across the region."
High Availability and Low Latency Provides Chilean Customers
with a Resilient Cloud Foundation
The Oracle Cloud Valparaíso Region gives organizations access to
a wide range of cloud services to modernize their applications,
innovate with data and analytics, and migrate all types of
workloads from their data centers to OCI. With the addition of a
second region in Chile, customers
and partners gain access to low-latency networking and high-speed
data transfer across both Oracle Cloud Regions to help them derive
better value from their data. In addition, customers can
leverage redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities to enhance
business continuity and help meet the country's regulations and
requirements for data residency and sovereignty. Via both regions
in Chile, OCI is able to manage
every type of customer workload across all industries, including
financial services, communications, and retail.
A Focus on Driving Sustainable Operations Across the
Globe
Underscoring its ongoing focus on sustainability, Oracle has
committed to matching all worldwide Oracle Cloud Regions with 100
percent renewable energy by 2025, including the Oracle Cloud
Valparaíso Region. Many Oracle Cloud Regions are already powered by
100 percent renewable energy, including the existing Oracle Cloud
Santiago Region, which enables organizations to run their computing
services more sustainably and with a lower carbon footprint. To
further advance its commitment to sustainable operations, Oracle
and its asset recovery partners recycled 99.7 percent of retired
hardware they collected in FY'23.
Customers and Partners Welcome the New Oracle Cloud
Valparaíso Region
"The cloud is transforming the way we work and deliver services
to our customers. For us it is essential to have business partners
who are constantly evolving in this sense and have a strong local
presence," said Esteban Kemp, COO,
Banco de Chile. "The opening of a
second Oracle Cloud region in Chile, in addition to providing scalable,
flexible, and secure services, will provide us with greater
resilience via local access – which is necessary to support the
digital transformation of Banco de Chile."
"When we considered completely vacating our data centers and
migrating them to OCI, we had planned to do so within a period of
12 months and with the support of the Oracle team," said
Sergio Cornejo, chief technology
officer, Unicomer. "We managed to migrate 18 data centers in eight
months, exceeding the expectations set. The process has been
successful and has allowed us to reduce service times in our
stores, especially during periods of high demand such as
Christmas."
"Given that in Chile the rise
of cloud infrastructure is a reality, the arrival of Oracle's
second region not only marks a technological milestone, but it will
also help drive digital transformation and new cloud architectures
that are more resilient and secure for industries across the
country," said Helder Branco, head
of IT operations, Entel. "In addition, the opening of this new
region demonstrates Oracle's commitment to the country and
continues to enable local companies to use world-class solutions
recognized for their stability and high performance."
"We see the opening of a new Oracle Cloud region in Chile as an important step forward towards
greater resilience, low latency, and high availability, which
allows us to continue trusting Oracle as a technological ally to
leverage our growth and development in LATAM," said Emilio Davis, CTO and founder, Khipu.
"The expansion of cloud infrastructure in Chile, marked by the opening of Oracle's
second cloud region, is crucial for the advancement and development
of significant technological tools in the region – such as AI,"
said Ricardo Stranges, managing
director, Accenture Chile. "This investment reflects confidence in
the local market and provides a vital foundation for handling the
large volumes of data across Chilean organizations. Oracle's cloud
regions will help the country position itself as a leader in AI
innovation in Latin America,
enabling organizations to maximize the opportunities offered by
this technology – from improving services to driving the
economy."
"The opening of the new Oracle Cloud Region in Chile is an example of how quickly the
adoption of cloud technologies has advanced in the country," said
Diego Cotignola, consulting lead
partner, Deloitte. "This region will allow Oracle customers to
accelerate the use of new technologies quickly, reliably, and
securely, further promoting innovation through solutions with high
availability and low latency."
"True modernization cannot be achieved in isolation. It requires
a reliable ecosystem, skills enhancement, platform integration, and
external partnerships to help guide businesses through change
management," said Ariel Sclippa,
general manager, Kyndryl Chile. "The cloud solutions offered by
Oracle are flexible, secure, and robust, enabling Kyndryl to
deliver excellent services to clients."
Oracle's Distributed Cloud Delivers the Benefits of Cloud
with Greater Control and Flexibility
Oracle's distributed cloud offers customers all the advantages
of cloud with greater control over operations as well as data
residency and proximity. It also offers customers low latency, even
for operations spanning multiple clouds. In total, Oracle manages
67 cloud regions across 26 countries, including public and
dedicated regions. All deployment options offer more than 100 cloud
services across infrastructure and applications to support IT
migration, modernization, and innovation. OCI services and pricing
are consistent across deployment types to simplify planning,
portability, and management.
OCI's distributed cloud lineup supports:
- Multicloud—Options including Oracle Database@Azure,
MySQL HeatWave on AWS, and Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure
allow customers to combine key capabilities from across
clouds.
- Hybrid cloud—OCI delivers key cloud services on-premises
via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer and Compute Cloud@Customer and is
already managing deployments in over 60 countries.
- Public cloud—Forty-eight hyperscale public cloud regions
across 24 countries serve any size of organization, including those
requiring strict EU sovereignty controls. See the full list of
regions here.
- Dedicated cloud—Customers can run all OCI cloud services
in their own data centers with OCI Dedicated Region, while partners
can resell OCI cloud services and customize the experience using
Oracle Alloy. Oracle also operates separate US, UK, and Australian
Government Clouds, and Isolated Cloud Regions for US national
security purposes.
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about Oracle Cloud Regions
- Learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
About Oracle
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