Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – While Oracle has established a number of data centres around the world to facilitate its cloud offerings – this week it announced a new data centre for London to assist the UK government with its G-Cloud procurement project – emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, India, China and Africa may have to wait until such a move by the company is deemed more feasible.
Oracle has a number of data centres dedicated to its cloud around the world – from Sidney and Singapore through the US, Canada and the UK – which allow its various services to “follow the sun” but, to date, hasn’t built one in any of the emerging markets earmarked as key strategic markets by many analysts.
Thomas Kurian, executive VP, product development at Oracle, says the company is constantly evaluating its position when it comes to data centres and where they should be deployed, and that establishing one in certain key emerging markets could be on the cards in the future.
“We have a number of data centres today in a number of places around the world – Japan, Singapore, Scotland, Slough – and we are always evaluating the situation,” Kurian says. “I know India and China are regularly evaluated and we will look at the feasibility of establishing new data centres based on customer demand.”
But, he says, no decisions have yet been made on whether to establish additional data centres in particular emerging markets.
“That doesn’t mean that we’re not going to expand [into these emerging markets],” he adds. “But we wouldn’t make any kind of particular statement until it was thoroughly evaluated and decided on.”
Oracle has a number of data centres dedicated to its cloud around the world – from Sidney and Singapore through the US, Canada and the UK – which allow its various services to “follow the sun” but, to date, hasn’t built one in any of the emerging markets earmarked as key strategic markets by many analysts.
Thomas Kurian, executive VP, product development at Oracle, says the company is constantly evaluating its position when it comes to data centres and where they should be deployed, and that establishing one in certain key emerging markets could be on the cards in the future.
“We have a number of data centres today in a number of places around the world – Japan, Singapore, Scotland, Slough – and we are always evaluating the situation,” Kurian says. “I know India and China are regularly evaluated and we will look at the feasibility of establishing new data centres based on customer demand.”
But, he says, no decisions have yet been made on whether to establish additional data centres in particular emerging markets.
“That doesn’t mean that we’re not going to expand [into these emerging markets],” he adds. “But we wouldn’t make any kind of particular statement until it was thoroughly evaluated and decided on.”