TEW Magazine

  Oracle and Microsoft Expand Collaboration with Data Center Integration Oracle co-founder and technology chief, Larry Ellison, and Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, made a joint announcement at Microsoft’s headquarters, signaling an extension of their long-standing partnership. Oracle plans to integrate its Exadata hardware, containing servers for databases and storage, into Microsoft’s data centers. This collaboration will allow organizations using Microsoft’s Azure cloud to access Oracle database services seamlessly. A New Chapter in Decades-Long Rivalry Larry Ellison and Oracle have been competing with Microsoft in the database software arena for over three decades. Despite the rivalry, both companies are taking steps to cooperate more closely, leveraging each other’s strengths in the rapidly evolving technology landscape. For the first time in his career, Larry Ellison set foot in Microsoft’s headquarters outside Seattle, symbolizing a significant milestone in the partnership bet...