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2 days ago
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Oracle opens new R&D centre in Morocco
US tech giant Oracle has launched a new research and development (R&D) centre in Casablanca, Morocco, to advance its cloud and AI technologies. The facility aligns with the company's agreement with the Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition to enhance R&D capabilities in the country. It was inaugurated by Morocco's Government head, Aziz Akhannouch, and Digital Transition and Administration Reform Minister, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni. The facility, equipped with advanced tools, leverages Oracle's cloud infrastructure, AI, and machine learning (ML) to create solutions for modern businesses and society, the company said. It spans seven floors, featuring an auditorium, restaurant, two gyms, meeting spaces, and prayer rooms. In a statement, Seghrouchni said: 'Establishing the Oracle R&D centre in Morocco reinforces that Morocco is a key player in digital innovation. 'It can compete with global powers thanks to its local talents, skilled youth, and a rapidly maturing ecosystem. Morocco asserts its technological leadership in support of its own development and that of the continent.' The centre, one of ten global Oracle R&D hubs, will employ 1,000 Moroccan IT professionals. Oracle added that it is engaging with top Moroccan institutions to recruit engineering graduates as interns, with 94% of eligible interns last year securing full-time R&D roles. Oracle executive vice president Craig Stephen said: 'Establishing a new Oracle R&D centre in Morocco reflects our commitment to innovation and inclusion—leveraging the country's growing tech talent and strategic location to build cutting-edge solutions for Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.' Beyond R&D, Oracle plans to establish two public cloud regions in Casablanca and Settat. These regions will provide enterprise cloud services to African organisations, enabling migration of critical workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure while ensuring compliance with local regulations. The cloud regions will support modernisation of applications and innovation in AI, data, and analytics for enterprises, startups, universities, and investors across the region. In March 2025, Oracle committed to a $5bn investment over the next five years to enhance its AI-driven cloud services in the UK. This initiative aims to strengthen Oracle Cloud infrastructure in the UK and support the government's efforts to promote AI innovation and adoption across multiple sectors. "Oracle opens new R&D centre in Morocco" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
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2 days ago
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Oracle (ORCL) Launches Defense Ecosystem to Advance AI and Cloud Innovation in National Security
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is . On June 17, Oracle introduced the Oracle Defense Ecosystem to help defense innovators integrate advanced AI and cloud technologies into government and military operations. The initiative aims to strengthen national security by providing emerging tech companies with opportunities to collaborate, access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and navigate complex defense procurement processes. Initial members include AI and security firms like Arqit, and Metron, among others. Ken Wolter/ The program offers key benefits such as sales support, defense acquisition guidance, discounted access to Palantir's AI platform, and streamlined compliance with security regulations. Members can also showcase their solutions in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, receive cybersecurity assistance, and access Oracle's business management suite, NetSuite, at preferred pricing. With decades of defense and intelligence experience, Oracle is positioning itself as a key player in defense innovation. By offering direct support and resources, the company aims to accelerate technological advancements in military applications while expanding its role in federal defense contracting. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is a technology company that develops and sells hardware and software products, focusing on cloud computing and enterprise software. They offer various products, including databases, cloud infrastructure, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer relationship management (CRM) software. While we acknowledge the potential of ORCL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 12 Best Healthcare Stocks to Buy Now and 10 Stocks Analysts Are Upgrading Today. Disclosure: None.
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Hammerspace Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hammerspace, the standards-based data platform that simplifies AI infrastructure and an Oracle partner, today announced its solution is available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners. With the Hammerspace Tier 0 solution, enterprises can transform existing local NVMe storage into ultra-fast, persistent shared storage inside OCI GPU virtual machines (VMs), eliminating the need for replication and avoiding delays or compromises. Hammerspace helps enable enterprises to leverage the full potential of existing GPU server capacity in hybrid cloud, multi-cloud and geographically distributed environments by providing a high-performance global namespace that spans sites, clouds and storage systems. It allows data to be sourced from on-premises storage and delivered directly to GPU resources in OCI at maximum speeds. With the Hammerspace Tier 0 solution, enterprises can transform existing local NVMe storage into ultra-fast, persistent shared storage inside OCI GPU virtual machines (VMs), eliminating the need for replication and avoiding delays or compromises. The Tier 0 solution enables enterprises to feed thousands of GPUs in parallel, reducing idle cycles and supporting low-latency data access for both reads and writes. This capability accommodates a wide variety of workloads, including training, inference and high-performance computing. In recent OCI performance benchmarks, the Hammerspace Tier 0 solution delivered 2.5X faster read bandwidth, 2X higher write throughput, and 51 percent lower latency when compared to the same client servers connected to external networked storage running on OCI. These results were achieved using OCI bare metal shapes, with zero custom software or hardware, leveraging the Hammerspace Tier 0 solution, which utilizes low-latency NVMe storage local to OCI GPU VM shapes. 'We are excited about adding Hammerspace's high-performance Data Platform to the Oracle Cloud Marketplace,' said Cameron Bahar, SVP and GM, OCI. 'The Hammerspace Tier 0 solution will help OCI joint customers to optimize file system performance for their GPU-based HPC and AI workloads.' 'OCI's leadership in performance, price, and GPU availability makes this a critical partnership for us,' said David Flynn, founder and CEO of Hammerspace. 'Enterprise AI needs more than raw compute — it needs data delivered with zero friction. Hammerspace Tier 0 transforms local NVMe storage into a shared, global, high-performance data plane that our customers are using right now to power the next generation of AI in OCI. Hammerspace's participation in Oracle Cloud Marketplace further extends our commitment to the Oracle community and enables customers to easily reap the benefits of reduced storage costs, lower power consumption and increased GPU utilization.' Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a one-stop shop for Oracle customers seeking trusted business applications and services that offer unique solutions. Designed to run any application faster and more securely for less, OCI can help address a variety of data privacy, sovereign AI, and low latency requirements. It is the only hyperscaler capable of delivering 200+ AI and cloud services at the edge, in a customer's data center, across clouds, or in the public cloud. Oracle's distributed cloud delivers the benefits of the cloud with greater control and flexibility while also providing the consistent performance, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and global pricing, for which OCI has become known. About Hammerspace Hammerspace is a high-performance data platform built to simplify AI infrastructure at scale. It makes all your data immediately accessible, anywhere — across on-prem and cloud environments — without copying or migrating data. Hammerspace integrates with your existing storage, networking, and applications to create a unified, high-speed data backbone for AI, accelerating every stage of the AI pipeline while eliminating data silos. Learn more at About Oracle's Partner Program Oracle's partner program helps Oracle and its partners drive joint customer success and business momentum. The newly enhanced program provides partners with choice and flexibility, offering several program pathways and a robust range of foundational benefits spanning training and enablement, go-to-market collaboration, technical accelerators, and success support. To learn more, visit Trademark Oracle, Java, MySQL and NetSuite are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. NetSuite was the first cloud company — ushering in the new era of cloud computing.
Techday NZ
4 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Oracle launches defence ecosystem to boost security tech ties
Oracle has announced the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a global initiative intended to transform the way that defence and government technology is delivered. The Oracle Defense Ecosystem is aimed at strengthening the national security infrastructure for the United States and its allies by enabling more efficient collaboration between technology innovators and government and defence organisations. The initiative seeks to remove longstanding barriers that have limited access to the latest cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies within national security sectors. Access to technology National security organisations have often struggled to incorporate emerging technology due to complex procurement procedures, stringent qualification criteria, and the necessity for established networks within the Defence Industrial Base. Oracle's ecosystem is designed to address these issues by offering direct support and resources for defence tech providers. According to Oracle, its cloud infrastructure—Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)—forms the backbone of these efforts and is already recognised for meeting strict compliance requirements demanded by the defence and government sector. The initial set of organisations participating in the ecosystem includes Arqit, Entanglement, Fenix Group (now part of Nokia Federal Solutions), Koniku, Kraken, Mattermost, Metron, SensusQ, and Whitespace. "Nothing is more important than the national security of the U.S. and its allies, and Oracle has been a cornerstone of this mission for nearly 50 years," said Rand Waldron, Vice President, Oracle. "Oracle and our defense ecosystem plans to innovate and scale to help the U.S. and its allies deter conflicts and win on physical and digital battlefields." Membership benefits The Oracle Defense Ecosystem is designed to offer accelerated growth opportunities for organisations working within the defence and government technology sectors. Participating members are able to access a number of Oracle-facilitated resources and support services, across a wide spectrum of business and technical areas. Through Oracle Sales Support, member organisations can utilise the expertise of Oracle's sales team. This is intended to aid in crafting industry-specific messaging and tailored solutions that match the varied needs of global defence customers. Members are also encouraged to leverage technology and solutions developed within the ecosystem, offering them an expanded portfolio to address unique challenges. One of the cornerstone partnerships highlighted is with Palantir, offering access to Palantir Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This integration allows early-stage defence technology firms to deploy enterprise-grade software for operations, product development, natural language model integration, as well as security and governance requirements. Through direct listing on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, members are able to make their solutions accessible to customers in all OCI regions, supported by a continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline for delivering feature enhancements consistently across the globe. Streamlining compliance Defence and government organisations operate with rigorous security standards, and Oracle says the ecosystem is structured to help companies meet these swiftly. Through guidance from Oracle's executive advisors and specific solutions such as the OCI Core Landing Zone, members may accelerate their path to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance, saving significant time on manual processes and cloud architecture setup. In addition, Oracle provides frameworks such as the Cloud Native Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) Landing Zone, aimed at reducing time and costs associated with SCCA-compliant deployments and standardising security across systems portfolios. Members also have access to documentation and Oracle's expert guidance in these specialised areas. Business operations and support Participants in the Oracle Defense Ecosystem will receive access to business management tools with preferred pricing for Oracle NetSuite, its AI-based management suite, which is utilised by more than 42,000 organisations globally. This solution facilitates streamlined business operations and provides a scalable platform for future growth. Additionally, organisations within the initiative can benefit from access to secure office facilities used to support defence customers, as well as training and certification credits available via Oracle University for cloud infrastructure, applications, and databases. The introduction of the Oracle Defense Ecosystem marks an effort to lower technological and procedural barriers for defence and government tech innovators, while aligning them with cloud and AI tools and resources required to serve complex national security requirements.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Oracle taps partners to feed AI and cloud into defense
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has launched its Defense Ecosystem to help smaller firms sell emerging AI and cloud technologies into the defense sector, leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's compliance pedigree and partner network. The Oracle Defense Ecosystem addresses hurdles that national security teams facecomplex procurement, strict qualifications and the need for entrenched relationshipsby bundling Oracle's defense-trusted cloud platform with go-to-market support. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 9 Warning Signs with ORCL. Participating vendors tap Oracle's expertise in navigating defense procurement, secure office space and joint sales efforts, plus access to Palantir's (NASDAQ:PLTR) cloud-AI stack and discounted NetSuite. Initial members span quantum encryption (Arqit Quantum), geospatial AI ( biotech interfaces (Koniku), secure comms (Mattermost), maritime analytics (Metron), and more, each poised to both sell to and run on Oracle Cloud. Defense customers often lag commercial tech adoption due to red tape and security demands. By lowering those barriers, Oracle not only accelerates cutting-edge AI and cloud deployment for governments and allies but also locks in new workloads on OCI, bolstering its position against Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) AWS and Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Azure in a high-value vertical. Watch for firewall-grade AI and cloud contracts awarded via this ecosystem over the next yeareach win will validate Oracle's strategy to harness partner innovation and grow its defense footprint. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
