NATO is moving its core systems to Oracle’s cloud. The transition is part of the modernization of the agency’s IT environment.
Oracle announces in a press release that it welcomes NATO as a new customer. Specifically, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), in short the IT department, will migrate critical workloads to Oracle’s cloud infrastructure. With NATO, Oracle once again secures a big fish as a cloud customer.
The NCIA is responsible for NATO’s communication and information systems. The agency supports the alliance’s military operations and cyber defense. With the migration to OCI, the organization aims to expand its capacity and optimize the performance of existing systems.
The transition is taking place in collaboration with multiple technology partners. Thales acts as the main contractor, while Red Reply and Shield Reply provide advice and management services around Oracle technology. Proximus is responsible for the network components. The parties are guiding, among other things, the migration of three existing data centers to Oracle’s cloud environment.
Focus on security
OCI offers the agency capabilities to meet requirements for data residency and operational control. Additionally, the platform supports large-scale applications and artificial intelligence. For NATO, the combination of scalability and security is particularly important when processing mission-critical data.
According to Oracle, the transition will give NCIA more control over where data is stored and where workloads run. The collaboration should ensure that the agency’s systems continue to function securely and better align with NATO’s digital transformation.
The integration of OCI into the NATO information system will be rolled out in the coming period. The focus will be on ensuring data security and guaranteeing a seamless transition from the existing infrastructure to the cloud.
Oracle has the wind in its sails. Last week, the cloud provider announced that it had signed a multi-year billion-dollar contract with OpenAI. Oracle is thus increasingly positioning itself as the fourth player that can challenge the ‘big three’ AWS, Microsoft and Google.