How to Respond to Oracle’s Arguments that AWS is Only Migrating Non Critical Databases?

Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that AWS is only migrating non-critical databases. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Oracle has argued that the databases migrated to AWS aren’t mission-critical. “So, sure, you can do test/dev and run small non critical Databases as many have been doing for years on…

How to Respond to Oracle’s Arguments About Serious Databases Not Running on VMs

Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that serious arguments do not run on VMs. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Oracle proposes that AWS is not ready for enterprise workloads. This is a common argument on Oracle that only its offerings are true “enterprise-ready.” The following quote covers this argument….

Being Conscious of the Many AWS and GCP Database Options for SAP and Oracle

Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud provide an amazing number of database options to customers. What this means for on-premises environments with more restricted options. Options Galore with AWS and Google Cloud AWS does offer some internally developed products (the Aurora database being one), and Google Cloud offers both the Spanner database and the Go…

How to Perform Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Database Migration

Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud can allow for both homogeneous and heterogeneous database migration Learn why cloud services are enabling databases. Introduction When the source and target database are the same, this is called a “homogeneous” conversion. When the databases are different, this is referred to as a “heterogeneous” migration. Homogeneous migrations are often…

How to Get Started with Database Migration with AWS RDS and Google Cloud SQL

Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities for database migration. Learn why cloud services are enabling databases. Introduction Migrating databases and applications to AWS or Google Cloud has numerous benefits that have already changed how IT is managed at a wide array of companies. These benefits include the following: Reducing fixed costs…

AWS on How to Leverage Multiple Database Types

Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage multiple database types. Learn why multi-bases are taking over from the single-base approach. Introduction While SAP has proposed using a single database type (the one database type SAP wants customers to focus on, which is HANA) and finds its most willing customers in…

How to Move to From Oracle to Open Source Databases with AWS and Google Cloud

Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage open source databases. We cover how to accomplish the migration. Introduction Oracle representatives like discussing Oracle’s market share in the database market. They love talking about the different things the Oracle database can do and its many advanced features. What they don’t like…