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Understanding corporate customers is precisely why Google hired Mr. Kurian, who spent two decades at longtime adversary and competitor Oracle Corp. , including running product development. Customers are happy with Google’s technology, he said, but not their lack of access to sales managers to cater to their needs—a basic business tactic.””
Oracle is not an adversary of Google or any other cloud service providers because they have a nearly unmeasurable cloud services presence.
Something left out of this observation on the part of the WSJ is how do Oracle customers feel about the Oracle Cloud, the division …

… pushing most aggressively, customers pay Oracle in advance for cloud services, which they may or may not fully utilize. Ask Oracle what happens to those services you don’t use.
Those same terms mean if you over-utilize, you will incur a penalty – much like overage charges on a mobile phone plan with limited minutes. Rather than getting a volume discount, the more you use the software over your cap, the more you’re going to pay.
You can pay more than what your contract appears to require. The rules on when discounts do and do not apply are …