Why Oracle, and Why Multi-Cloud?

Embracing the Best of Both Worlds for a Smarter, More Resilient Future

In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, the question isn’t if your organisation should move to the cloud—it’s how. But as enterprises become more cloud-savvy, a new question is taking centre stage: why choose just one cloud?

At NZOUG, we’re seeing a growing interest in multi-cloud strategies—and for good reason. When it comes to reliability, flexibility, performance, and cost-efficiency, no single cloud provider ticks every box. That’s where Oracle—and multi-cloud—shine together.

Why Oracle?

Oracle has always stood out for its deep enterprise pedigree. Its solutions are built for scale, mission-critical performance, and data integrity, making them the foundation of many of the world’s most trusted systems—from government agencies to banks, insurers, retailers, and beyond.

Whether it’s Oracle Database, Autonomous Database, Fusion Cloud Applications, or the powerful OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), the strength of Oracle lies in:

• High performance and availability: Especially for transactional systems and data-intensive workloads.

• End-to-end security: Built-in from the silicon to the application layer.

• Autonomous services: Less management, lower risk, and more innovation.

• Optimised infrastructure for Oracle workloads: Run Oracle Database faster and cheaper than anywhere else.

But the real magic happens when Oracle solutions play nicely with others.

Why Multi-Cloud?

Multi-cloud isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a practical response to real-world needs. Organisations want:

• Resilience and redundancy

  
  

  Avoid vendor lock-in, reduce downtime risks, and build continuity across regions and providers.

• Best-of-breed services

  
  

  Use the best tool for the job: Azure for analytics, AWS for storage, OCI for core databases—why not all three?

• Compliance and sovereignty

  
  

  Especially important here in Aotearoa, where data sovereignty, privacy, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.

• Cost optimisation

  
  

  Balance performance with price across different platforms to get the best ROI.

Oracle is Embracing Multi-Cloud Too

Oracle isn’t trying to win the cloud wars with walls—it’s building bridges. In fact, Oracle is leading the charge with powerful multi-cloud integrations, such as:

• Oracle Database@Azure

  
  

  Run Oracle Database services natively on Microsoft Azure with full support and joint engineering.

• Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure

  
  

  Low-latency, high-throughput private connection between OCI and Azure—perfect for hybrid enterprise applications.

• MySQL HeatWave on AWS

  
  

  Oracle’s cloud-native, real-time analytics engine is available directly on AWS.

• Multi-cloud disaster recovery and data pipelines

  
  

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure now supports cross-cloud DR strategies and data integration.

What It Means for NZ Organisations

For Oracle customers across Aotearoa—whether you’re in public health, transportation, education, or finance—the multi-cloud future is already here.

With the government cloud-first policy, the importance of resilience, and a renewed focus on digital transformation, a multi-cloud approach with Oracle at the core gives Kiwi organisations the freedom to innovate while protecting what matters most.

Join the Conversation

At NZOUG, we’re here to help you make sense of it all—through our blog, webinars, user meetups, and our upcoming Tūtahi: NZOUG 2025 conference in Wellington this November.

Whether you’re looking to modernise legacy systems, optimise cloud spend, or ensure business continuity, Oracle and multi-cloud go hand-in-hand—and we’re here to guide the way.

Let’s Talk Tech That Works—for Aotearoa

Keen to share how your organisation is navigating the cloud landscape? Reach out, write a guest blog, or join our NZOUG Cloud & Infrastructure group on the website.

Together, let’s build a smarter, more connected future—one cloud at a time.