1 . Within the “ Cloud at Customer ” service delivery model the Oracle Cloud Machine ( OCM ), first offered in 2016 , provides clients with a physical machine , configured to their specifications , behind their fire wall and on premise . This offers identical Oracle Public Cloud services at subscription on fully managed Oracle machines in the clients data centre . These services include

• Infrastructure as a service ( IaaS ) incorporating compute , storage , network

• Platform as a service ( PaaS ) including

• Oracle Java Cloud Service

• Oracle Integration Cloud Service

• Oracle Database Cloud Service

The range of building blocks in “ Cloud at Customer ” cloud service delivery model includes today , apart of OCM , additionally Exadata Cloud Machine ( ExaCM ) and Big Data Cloud Machine . The ExaCM is delivered with full database licensing and flexible configuration and offers bursting capability which can radically alter the sizing requirements and consequently the economics of acquiring and operating a server . The big data cloud machine provides Hadoop services . Additional “ Cloud at Customer ” units are expected in the next months .

2 . The Oracle Cloud Managed Service Provider ( MSP ) program identifies and recognizes partners who have skills , tools and processes to build , deploy ,

run , and manage Oracle and non-Oracle workloads on Oracle Cloud Platform . With the Oracle Cloud Managed Service Provider Program , partners reap the benefits of building their services on a world-class cloud infrastructure , and customers receive the complete solution they need to optimize their cloud initiatives – reducing risk , cost , and complexity . If required the solution can be delivered on premise against the “ Cloud at Customer ” model . This provides companies with a trusted local management of Oracle ’ s cloud services .

Capitalising on Oracle ’ s Cloud offering Oracle ’ s “ Cloud at Customer ” offerings are cost effective infrastructure building blocks . If desired Oracle ’ s clients can select from the MSP Partners to manage customers ’ cloud infrastructure , and / or end-user systems , and provide services including cloud advisory , service migration , DevOps , provisioning and orchestration , monitoring , 24x7 monitoring , incidence and change management , and cloud optimization , among many others . Upon qualification , Oracle Cloud Managed Service Providers can purchase Oracle Cloud Platform products for customers , package their MSP services , and provide a complete solution to the customer . This model shifts responsibility for all maintenance and support to the MSP Partner allowing clients to take full benefit of the cloud services . Pricing of the MSP is consistent with the equivalent service available in Oracle Public Cloud .