Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Microsoft

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Post by SREinSF » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:33 PM UTC

Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Microsoft
cnbc.com

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Post by alephnan » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:44 PM UTC

In the article:

> Zoom selected Oracle to expand its cloud, bypassing major industry leaders Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.

I guess GCP isn't significant enough to be in the headline

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Post by hasperdi » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:45 PM UTC

Unless Oracle is doing it for free, I see little reason to go with them

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Post by zentiggr » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:46 PM UTC

Well, here you go, Zoom disruptors - they just tied a lead weight around their neck, time to go to and eat their lunch.

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Post by mmastrac » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:46 PM UTC

hasperdi wrote: post #3

Unless Oracle is doing it for free, I see little reason to go with them

Totally guessing here but I imagine this is a super cheap deal for Zoom.

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Post by ABeeSea » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:48 PM UTC

Another red flag in regard to Zoom’s security.

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Post by outside1234 » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:49 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #2

In the article: > Zoom selected Oracle to expand its cloud, bypassing major industry leaders Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud. I guess GCP isn't significant enough to be in the headline

The truth hurts sometimes. Also, isn't GCP deprecated?

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Post by bearcobra » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:49 PM UTC

My understanding is that they already use AWS and Azure, so this probably isn't the case, but I wonder if the fact that the other major vendors have competing services influenced this decision.

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Post by taormina » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:50 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #2

In the article: > Zoom selected Oracle to expand its cloud, bypassing major industry leaders Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud. I guess GCP isn't significant enough to be in the headline

"Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform" is GCP

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Post by king_magic » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 7:50 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #2

In the article: > Zoom selected Oracle to expand its cloud, bypassing major industry leaders Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud. I guess GCP isn't significant enough to be in the headline

... huh?

"Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform" is GCP.