Oracle Speeds Cloud Migration with New Oracle Cloud Lift Services

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On March 31, 2021, Oracle launched Oracle Cloud Lift Services, a program designed to simplify and accelerate cloud migration for both existing and new customers at no extra cost. The initiative provides customers with access to dedicated cloud engineers and technical resources, aiming to remove barriers to adopting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Notable clients like Seattle Sounders FC and Cargill have successfully benefited from the program, enhancing their cloud capabilities and efficiency. The service streamlines performance analysis and application architecture, thus fostering digital transformation.

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• Launch of Oracle Cloud Lift Services to ease cloud migration for customers.
• Access to technical tools and resources at no additional cost enhances customer experience.
• Notable clients such as Seattle Sounders FC and Cargill report faster migration and operational efficiency.

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AUSTIN, Texas, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the biggest pain points of cloud adoption is the cost and effort of migration. To ease the process, today's launch of new Oracle Cloud Lift Services gives Oracle customers expanded access to technical tools and cloud engineering resources to quickly migrate workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle now offers these resources – at no additional cost – to all existing and new Oracle Cloud customers worldwide. 

"Our customers want a seamless path to the cloud with the right guidance, solution architecture, and hands-on help we can provide," said Vinay Kumar, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "Oracle Cloud Lift Services is just one of several changes we are implementing to accelerate customer success on Oracle Cloud."

Oracle's new program provides a single point of contact for all technical delivery and removes critical expertise barriers for adoption of OCI services, speeding time to value and creating faster opportunities to innovate. With Oracle Cloud Lift Services, customers get access to Oracle cloud engineers and premier technical services that have accelerated migrations to OCI for enterprise customers including Seattle Sounders FC, Cargill and Rice University.  As part of the program, customers will have access to cloud engineering resources for activities ranging from performance analysis, application architecture, hands on migrations and go-live support. Oracle will work with customers until their workloads are in production and help train their staff on best practices so they have the expertise to run the environment moving forward.

Customers and partners are already seeing value in this new program and are getting through migrations faster, with more of their IT budget intact for more valuable operational services and major digital transformation projects.

"Oracle Cloud Lift Services together with Infosys Cobalt cloud offerings help our joint customers accelerate the work of migrating to the cloud and modernizing their landscape to drive faster business results. As a partner, we ensure client success through outcome-driven transformation programs that build differentiated capabilities to help our clients become resilient, agile and competitive," said Gopikrishnan Konnanath, SVP & Service Offering Head, Oracle Services, Infosys.

Seattle Sounders FC, the American professional soccer club, has also realized benefits from Oracle Cloud Lift Services.

"We've been working very closely with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to overhaul our data systems to enable us to build next-generation analytics tools. This keeps us ahead of the competition on and off the field. With Oracle Cloud Lift Services, we're able to accelerate our migration to the cloud, providing us with valuable hands-on expertise from Oracle's Cloud Engineering team," said Ravi Ramineni, vice president, Soccer Analytics and Research, Seattle Sounders FC. 

Cargill is a leading global food corporation working alongside farmers, producers, manufacturers, retailers, governments and other organizations to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

"At Cargill, we're constantly looking for new ways to improve and expand our business. Oracle's cloud architects took us from zero to production through the Oracle Cloud Lift Services work and made it a smooth transition to launch new Cargill services in their cloud all while maintaining a strong focus on security. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offered us the performance and support we needed to get off the ground and into the cloud," said Terence Schofield, Quantitative Trading Technology Director, Cargill.

Rice University uses Oracle Cloud Lift Services to help deploy Open Nebula on Oracle Cloud which involves technical work such as the deployment of large-scale Kubernetes clusters running on GPUs. This is one of the largest open-source projects the university IT team is involved in.

"We are delighted that this project with Oracle has enabled Oracle and Rice to contribute this resource back to the Open Nebula community. The close collaboration between Oracle technical experts and my team has provided learning opportunities and enabled us to explore new and innovative technical solutions," said Klara Jelinkova, CIO, Rice University.

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Additional Resources

• Learn more about Oracle Cloud Lift Services.
• Learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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FAQ

What are Oracle Cloud Lift Services?

Oracle Cloud Lift Services is a newly launched program that supports customers in migrating to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure by providing them access to technical tools and resources at no additional cost.

How does Oracle Cloud Lift Services benefit customers?

The program speeds up cloud migrations, provides expert guidance, and enables customers to optimize their IT budgets for more strategic initiatives.

When was Oracle Cloud Lift Services launched?

Oracle Cloud Lift Services was launched on March 31, 2021.

Which companies have used Oracle Cloud Lift Services?

Notable companies like Seattle Sounders FC and Cargill have utilized Oracle Cloud Lift Services to facilitate their cloud migration and enhance operational efficiency.

What is the purpose of Oracle Cloud Lift Services?

The purpose of Oracle Cloud Lift Services is to remove barriers to cloud adoption, providing customers with the necessary support to efficiently migrate their workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.