Apex: The final frontier for Oracle Workloads

To the unversioned, Apex as we know is the Opex offering from Dell. In simple terms, you can have storage and compute on subscription basis as opposed to a Capex Model

However, there are many nuances ?within Apex which actually change the game when its positioned alongwith Co-Lo Providers like Equinix and Hyper-Scalers like AWS,Azure and GCP especially for Oracle Workloads…

With Businesses increasingly looking to host their Analytics and Custom Applications on Hyperscalers like AWS,Azure ,GCP and critical Workloads still being hosted on traditional On-Prem Systems, Sovereign Adjacency is the solution for accommodating this composite model...

Equinix as we all know is one of the largest data-centre companies in the world with deep expertise in providing co-location services for varied multi-cloud ecosystems. With Apex Data Storage Services available in a Storage- as a Service Model, customers have the convenience of having their data hosted on Dell hardware in their closest Equinix Data-centre .Further, these storage services are truly multi-cloud with the ability to connect to your Hyperscaler of choice through low latency connections like Azure Express Route and AWS Direct Connect .

A logical extension of sovereign adjacency is connecting the Oracle Application core across the global ecosystem, connecting supplier, partners and SaaS providers with Equinix Cross Connects and Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX)

Connecting to Equinix not only provides access to vibrant digital ecosysytem of partners and service providers but also is significantly less expensive than local connections and provisioned with 24 hrs

We can also look at providing Data Protection Services with Apex as a means of protecting Oracle Applications and data that originates on-premises and different public cloud providers. Data Protection with APEX Multi-Cloud Data Services is a managed service that provides a single target for backup and recovery for Oracle data that is on-premises and in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud

Hence, Dell together with Equinix provides a comprehensive portfolio of services which can cater to traditional as well as new-age Oracle Applications and containerized databases. These can in turn serve to accelerate low-latency high performance workloads ranging from 5G-Telecom,IOT to cutting edge AI/ML fulfilling the goal of having databases on -prem and applications on cloud leading to a truly hybrid experience