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question about the "smaller guys" in cloud (Oracle, IBM): Do these companies operate their own data centers all over the world to make their cloud offerings wo

question about the "smaller guys" in cloud (Oracle, IBM): Do these companies operate their own data centers all over the world to make their cloud offerings work? "Cloud" is kind of a magical handwavy way to say "don't worry about where the computers are, it will just work." With AWS and Azure I don't worry about where the computers are, because they're all over the world (and even under water, if you follow publicity stunts). But where are the massive IBM/Oracle/etc data centers? Are they out there, and I just don't know about it?

st1x7 6y ago
IBM operate their own datacenters for IBM Cloud.
- alpha_squared 6y ago
  As does Oracle. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is actually aggressively expanding regions.
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Not to be confused with Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
jannes 6y ago
I don’t know if this is the case here, but you can also rent space in someone else’s datacenter. Meaning the datacenter itself wouldn’t be run by IBM/Oracle, just some of the hardware inside it.
b203 6y ago
Oracle cloud is quite a thing. It's in 4th place behind AWS, Azure and GCP and has significant presence. For example zoom is a big customer:https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-zoom-chose-oracle-cloud-over-aws-and-maybe-you-should-too/ https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-zoom-chose-oracle-clo.... I assume under the new tiktok deal, tiktok might run on the Oracle cloud.
ksec 6y ago
I was under the impression ( Not sure if it still true ) that AWS and Azure do not operate and owe all of their "own" datacenter, some of them were with Eqaunix ?
wmf 6y ago
Yes, they have their own data centers. They tend to be smaller since they don't have demand for 100K servers in any one city. Weirdly, IBM's map seems to have disappeared but here's Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/cloud/architecture-and-regions.html https://www.oracle.com/cloud/architecture-and-regions.html
- sachinag 6y ago
  The map is right here; you can scroll over and see the locations. https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/
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st1x7 6y ago

IBM operate their own datacenters for IBM Cloud.

alpha_squared 6y ago
As does Oracle. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is actually aggressively expanding regions.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Not to be confused with Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

jannes 6y ago

I don’t know if this is the case here, but you can also rent space in someone else’s datacenter. Meaning the datacenter itself wouldn’t be run by IBM/Oracle, just some of the hardware inside it.

b203 6y ago

Oracle cloud is quite a thing. It's in 4th place behind AWS, Azure and GCP and has significant presence. For example zoom is a big customer:https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-zoom-chose-oracle-cloud-over-aws-and-maybe-you-should-too/ https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-zoom-chose-oracle-clo.... I assume under the new tiktok deal, tiktok might run on the Oracle cloud.

ksec 6y ago

I was under the impression ( Not sure if it still true ) that AWS and Azure do not operate and owe all of their "own" datacenter, some of them were with Eqaunix ?

wmf 6y ago

Yes, they have their own data centers. They tend to be smaller since they don't have demand for 100K servers in any one city. Weirdly, IBM's map seems to have disappeared but here's Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/cloud/architecture-and-regions.html https://www.oracle.com/cloud/architecture-and-regions.html

sachinag 6y ago
The map is right here; you can scroll over and see the locations. https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/

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