Oracle wants your data to go with the flow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company is seeking to patent a system for provisioning and managing \u201cserverless database resources within a multi-cloud infrastructure,\u201d<\/a> aiming to make the movement of data and cross-pollination of services between private clouds frictionless.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEach cloud environment provides a closed ecosystem for its subscribing customers,\u201d Oracle said in the filing. \u201cAs a result, a customer of a cloud environment is restricted to using the services offered by that cloud environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Oracle\u2019s system would break down that barrier, allowing a customer to deploy a service from one cloud platform within another. Before approving a request to do so, the system would ensure that the primary private cloud platform has the available computing resources, a data center is close enough to ensure low latency, and can comply with regulatory needs of the customer\u2019s region, such as different state laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n The cloud service is then deployed into the primary private cloud platform, meaning that the system automatically spins up virtual machines to run the service, and a secure data flow is set up between it and the other cloud platform. The system may also split different workflows between different data center regions that have higher availability.\u00a0<\/p>\n The goal is to allow cloud customers to get the best of both worlds when it comes to multi-cloud architecture: Rather than having data and services living in individual silos of different cloud environments, Oracle\u2019s tech could offer interoperability.\u00a0<\/p>\n Patent applications like this from Oracle are no surprise. The company\u2019s primary moneymakers are its cloud services, though it still sits behind the hyperscalers in terms of market share, hovering at around 3% in the most recent quarter, according to CRN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n