Oracle CloudWorld Tour

On March 15, three MCX colleagues travelled to London to attend the Oracle CloudWorld Tour 2024. Below is a recap of the day by Mark Kempers, Infrastructure Specialist at MCX.

This event revolved around gaining knowledge, connecting with others, and inspiring one another. It opened with a keynote by Oracle’s Executive Vice President, Doug Kehring. In his presentation, he explained Oracle’s renewed approach—focused not only on selling, but also on supporting the migration to the cloud through what Oracle calls the Customer Success Service (CSS). The keynote was followed by several real-world CSS examples, including the cloud migration of Michelin in France, where their entire eBS landscape was moved. It was particularly interesting to hear how this migration was executed and which steps were taken to achieve this.

After the keynote, it was time to split up and attend the break-out sessions most relevant to our work. Our goal for the day was clear: gain additional knowledge and gather new ideas we can use to support MCX customers. We learned about new technologies in the Oracle Cloud, listened to presentations from other Oracle customers, and received insights into how to guide clients through their cloud migration in the best possible way.

While many sessions were led by Oracle employees, it was valuable to also hear directly from customers. One of them was the municipality of Rotterdam, who shared their experience migrating to the Oracle Cloud. Their presentation covered the move from eBS on-premise to Oracle Fusion (selected modules), explaining their full process, timelines, and technical diagrams.

During the lunch break, we had the chance to network and hear stories from other partners. This offered a clear picture of how they approach cloud migrations and cloud management in their daily work.

After lunch, the in-depth sessions continued. As a closing item, Oracle invited us to a special session on Oracle Cloud for Defence and Intelligence. One of the key questions discussed was: “How can you use the Oracle Cloud in Defence and Intelligence without compromising on security or privacy?” It sparked meaningful conversations. Several Oracle partners shared what they have done for defence-related organizations in the Oracle Cloud, especially around Oracle Roving Edge. After this interesting session, it was time for a networking drink—although a short one for us, as we had to head back to the airport.

Looking back, it was a day filled with new insights and valuable information. MCX is continuously innovating, and the Oracle Cloud is a key part of that journey. A day at CloudWorld gives us fresh perspectives on how we can help customers migrate workloads to the Oracle Cloud and even support concepts like Multi-Cloud—for example, running a database in Microsoft Azure while hosting the application layer in the Oracle Cloud.

With our team of specialists in both Oracle applications and infrastructure, we can help customers get the most out of the Oracle Cloud and ensure their applications run optimally. Using Oracle’s Cloud Adoption Framework, we can work with you to determine the best solution and translate that into a technical design that fits your needs.