Overview
Oracle has spent the last few years dismantling the walls between its own cloud and every other hyperscaler. Exadata Cloud Service is now available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, on Microsoft Azure, on Amazon Web Services, and on Google Cloud. That opens a door most enterprises did not know existed. You can run the most demanding Oracle workloads on the cloud your business already uses, without rewriting applications, without compromising performance, and without getting trapped on a single provider. Viscosity Technology helps customers walk through that door with confidence, whether you are moving to OCI for the first time, placing Exadata into Azure to sit next to your existing Microsoft estate, deploying on AWS to match the rest of your workloads, or landing on Google Cloud to align with your analytics platform.
Why Exadata Cloud Service Matters
Exadata is the engineered platform Oracle built for database workloads that refuse to be tamed by anything else. It delivers extreme performance through Smart Scan, Storage Indexes, Hybrid Columnar Compression, and the deep integration between storage and database layers that only Oracle can deliver. Running Exadata in the cloud used to mean choosing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or nothing. That constraint is gone. Exadata Cloud Service now runs as a managed offering on every major hyperscaler, giving your business the ability to place database workloads where they make the most sense without surrendering the performance characteristics your applications depend on.
The practical implications are significant. You can keep your existing cloud investments on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud while still running Oracle workloads on purpose built infrastructure. You can match the region of your database to the region of your application stack. You can use the networking, identity, and observability tools your teams already know. And you can do all of it while still getting the performance that made Exadata famous in the first place.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
OCI is the native home for Oracle workloads and it remains the platform where customers get access to the full breadth of Oracle database and application services. Viscosity helps customers assess whether OCI is the right target, design the landing zone, size the Exadata Database Service or Exadata Cloud at Customer deployment, and execute the migration with minimal downtime. Our engineers have been delivering OCI projects since the platform was new, and we stay close to the Oracle product teams so we bring current guidance rather than outdated patterns.
For customers interested in capacity on demand licensing, hybrid models that span on premises and cloud, or disaster recovery topologies that protect against regional outages, we bring the architectural patterns that have worked for other enterprises in your shoes. We also help navigate the commercial conversations around Universal Credits, BYOL, and the trade offs between different deployment models so the economics match the engineering.
Exadata on Microsoft Azure
Oracle Database at Azure is one of the most significant cloud developments in years for Oracle customers. It lets you run Exadata Database Service directly inside an Azure region, with low latency to the rest of your Azure estate, billed through your existing Microsoft agreements, and managed through a unified experience that works for both the Oracle and Azure sides. Viscosity helps customers plan and execute these deployments from the ground up. We handle the Azure networking design, the Oracle landing zone setup, the identity integration through Microsoft Entra ID, the migration of existing Oracle workloads into the new environment, and the ongoing operations model that spans both clouds. When you want to keep your applications on Azure and run your databases on Exadata without building a private connection across providers, this is the path forward.
Exadata on Amazon Web Services
Oracle Database at AWS brings the same model to the AWS ecosystem. Exadata Database Service runs inside an AWS region, integrated with the AWS networking, identity, and security services your teams already use. For customers with significant investments in AWS who have been unable to move their Oracle workloads without compromising performance or breaking their architectural standards, this changes the conversation entirely. Viscosity helps you decide whether the offering fits your use case, designs the target environment, plans the migration waves, and executes the move with the downtime window your business requires. Our deep Oracle experience combined with hands on AWS knowledge means we understand both sides of the boundary and can translate between them fluently.
Exadata on Google Cloud
Oracle Database at Google Cloud rounds out the multi cloud story. Customers running analytics on BigQuery, machine learning on Vertex AI, or applications on Google Kubernetes Engine can now place Oracle workloads right next to their Google Cloud estate without sacrificing the database performance Oracle is known for. Viscosity brings experience on both the Oracle and Google Cloud sides, which is a rare combination and a valuable one. We help customers design the migration, handle the identity and network integration with Google Cloud services, and build the operational model that keeps both worlds in sync.
Our Cloud Migration Approach
Every cloud migration starts with honest assessment. We inventory the current environment, profile the workloads, identify dependencies, and review the business drivers for the move. Then we design the target architecture with the right Exadata Cloud Service shape, the right network topology, the right identity integration, and the right high availability pattern for your recovery objectives. Data movement uses the replication technology that fits the scenario, typically Oracle Data Guard, Quest SharePlex, or Oracle GoldenGate depending on the source, the target, and the acceptable downtime window. Pilot migrations validate the runbook before anything touches production. Waves of workloads follow based on business priority. Post migration hypercare ensures that the first few weeks in the new environment go smoothly and that any surprises get resolved while we are still on hand.
License Optimization Along the Way
Cloud migrations are an ideal moment to revisit your Oracle licensing position. BYOL models, Universal Credits commitments, multi cloud license portability, and the specific rules that apply to each hyperscaler all interact in ways that can either save you meaningful money or create compliance exposure if handled poorly. Viscosity helps customers model the options, pick the licensing strategy that fits the target deployment, and coordinate with Oracle to make sure every license move is clean. For customers who want audit protection on top of optimization, our partnership with License Fortress gives you indemnified coverage that most consulting firms cannot offer.
Why Viscosity Technology
Moving Oracle workloads into the cloud is not a generic project. It requires deep Oracle engineering knowledge, deep cloud platform knowledge on whichever hyperscaler you are targeting, and the judgment to combine both in a design that fits your business. Viscosity brings all three. Our team has delivered Exadata deployments on OCI since the service was new, and we have been building the playbooks for Exadata on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud as those services have matured. We are Oracle’s strategic partner, we are recognized experts in the multi cloud Exadata space, and we have the references to prove that we finish these projects on time without drama. When your business is ready to move Oracle workloads to the cloud that fits your strategy, we are ready to guide you through it.