Oracle + Google Cloud: 'Multi-AI' Partnership, Brilliant + Transformative

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explored why the groundbreaking
Oracle–Google Cloud partnership around Gemini AI marks a bold new
era for multi-cloud collaboration.


Highlights


00:14 — It's a brilliant move by Oracle and
Google Cloud to form a partnership where Gemini AI is now
available on the Oracle Cloud. Gemini on OCI is pretty wild. Both
Oracle and Google compete viciously against each other. At the
same time, they're both customer-centric enough to say: " ... in
this other area, we're going to create new and significant value
for customers."


01:52 — Too often, I think tech vendors get into
this mindset of: "Well, they're a competitor, so I'm not going to
do anything with them — even if that might make life better for
customers."I think those days are over. That's why I feel this is
truly transformative.


02:08 — Both executives from Google Cloud and
Oracle spoke in great detail about how this partnership will make
life easier for customers. They also talked about how this
reflects their new philosophy: "We've got to be open. We've got
to give choice — regardless of where it comes from."


03:05 — Beyond Oracle and Google Cloud, I'd love
to see AWS do some things with competitors. Microsoft has done
some of this, but I think there's still room for all these
companies to do more. It's the best of both worlds for customers:
being able to get combinations of technologies and vendor
capabilities rolled into single packages.


03:41 — You're going to have both Google Cloud
and Oracle salespeople now able to sell Gemini on Oracle Cloud.
Just like about a year ago with the multi-cloud agreements —
where Oracle Database became available on Azure, AWS, and Google
Cloud — those hard and fast walls that used to separate vendors
from ever cooperating are coming down. And they're coming down
quickly.


04:12 — What we see here is that tech vendors
have to be not only world-class in the technology they're
developing, but also in how they're willing to go to market in
unprecedented ways to drive new and significant value for
customers. That's going to be one of the primary yardsticks by
which vendors are measured — not just by the power of their
technology.


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