How Oracle Is Powering Government Transformation with AI, Cloud, & Defense Innovation | Cloud Wars Live

Kim Lynch is the Executive Vice President of Government, Defense,
and Intelligence, Oracle. She and Bob Evans sit down to discuss
how public sector organizations are accelerating digital
transformation with AI, cloud, and secure infrastructure. They
explore critical challenges like regulatory compliance,
procurement complexity, and legacy system modernization, as well
as the growing need for scalable, mission-ready solutions. Kim
also introduces Oracle’s Defense Ecosystem initiative.


Oracle's Government Tech Edge


The Big Themes:



Oracle’s Role in Modernizing Government
Technology: Oracle is taking a central role in
transforming how government agencies operate by modernizing
legacy systems and aligning technology with evolving mission
needs. Lynch discusses how Oracle’s next-generation cloud
infrastructure is purpose-built for mission workloads, offering
flexibility, scalability, and AI-ready capabilities.


Defense Innovation Through Ecosystem
Collaboration: A key theme from the discussion is
Oracle’s launch of a dedicated defense ecosystem designed to
spur innovation in mission-critical environments. Partnerships
with startups and emerging tech providers help address complex
defense challenges at both tactical and strategic levels. From
compact “backpack” clouds to full-scale three-rack deployments,
Oracle is delivering infrastructure that supports edge
computing, secure communications, and global scalability.


AI, Data Ownership, and Customer-Centric Cloud
Strategy: Oracle is focused on unlocking AI's full
potential through advanced data management. Its cloud strategy
centers on customer choice, flexibility, and data sovereignty,
i.e, giving agencies the ability to deploy AI tools wherever
they need them, whether in public cloud, on-premises, or at the
tactical edge. Oracle Cloud services come with built-in support
for autonomous databases and AI-ready infrastructure, but
without vendor lock-in or data movement penalties.



The Big Quote: “[Coming into the defense market] is challenging,
and we can be a helpful guide, because we have done it for so
long. We have the classified space. We know how to work the
procurement system, to be able to respond to classified
procurements, [and] that's not easy for startups, to be able to
understand all you need to do to be able to respond to the
government's requirements. So we are sharing that knowledge and
providing an umbrella ecosystem to help others be successful in
the space, because we know we all win when the best technology
gets in the hands of our customers."


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