Oracle opens Jeddah region, first public cloud region in Saudi Arabia
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Oracle launched its Generation 2 Cloud region in Jeddah, becoming the first public cloud provider with a region inside Saudi Arabia, and said it planned a further region in the Kingdom.
Oracle launched its Generation 2 Cloud region in Jeddah, becoming the first public cloud provider with a region inside Saudi Arabia, and said it planned a further region in the Kingdom. The launch addressed data-residency requirements of Saudi enterprises and government entities.
It was the starting point for the wave of hyperscale cloud regions that followed from Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Cicada Desk. "Oracle opens Jeddah region, first public cloud region in Saudi Arabia". Cicada, 4 February 2020. https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-jeddah-region-live-2020
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