Dear CIO's,

No one wants a fourth cloud, but you do want a strategic advantage.   This is why your peers are putting their trust in OCI.

The narrative that “no one needs a fourth cloud” misses the reality of today’s enterprise IT landscape. CIOs aren’t looking for redundancy, they are seeking a strategic advantage. OCI’s differentiated architecture which leads to a fully optimized cost structure, AI capabilities, and seamless multi-cloud integration make it a compelling choice for organizations aiming to gain that strategic advantage.  OCI isn’t just another option, it delivers strategic advantages that other clouds simply cannot. 

OCI’s Architectural advantages and the outcomes it delivers

Full cloud deployment in six racks and 45 days-   Enabling acceleration to new geographies like Saudi Arabia

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can deploy a full-featured cloud region in just six racks by leveraging high-density, modular hardware and a unified, software-defined architecture. By tightly integrating compute, storage, and networking resources, OCI eliminates the need for redundant infrastructure and maximizes resource efficiency within each rack. Automated orchestration and pre-configured stacks enable quick deployment, while advanced virtualization and dynamic resource allocation ensure that over 150 cloud services—including AI, databases, and analytics—run efficiently on a compact footprint.

This design delivers enterprise-grade performance, high availability, and robust security with a fraction of the physical space and cost required by traditional cloud regions. OCI’s approach not only reduces datacenter requirements by up to 75% but also enables hybrid and multi-cloud integration through consistent APIs and direct interconnects. The result is a scalable, cost-effective solution that brings the full power of the public cloud to on-premises or edge environments, supporting rapid growth and diverse workload needs.

This is the key reason OCI has been able to deploy 51 public regions (as of June 2025),  starting a decade after all the other hyperscalers.   Moreover, this agility is what will allow OCI to have more regions globally than all the other hyperscalers combined in the near future.

A truly differentiated network leading to guaranteed on-prem level performance all backed by an SLA

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) distinguishes itself from other cloud providers through its non-oversubscribed and non-blocking network architecture, delivering consistently high bandwidth and ultra-low latency for every customer workload. Unlike traditional hyperscale clouds that often oversubscribe network resources often by a factor of 5:1, OCI’s design ensures that every resource receives maximum bandwidth without interference from other tenants. This approach is supported by approximately one million network ports per availability domain and high-speed interconnections that achieve sub-100 microsecond latency within domains. The result is a network that can handle the most demanding enterprise and high-performance computing workloads with guaranteed, predictable performance.

 OCI further differentiates itself with a non-blocking network, meaning data can flow freely between compute, storage, and application tiers without bottlenecks or protocol translation delays. This is achieved through innovations like layer 2 network virtualization and “off-box” network virtualization, which move network and I/O virtualization out of the server stack and into the network itself. This eliminates hypervisor overhead, noisy neighbor issues, and resource sharing constraints that are common in other clouds. As a result, customers benefit from dedicated, high-performance networking for both virtual machines and bare metal instances, enabling seamless operation of clustered databases, VMware environments, and AI workloads that require microsecond latency and high throughput. This architecture not only delivers superior performance but also supports Oracle’s ability to offer comprehensive SLAs for availability, manageability, and performance.

 Open source at every layer without “wrappers”-  No lock-in and the easiest cloud to exit

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) actively leverages true open source software to help customers avoid vendor lock-in, building its cloud services on open, cloud-neutral, and community-driven technologies such as Kubernetes, Linux, MySQL, and OpenJDK. By prioritizing open standards and contributing to projects through organizations like the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Oracle ensures that workloads developed on OCI can run seamlessly across multiple clouds or on-premises environments, providing customers with the flexibility to move or extend their applications without being tied to proprietary platforms. Oracle’s managed Kubernetes service, open-sourced serverless platforms like Fn, and support for open source monitoring and security tools (such as Prometheus and Vault) further reinforce this commitment, empowering enterprises to build, deploy, and manage applications using industry-standard tools that are portable and interoperable.

This open source-first approach is embedded in both Oracle’s infrastructure and its developer ecosystem, allowing organizations to adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies with confidence. By using open source software wherever possible—often without modification—and contributing enhancements back to the community, Oracle fosters transparency, choice, and long-term sustainability for its customers. This strategy not only reduces the risk of lock-in but also encourages innovation and collaboration, giving enterprises the assurance that their technology investments remain future-proof and adaptable as business needs evolve.

 Cost optimized and flexible to meet the demands of today’s workloads- Free up your finops team to focus on more strategic projects than reserve instances on other clouds

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) sets itself apart from other major cloud providers with its highly competitive and transparent approach to data egress pricing. OCI offers customers 10 TB of free outbound data transfer per month, which is a substantial benefit compared to AWS’s 100 GB free tier and the limited free egress from Azure and Google Cloud. Beyond the free tier, OCI’s data egress charges are up to 90% lower than those of its competitors. For organizations with significant data transfer needs—such as media companies, global enterprises, or those running hybrid and multicloud architectures—this translates into dramatic cost savings and predictable monthly bills, effectively eliminating the “sticker shock” that often comes with moving large amounts of data out of other clouds.

 In terms of compute, OCI provides consistently lower pricing and greater flexibility than other cloud platforms. Oracle’s compute instances, whether virtual machines or bare metal, are priced up to 50% less than comparable offerings from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. OCI’s flexible compute model allows customers to select the exact number of cores and amount of memory they need, rather than being forced into pre-set instance sizes. This granular approach helps organizations avoid overprovisioning and pay only for the resources they actually use, further optimizing costs. Combined with cost-saving programs like Universal Credits and Oracle Support Rewards, OCI enables enterprises to run high-performance workloads at a fraction of the price charged by other providers.

 Perhaps most distinctively, OCI maintains the same pricing for every service in every region worldwide, including public, sovereign, and dedicated regions. This global price consistency is unique among major cloud providers, who often charge higher rates in regions outside the United States due to local market factors or operational costs. With OCI, customers can confidently expand into new geographies or deploy disaster recovery and hybrid solutions without worrying about unexpected regional price hikes. This approach simplifies budgeting, ensures fairness, and provides organizations with a clear, predictable path as they scale their cloud operations globally.