2025 Predictions Series: Oracle Cloud Trends from an Expert Panel

The digital transformation journey continues to accelerate, reshaping industries and redefining how businesses operate. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing key predictions across a range of technologies to help organizations stay ahead in this dynamic landscape. From overarching tech trends to the rapidly evolving world of data analytics, we’re unpacking the insights you need to drive success in 2025.

In this last installment of our 2025 predictions series, we turn our focus to the cornerstone of digital transformation: cloud computing—with a particular focus on Oracle’s contributions to the field. To uncover the trends that will define 2025, we consulted a panel of our peers at Navisite, part of Accenture. 

With decades of experience guiding growing and global brands through digital transformation, these experts bring invaluable, frontline perspectives. Following, we’ll dive into their predictions and provide a clear roadmap for organizations looking to future-proof their cloud strategies:

The Softening of the Clouds: Oracle Embraces Collaboration

Tom Monk, senior director, product and EMEA solution architecture at Navisite, part of Accenture

The cloud computing space is evolving, with Oracle taking a noteworthy step toward collaboration rather than confrontation. In recent years, Oracle has partnered with industry giants like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), enabling the integration of ecosystems. For example, Oracle and Microsoft are teaming to enable users to access Oracle database services within Azure. Similarly, Oracle and AWS announced a partnership that allows organizations to access Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Exadata Database Service in AWS. 

This shift marks the beginning of a new era where competition is giving way to strategic alliances, reflecting a broader recognition of the need for interoperability in a maturing cloud market. This year, we expect this “truce” among cloud providers to deepen, with Oracle leveraging its strengths in areas such as enterprise databases and enterprise resource planning systems to complement the broader capabilities of AWS and Azure.

As organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies to optimize workloads, Oracle’s willingness to collaborate positions it as a key player in this evolving landscape. From a customer perspective, this cooperative approach will simplify integration challenges, accelerate innovation, enhance flexibility, and ultimately drive greater value for businesses navigating the complexities of digital transformation.

Rethinking Exadata: Strategies for Cost-Effective Cloud Transformation

Tom Camarro, solution architecture associate director at Navisite, part of Accenture

Traditionally deployed on-premises, many organizations are now exploring ways to migrate Oracle Exadata workloads to the public cloud to benefit from greater scalability, flexibility, and potential cost savings. Through its strategic partnerships with hyperscalers, Oracle offers its Exadata database not only on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) but also on AWS and Azure. While hosting Exadata on a public cloud can be more cost-effective than maintaining it on-premises, it remains a premium solution with high costs regardless of the platform.

Rather than focusing solely on where to deploy Exadata, organizations should consider strategies to reduce their dependence on it altogether. For example:

• Migrating high-performance workloads to alternative database solutions, such as Oracle Autonomous Database, which may offer better cost efficiency and be more aligned with specific business needs.
• Optimizing usage by identifying and offloading workloads that don’t require the extreme performance Exadata provides.

This year, businesses would benefit from reevaluating their database strategies to ensure they are driving digital transformation in a way that balances effectiveness, efficiency, and cost.

Autonomous Capabilities and Hybrid Cloud Strategies Are Driving the Next Wave of Digital Transformation

Scott Rice, senior vice president at Navisite, part of Accenture

From an Oracle cloud computing standpoint, two key trends promise to redefine how organizations leverage the technology in 2025:

• Increased adoption of Oracle’s autonomous capabilities – Oracle’s autonomous capabilities will see increased adoption as organizations increasingly adopt self-managing, self-securing, and self-repairing features within OCI and Oracle applications. These capabilities will help reduce manual intervention, automate complex tasks, and streamline operations. By leveraging Oracle’s autonomous cloud technologies, companies can minimize downtime, significantly enhance productivity and efficiency, and bolster security by identifying and mitigating threats in real-time. This not only allows them to focus on innovation rather than routine maintenance but also sets the stage for accelerated digital transformation.

• Expansion of Oracle hybrid cloud strategies – The year will see an increased emphasis on hybrid cloud strategies that combine on-premises Oracle infrastructure with OCI services to optimize performance and scalability. Multi-cloud platforms and applications will play a pivotal role in enabling seamless integration between various environments, allowing businesses to leverage the strengths of both on-premises and multi-cloud solutions. This approach facilitates flexible, resilient, and cost-effective solutions, empowering organizations to adapt quickly to changing market demands and maintain a competitive edge.

Knowledge is Power

Anticipating the future is the first step toward crafting a strategic, actionable plan that drives optimal performance and long-term success. Backed by Accenture, Navisite is a trusted managed cloud service provider with deep technical and functional expertise across cloud platforms and providers. By combining our forward-thinking tactical insights with Accenture’s overarching technology vision, you’ll gain the knowledge and tools needed to accelerate business transformation.

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