Capita, a platinum member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) and a Forbes top 100 global innovator, collaborated with Oracle's virtualisation team to develop the platform - Capita Private Cloud for Oracle.

The service delivers Capita Private Cloud; a secure, private cloud platform, using Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, allowing businesses to adopt a blend of public and private cloud services without the complexity of managing multiple suppliers and contracts.

In one platform, Capita Private Cloud for Oracle combines the flexibility of public cloud services, the security of a private cloud environment and the reassurance of all data being stored in Capita's UK-only data centres. Supporting enterprise IT environments based on Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, the new service can help customers deploy virtualised Oracle databases, middleware, applications and workloads, effectively supporting the full lifecycle of Oracle Database and Oracle Application deployments.

Benefits of Capita Private Cloud for Oracle can include:

  • Increased agility and competitiveness - access more capacity to cope with unexpected peaks in demand, with new services available much more quickly;
  • Improved cost savings - only pay for what you use and replace a single large CAPEX with a single monthly OPEX payment;
  • Reduced overheads - replace complex infrastructure and processes with simplified services on-demand.

Kevin Renshaw, Capita IT Enterprise Services portfolio manager for cloud & enterprise, said: "As part of Capita plc, we offer our clients genuine technology innovation that enables them to succeed. Capita Private Cloud for Oracle is one such innovation - a standardised Infrastructure-as-a-Service that can help organisations running Oracle to embrace the cloud - quickly and securely."

Capita Private Cloud for Oracle includes:

  • Server virtualisation environment using Oracle products;
  • Onshore managed service and licensing up to and including the operating system;
  • Provisioning of high performance compute and storage infrastructure;
  • Templated secure network environment within ISO27001 certified data centre;
  • OPEX pay-as-you-use charging options with no minimum commitment;
  • Designed and implemented in collaboration with Oracle to help ensure an optimised environment from an operational and licensing perspective;
  • Potential to integrate with other Capita IT services such as networks and collaboration.
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