Oracle Database@AWS Lands in Sydney: Your Exadata’s Retirement Party Invitation Has Arrived

If you’ve been nursing along legacy Oracle Exadata appliances in your data centre, feeding them power and watching your carbon footprint grow, we’ve got news that’ll make your day. Oracle Database@AWS has just touched down in the AWS Sydney region, and it’s bringing the kind of modernisation opportunity that only comes around once in a blue moon.

The Elephant (or Should We Say, Appliance) in the Room

Let’s be honest, those Exadata boxes have served you well. But they’re also eating up rack space, burning through electricity like there’s no tomorrow, and keeping your facilities team up at night. Meanwhile, your applications are playing a frustrating game of long-distance with your AWS workloads, adding latency that nobody asked for.

The good news? You no longer have to choose between Oracle’s database performance and AWS’s cloud innovation.

What’s Changed?

Oracle Database@AWS brings Oracle Exadata infrastructure directly into AWS data centres, including right here in Sydney. This isn’t some half-baked integration or a duct-tape solution. It’s genuine Exadata performance, sitting inside AWS, with single-digit millisecond latency to your EC2 instances, Lambda functions, EKS Container services and the entire AWS service catalogue.

For Australian organisations wrestling with data sovereignty requirements, this is a game-changer. Your data stays in Australia, running on enterprise-grade Oracle infrastructure, while living happily alongside your AWS cloud services.

Why This Matters for Your Migration Journey

Performance without compromise: Your Oracle workloads get genuine Exadata performance delivered right inside AWS. That means low-latency connectivity to your AWS services without the complexity and overhead of hybrid network architectures. No more managing VPNs, Direct Connect circuits, or dealing with unpredictable network performance between on-premises databases and cloud applications.

Sustainability wins: Moving from on-premises Exadata to Oracle@AWS dramatically reduces your data centre footprint. Fewer physical boxes, less cooling, lower power consumption, and a carbon emissions story that’ll make your ESG report sing.

Cost optimisation: Replace capital expenditure and maintenance contracts with consumption-based pricing. Redirect those savings toward innovation instead of keeping the lights on (literally).

Future-proofing through AI: Here’s where it gets exciting. With your Oracle databases running inside AWS, you’ve suddenly got immediate access to Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and the entire AWS AI/ML toolkit. Want to add generative AI to customer service? Predictive analytics to supply chains? It’s all there, milliseconds away from your data.

How Versent Can Help

At Versent, we’ve been guiding organisations through complex cloud migrations for years. We understand that moving mission-critical Oracle workloads isn’t just a technical lift. It’s a strategic transformation that touches everything from application architecture to operational processes.

Our migration approach includes:

• Strategic assessment: Understanding your current Exadata footprint, dependencies, and business requirements
• Architecture design: Crafting the optimal Oracle@AWS configuration for your needs, with data sovereignty and performance front of centre
• Seamless migration: Executing the transition with minimal disruption using proven methodologies and AWS best practices
• Modernisation runway: Planning your next-generation architecture, incorporating AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native services

We don’t just move your databases. We help you reimagine what’s possible when your data lives at the heart of AWS’s innovation engine.

Ready to Break Up with Your Data Centre?

The Oracle Database@AWS Sydney region availability is more than a new service launch. It’s your opportunity to tick multiple boxes at once: modernisation, sustainability, performance, and innovation readiness.

If you’re ready to explore how Versent can help you migrate off legacy Exadata appliances and into the future, let’s talk. Your applications (and the planet) will thank you.

Get in touch with Versent today to discuss your Oracle Database@AWS migration journey