Oracle is launching two new Government Cloud Regions in England and Wales to be used by the UK public sector. The ‘dual’ regions in the UK are the 27th and 28th Oracle rollout globally and it plans on having a total of 36 Cloud Regions by mid-2021. Oracle’s business strategy is to have two Cloud Regions in each country where it operates.
The two UK Cloud Regions will be linked via Oracle's private network so it can balance disaster recovery among independent regions as well as meet data sovereignty requirements.
According to Oracle, each Government Cloud Region was co-designed to meet specifications and requirements from the UK Government and the Ministry of Defence.
Oracle’s dual-region adheres to the security principles outlined by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)...MORE
