stc Group has announced the deployment of Oracle Alloy to help organizations leverage hyperscale cloud services while also supporting data residency and data sovereignty.
The collaboration between Oracle and stc Group aims to deliver cutting-edge cloud solutions tailored to the unique needs of the Saudi Arabian market.
With this sovereign cloud capability, stc Group will be able to capitalize on the business opportunities, scale, and performance of the cloud, and innovate at the speed of hyperscale cloud providers.
Saud Alsheraihi, Vice President of Products and Solutions at stc Group, stated that, “This collaboration represents a significant step forward in stc’s mission to empower organizations in Saudi Arabia with innovative cloud solutions. By combining stc’s deep understanding of the local market with Oracle’s leading-edge cloud technology, this capability will enable our customers to achieve their digital transformation goals securely and efficiently.”
The launch of the sovereign cloud service represents a significant advancement towards achieving the goals outlined in Saudi Vision 2030. Further, this groundbreaking initiative underscores the commitment of stc Group and Oracle to empower businesses and government entities in Saudi Arabia with the tools they need to thrive in the digital age.
stc Group and Oracle combine the expertise of two industry leaders to provide a highly secure and reliable cloud infrastructure with features to support the requirements of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Oracle Alloy functions as a full cloud region that Oracle supports and updates with new features as they become available in other Oracle public cloud regions around the world, benefiting from continuous hyperscaler innovation for local and sovereign needs. It enables partners to control the commercial and customer experience and extend it to address their specific market needs.
“Oracle Alloy is a complete cloud infrastructure platform that enables organizations to become cloud providers. It is a key component of Oracle’s distributed cloud strategy, which aims to give our partners and customers more choice in how they build, deploy, and operate cloud services,” said Nick Redshaw, senior vice president, Technology, Middle East & Africa at Oracle.
