Education for the Career Driven IT Professional The lowdown on Oracles new IaaS Oracle is a company that specializes in the development of both hardware and software. They're a multinational and have been known to "dip their toes" into virtually everything you can imagine where computers, software, networking or database systems are involved. So, it only makes sense that they would be poised to take advantage of cloud computing technology, even perhaps adapting it in slightly new ways. This organization isn't just trying to compete in cloud computing markets; they're actually seeking to make a significant impact. T hey are reportedly providing enterprise-level services to upwards of around 25 million customers as well, so they must be doing something right. Oracles new IaaS Up until now, Oracle didn't really have a dedicated IaaS product to offer, they mostly dealt with applications (SaaS) and various forms of PaaS. Recently, CEO Larry Ellison announced Oracle's move to establish an IaaS offering. Apparently their goal is not simply to expand and/or create competition in the marketplace, but to actually (and openly) challenge other big-time providers like Amazon. So what is it that makes this new IaaS offering from Oracle so special, you ask? Well, first off, there are actually two completely different ways that this particular IaaS product can be deployed, apparently. Since Oracle is a database / storage provider it makes sense that they would eventually start hosting IaaS-style cloud offerings in their own data center(s); this new service will allow for