I want to get OCA for Java, so I am using it for practice.
Works at a government with 51-200 employees
Flexible solution that enables us to write Java scripts
Pros and Cons
- "I like that the program is flexible. I can use it to write Java scripts. I also like the website, because it constantly updates me on things, like artificial intelligence, and the latest technology. I read the articles, on the latest technology that programmers can use."
- "There's one app I have to install on my device, the Articulate Player app. It's only available on Apple and Android, but it's not available for Windows. I can't run the program on my desktop, to use it to learn Java."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I like that the program is flexible. I can use it to write Java scripts. I also like the website because it constantly updates me on things, like artificial intelligence, and the latest technology. I read the articles, on the latest technology that programmers can use.
What needs improvement?
There's one app I have to install on my device, the Articulate Player app. It's only available on Apple and Android, but it's not available for Windows. I can't run the program on my desktop, to use it to learn Java. If I want to learn Java, I have to install the program, but I would like it if was available for desktops. I use my PC to learn most of the time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for one year.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. If you are using it to build an application, it's stable.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is helpful. I don't really need them. It's simple to learn how to use it.
How was the initial setup?
It's very easy. I just accept to complete the install. Since it's an application, you just press install. The deployment didn't take long.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented the solution myself.
What other advice do I have?
I would give the solution a rating of 8 out of 10.
I would like it if maybe they could create a curriculum for Java, if they can integrate a curriculum for learning Java specifically, for the certification. The Oracle certification for Java. I'm using it to teach kids how to code.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Database Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Scale Up Dependent Applications & Optimize Quickly
Pros and Cons
- "Apart from the licensing, there's support from Oracle Cloud Platform which improved our day to day operations. Time is reduced. Based on this service, we are able to scale up dependent applications as quickly as we can."
- "With the Oracle Cloud Platform, they have to give first some proper documentation with a step-by-step process. Then the customer is able to use it properly. Nowadays, the Oracle Cloud Platform requires lots of floor work."
What is our primary use case?
We are using the LAN2 as well as the Oracle Cloud Platform. We running the Gen-2 which is called the OC2. We have a global company working with more than 185 employees.
We have customers around the globe and our company is located in 17 international locations. We needed solutions which could be good for our customers as well as our service applications.
We have decided to test the Oracle Cloud Platform. After the testing, we found that it was good for our use case. Thereafter, we have adopted it.
The POC for Oracle Cloud Platform is done. After POC, we have tested with various applications and found it is optimizing us with less time, so that's why we are using it.
How has it helped my organization?
Apart from the licensing, there's support from Oracle Cloud Platform which improved our day to day operations. Time is reduced. Based on this service, we are able to scale up dependent applications as quickly as we can.
There are many other various features of the Oracle Cloud Platform that we have used. It is very good for us in our business organization.
What is most valuable?
Oracle is an enterprise database technology. We have used Oracle products in our database department. That is why most of our testing was in regards to the database department.
What needs improvement?
With the Oracle Cloud Platform, they have to give first some proper documentation with a step-by-step process. Then the customer is able to use it properly.
Nowadays, the Oracle Cloud Platform requires lots of floor work. Things are level in the market and the Oracle naming conversion is something to make a difference between cloud providers.
Those hands-on sessions with Oracle Cloud Platform will be enough, i.e. for product improvement, hands-on sessions can be arranged.
Automation is something else that Oracle can do to improve the service. Apart from that, if you can arrange some hands-on sessions with Oracle to preview OCP, it would be good.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of OCP is great, it will scale. The solution is excellent. The only caveat is that you have to understand how to properly use it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of OCP is very good, more than 7,000 people are using it as of now. They are all in different roles. Other OCP applications, we are using mainly for reporting.
After the training for the deployment, there were 3 people who were taking care of all the core construction. Apart from the OCP side, we have another network expert.
We are planning to increase our usage of OCP. We have adopted e-licensing for the cloud environment. Now we are planning for the next stage of development of services.
How are customer service and technical support?
Most of the customer support was done from the Oracle side. Then we did it from our end also. This was good and they also did well. The technical support is okay.
Customer service representatives respond to your ticket whenever you have issues with the Oracle Cloud Platform. They respond on time.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have evaluated AWS. We have evaluated Microsoft Azure as well, but not for this purpose.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the Oracle Cloud Platform is complex with some programming languages, domains, and the networking that we have to do. i.e. uploading our databases, etc.
Those all provide a little bit of a challenge on the Oracle Cloud Platform that we have to understand, and also as per the compliance rules. Then we chose it.
For the setup overall, it was taking not more than 40 days. Then for the next 3 months after implementation, we have done the same for the client sites and service applications.
The final implementation of OCP was not taking more than 20 days. All of our deployment is ready and everyone is able to use it with integration for all our systems.
What about the implementation team?
One consultant that we used was for the DV training. We have gone with a consultancy with them and they guided us in the proper way to get training.
That was very awesome and we understood the concepts for the cloud differences between AWS, Google Cloud, & OCP, as well as conducted one fitness evaluation for our introduction.
Implementation proceeded the way they described it and everything was very good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
OCP is good, not too expensive. Based on the need you can say that there are other good options for people who can go with less time and other approaches to the services.
Both pricing and licensing are affordable with the Oracle Cloud Platform.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have tested with AWS, we tested with Google, but due to the limitation of AWS, we are not able to host our applications. We are not able to use the rack.
The AWS billing figures were not up to our requirements. That's why we have decided to go with Oracle instead of any other competitor.
What other advice do I have?
If people are looking for a cloud solution I recommend Oracle, but there is one thing which is very challenging to us: with Oracle, there are many options packages.
You can get extreme performance and other things, but it's really costly and that needs to be paid extra for on the plan.
Overall, I give Oracle Cloud Platform an 8/10. Because our consultant showed us how to use Oracle for our service, that was very beneficial.
From the team I come from for my product support also I can say 8/10 for OCP.
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Deployment is the most valuable feature but the setup was not simple
Pros and Cons
- "The deployment is most valuable feature."
- "The setup was not simple."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of this solution is to do implementations on the cloud like Oracle Application, PeopleSoft, and E-Business Suite.
What is most valuable?
The deployment is the most valuable feature.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is okay.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The users we have are from 100's to 1000's. It depends on the deployment. The implementation strategy depends on a case by case basis.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was not very simple but not complex either.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not involved with the pricing model of the solution.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
A simple command allows moving from the primary to secondary site and back, without data loss
Pros and Cons
- "It's very easy to use it. It's very hard to configure, but it's very easy to use."
- "When compared with other products, this product is very good because it's easy to move from primary to secondary sites. With other products, you need to build everything from the base. With Oracle Data Cloud, you can move from the primary to the secondary and return back to the primary by a very simple command, and you never lose data."
- "I would like them to make it easier. The creation process is very long. There is a very long cookbook that we needed to build. It requires the DBA to build it well, and when you don't build it well it causes a lot of problems. We would like this process to be more automatic."
What is our primary use case?
This product is used for building the DRP, for databases. We use it when there is a corruption on our main site.
What is most valuable?
It's very easy to use it. It's very hard to configure, but it's very easy to use.
What needs improvement?
There is a little bit of a problem that we are concerned about, where there is a gap happening between the primary and the DRP - the product skips. We only found it when we move to the secondary site, the backup site.
I would also like them to make it easier. The creation process is very long. There is a very long cookbook that we needed to build. It requires the DBA to build it well, and when you don't build it well it causes a lot of problems. We would like this process to be more automatic.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's easy to scale. The scalability is good.
How is customer service and technical support?
Oracle does not provide very good support. It has been very bad support. I'm not talking about this product, I have not used technical support for this product. I'm talking about Oracle.
It takes them a long time to resolve problems, maybe months. Just in the last year, I opened four issues with Oracle that took them about four months to resolve. The problem is not that they have no knowledge, the problem is that we are moving from person to person, and it takes a long time until the problem gets to the right person.
What other advice do I have?
When selecting a vendor, what's important for me is very good support.
When compared with other products, this product is very good because it's easy to move from primary to secondary sites. With other products, you need to build everything from the base. With Oracle Data Cloud, you can move from the primary to the secondary and return back to the primary by a very simple command, and you never lose data. This is very important.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Cloud Architect, Oracle ACE, Oracle DBA at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
It is seamless, self-driving, and self-healing
Pros and Cons
- "The most important features are the turnkey solutions offered by Oracle. These ease the administration of Oracle Databases."
- "It has improved my company by cutting my time to market."
- "Customer service could be improved."
- "More technical papers could be published to help out professionals."
What is our primary use case?
My primary use case is administering a critical production database on an Oracle Cloud Platform.
How has it helped my organization?
It has improved my company by cutting my time to market.
What is most valuable?
The most important features are the turnkey solutions offered by Oracle. These ease the administration of Oracle Databases.
What needs improvement?
More technical papers could be published to help out professionals.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have migrated more than 10 databases to Oracle Cloud Platform and all of them perform optimally.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer service could be improved.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before, we were managing databases on-premise. Now, we manage them on the cloud.
What was our ROI?
My ROI has increased.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Make sure you read the fine print.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
No.
What other advice do I have?
The Oracle Cloud Platform is seamless, self-driving, and self-healing.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Project Manager, Oracle ERP Implementation Project at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the reporting service
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the reporting service."
- "I would like more technical expertise."
How has it helped my organization?
The managerial reporting view has been enhanced.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the reporting service.
What needs improvement?
I would like more technical expertise.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for eight months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is efficient.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
I would give customer service a rating of 7/10.
Technical Support:
I would give technical support a rating of 7/10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used a desktop application previous to this solution.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented through a vendor.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Oracle Cloud is cost effective and easy to implement.
Managing Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A stable solution with an autonomous database, but managed services for Postgres are not available
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Cloud is its autonomous database."
- "Managed services for Postgres are not available in Oracle Cloud."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Cloud is its autonomous database.
What needs improvement?
There are some missing services in Oracle Cloud. Managed services for Postgres are not available in Oracle Cloud. Even if you have to move to Oracle, you don't have a place to deploy applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Oracle Cloud for almost three months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Cloud is a very, very stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Cloud is a scalable solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
AWS and Azure have a wide range of services compared to Oracle Cloud is a very, very stable solution.
How was the initial setup?
Oracle Cloud's initial setup was pretty straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
An in-house senior technical team implemented the solution for our organization. Initially, it took around four weeks to deploy the solution, but later it was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate Oracle Cloud three to four out of ten on a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Many of our customers are choosing Microsoft Azure since it is more popular than Oracle Cloud in the manufacturing vertical that we are in.
Overall, I rate Oracle Cloud a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
Does everything we need it to, great tech support
Pros and Cons
- "Overall, I would say that Oracle Cloud provides support with zero down time and the high probability is very good."
- "Oracle Cloud's price is very high."
What is most valuable?
What I find the most valuable is the fact that there is zero down time for automatic offer. That is very good design for this environment. Overall, I would say that Oracle Cloud provides support with zero down time and the high probability is very good.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Cloud's price is very high. Overall, Oracle Cloud is doing everything I need it to. I have not had any issues with the application, deployment, and implementation. It is very suitable for us, especially considering our needs. Other than the price, I do not see where any further changes could be made.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this product for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Cloud is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not had any issues with scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I am satisfied with the technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy.
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