US Department of Agriculture Selects Oracle Cloud

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has chosen Oracle Cloud as part of its STRATUS program.

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Managed through the USDA’s Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC), STRATUS streamlines access to cloud infrastructure solutions for federal agencies, while also providing technical support services and training. With Oracle Cloud part of STRATUS, federal agencies can procure Oracle Cloud services, including database, compute, storage, AI infrastructure and AI services, and applications to help modernize their operations, increase performance and security, and reduce costs.

“STRATUS provides a range of services from cloud brokering services to managed solutions,” said Dave Peters, ACIO, USDA. USDA currently leverages multiple Oracle Cloud solutions, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Exadata, finance, and HR applications to enhance critical operations NFC Insight, EmpowHR, and APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Through STRATUS, both USDA and non-USDA agencies can also now use OCI services in Oracle US Government Cloud and leverage the scalability, price, and performance benefits of OCI to help reduce costs and the complexity of managing multiple cloud vendor deployments. For example, on average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking than other cloud providers.

“USDA STRATUS will enable federal agencies to more quickly move toward multicloud solutions, creating greater agency efficiency,” said Kim Lynch, executive VP, government, defense and intelligence, Oracle Corporation. “With Oracle’s inclusion in the STRATUS program, civilian and defense agencies can now accelerate their cloud migration leveraging Oracle’s applications and the superior AI capabilities, scalability, and performance of OCI.“