ESG: Oracle Exadata Cloud Service X8M Accelerates Mission-critical Applications in/to the Public Cloud

There are times and places when a “mix and match” approach is valid, and even desirable—maybe choosing different types of candy at the movies or opting for dramatic sartorial flourish at a party. There are other times when the mix and match approach is acceptable but debatable—using third-party replacement parts in your expensive sports car or generic drugs rather than the brand-name prescription spring to mind. And then there are the times when mix and match is available but amounts to using hope as a strategy—when your mission-critical business operations are on the line as you drive to run more applications in the cloud is one of those times.