Accenture is running a cloud based operations center where clients can test workloads on Oracle’s various Exadata platforms to mimic real world deployments.The consultancy aims to accelerate commercial application deployment for the supplier’s Exadata engineered systems. The aim is to help faster and more cost-effective implementation of Oracle solutions for Accenture's clients globally.

The virtual center is dedicated to accelerating the development, delivery and commercialization of business solutions based on Oracle’s Engineered Systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine. 
It will be delivered via a cloud platform also powered by Oracle.
“Before making a significant investment, clients can test their workloads on Oracle Engineered Systems to get a picture of how a similar setup can accelerate their enterprise applications and strengthen analytics capabilities for performance and business benefits,” the company said. 

Oracle describes its engineered systems as: “Comprising a package of servers, storage, networking and software. Its database machine is designed to be is a cost effective hardware platform to run and consolidate databases, data warehouses, and On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications. Oracle Exalogic consists of hardware and software engineered together that can provide performance, reliability and scalability for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications, while delivering lower total cost of ownership (TCO), reduced risk and higher user productivity.”

Accenture has built Accenture Foundation Platform for Oracle (AFPO), which helps clients accelerate application deployments on Oracle Fusion Middleware, and been designed to operate on Oracle Exalogic. AFPO can help accelerate Oracle Exalogic and Oracle Exadata projects with rapid development images using Oracle VM that provide a snapshot of the data center environment.

It also secured access to Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and developed proof-of-concepts leveraging the performance of Oracle Exalytics saying it has already completed numerous implementations of Oracle Exalytics.

“With heightened interest from enterprises in big data and cloud technologies, this is the perfect opportunity for clients to experiment with new technologies without making a large investment,” said Derek Steelberg, global managing director of Oracle business for Accenture.