The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to migrate its mission-critical workloads, with the aim to strengthen security, boost performance and support NATO’s digital modernisation.
The deal will see NCIA transition its on-premises systems to OCI’s sovereign cloud solutions, with integration led by defence prime contractor Thales and Oracle specialists Red Reply and Shield Reply. Proximus will provide advanced networking services.
As NATO’s technology and cyber hub, NCIA supports the Alliance’s communications, networks and operational support. Its remit is to deliver secure, cost-effective and interoperable information systems and services across NATO.
The adoption of OCI is expected to enhance system capacity while safeguarding mission-critical data.
“Together with Oracle, we are committed to helping NCIA provide secure, cloud-oriented, and interoperable communications and information systems and services to NATO,” said Alexandre Bottero, vice-president of network and infrastructure systems at Thales.
“With OCI, NCIA will be able to take advantage of the latest cloud and AI innovations to modernise its technology infrastructure without compromising the security of its mission-critical data.”
Oracle claims that OCI’s sovereign cloud capabilities are designed to meet strict requirements for data residency, hyperscale services and operational controls.
Red Reply and Shield Reply will oversee the migration of three NCIA legacy data centres to OCI, offering consulting and managed services to ensure a smooth transition.
“OCI will help NCIA manage, analyse and protect their data while also giving them more control and peace of mind where data is stored and where workloads run,” said Richard Smith, executive vice-president of technology and general manager at Oracle EMEA.
Filippo Rizzante, CTO at Reply, added that the goal was to deliver “a secure, seamless, and future-proof transition to the cloud for NCIA’s mission-critical workloads.”
