'Align AI and business goals for better results'

ENTERPRISES are increasingly recognizing the value of multi-cloud architectures and the ability to capitalize on the unique strengths of various cloud platforms to enhance their operational capabilities, says Shailender Kumar, senior vice-president and regional managing director of Oracle India and Netsuite JAPAC.

- SHAILENDER KUMAR, SVP AND REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR, ORACLE INDIA

In this interview, he speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on the emerging trends in cloud computing and how cloud providers are embedding AI capabilities into their services. Excerpts:

Why is multicloud essential for modern businesses?

Over the past years, conversations with customers have revealed a clear perspective. They seek a platform that empowers their operations without imposing restrictions – one that offers the flexibility to select the optimal cloud environment tailored to the needs of their most critical workloads. Multicloud has become a strategic necessity and standard for businesses, which is fundamentally providing the flexibility to choose the best-of-breed solutions from different cloud providers without being tied to a single provider,