- Megaport SDN extends secure, on-demand connectivity to Oracle Cloud regions 
across four continents to improve performance 

Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1) ("Megaport"), a leading Network as a Service (NaaS) 
provider and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced today the 
expanded availability of Oracle FastConnect onramps to allow customers to 
easily and flexibly interconnect to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. 

Megaport now offers direct connectivity to Oracle Cloud regions across four 
continents. Recently enabled FastConnect locations enabled across the Megaport 
network include Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Zurich, Osaka, and San 
Jose. There are now 17 FastConnect onramps enabled via Megaport, providing 
greater choice for how businesses architect their cloud for performance, 
availability, and in-country data sovereignty requirements.

Customers connecting to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through Megaport can also 
take advantage of Megaport Cloud Router (MCR), a virtual routing service.  MCR 
removes complexity by allowing customers to connect and route traffic without 
the need for physical routers and supports Oracle's fast enablement of new 
cloud regions by providing rapid, reliable connectivity to the applications and 
platforms that power businesses every day. 

MCR also allows customers to build cloud to cloud connections in a point and 
click manner and in real time. This means more organisations can take advantage 
of multi-cloud architectures. With Megaport, organizations have the choice of 
connecting their services and applications from 15 Oracle Cloud regions to 30+ 
Azure Cloud regions and 16+ AWS regions. This extended reach taps into the 
multi-cloud strategy many enterprises prefer as they increase cloud adoption. 

Benefits of accessing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Megaport:

- Agility: On-demand, reliable connectivity to the applications and services 
that power businesses. 
- Performance: Reduce jitter and decrease latency by localising traffic over a 
predictable, private network. 
- Reach: Access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure from 700+ data centres globally 
- Compliance: Keep data local on a private network to meet in-country data 
sovereignty and compliance requirements 
- Reduced cost: Pay as you go with flexible bandwidth speeds 
- Ease-of-use: Point and click provisioning for multi-cloud and hybrid 
connectivity

"Network latency and jitter play an important role in application performance," 
said Matt Simpson, VP of Cloud Services at Megaport. "To ensure peak 
performance, applications -- whether on-premises or in the cloud -- should be 
as close to your infrastructure as possible. Connecting to Oracle Cloud 
Infrastructure on Megaport allows businesses to localize traffic and optimize 
their connectivity for performance. Plus, with our API-based integrations with 
Oracle, customers can get connected in a matter of minutes."

"Megaport's SDN gives customers the performance, speed, and control to do smart 
business in the cloud," said Ross Brown, vice-president, marketing, Oracle 
Cloud Infrastructure. "With Megaport, our customers now have another option to 
connect seamlessly with a multi-cloud strategy." 

About Megaport

Megaport is a global leading Network as a Service provider. Using Software 
Defined Networking (SDN), the Company's global platform enables customers to 
rapidly connect their network to other services across the Megaport Network. 
Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile devices, their 
computer, or an open API. Megaport connects more than 1,850 customers in over 
700 enabled data centres globally. Megaport is an Alibaba Cloud Technology 
Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency Partner, Google 
Cloud Interconnect Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, Microsoft 
Azure Express Route Partner, Nutanix Direct Connect Partner, Oracle Cloud 
Partner, Salesforce Express Connect Partner, and SAP PartnerEdge Open Ecosystem 
Partner.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) is Oracle's partner program designed to enable 
partners to accelerate the transition to cloud and drive superior customer 
business outcomes. The OPN program allows partners to engage with Oracle 
through track(s) aligned to how they go to market: Cloud Build for partners 
that provide products or services built on or integrated with Oracle Cloud; 
Cloud Sell for partners that resell Oracle Cloud technology; Cloud Service for 
partners that implement, deploy and manage Oracle Cloud Services; and License & 
Hardware for partners that build, service or sell Oracle software licenses or 
hardware products. Customers can expedite their business objectives with OPN 
partners who have achieved Expertise in a product family or cloud service. To 
learn more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partnernetwork 

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