Name: Inside Oracle's Emergence as a Leading Cloud Infrastructure Provider
Start: 2025-11-17T18:15:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-17T19:45:00-08:00

On September 10, news broke that OpenAI signed a $300 billion deal to use Oracle’s cloud infrastructure, sending Oracle’s stock price soaring and making Larry Ellison the richest person in the world--for a moment. Wait, what just happened? How did a company once known mainly for Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) reinvent itself as a cloud powerhouse capable of competing head-to-head with AWS, Azure, and GCP? Join us for an exclusive panel discussion co-hosted with Oracle, where leaders of Oracle's cloud infrastructure business will unpack:

* The pivotal moments behind Oracle’s cloud transformation
* The technology and strategy that make Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) unique and competitive
* What this shift means for the future of AI and enterprise computing

Don’t miss this opportunity to get an insider’s perspective on how Oracle became one of the biggest players in the AI era. This event is hosted by Qlay, Oracle and Digital Garage. Guest Speakers ​Austin Ford, Senior Manager for Cloud Architecture Solution Engineering at Oracle Balraj Kadaikal, Senior Manager for Cloud Engineering at Oracle Moderator Tom Nakata, Co-founder and CEO of Qlay. Previously at McKinsey, building organizational and marketing strategies for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands. B.A. in Statistics from Harvard College. Agenda 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Host & Sponsor Introductions​ ​​6:30 - 7:15 pm: Panel Discussion Hosts ​​Qlay is a San Francisco-based tech startup that develops AI-powered proctoring solutions designed to detect cheating and ensure candidate authenticity during online interviews and assessments. Book a quick intro call to learn more and try it out for free! Oracle is a global technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in 1977 in Santa Clara, California, by Larry Ellison, Oracle is among the 20 largest companies in the world by market cap. Digital Garage US is a technology incubator that bridges global markets and industries. By leveraging its diverse international network, Digital Garage US empowers startups, creators, and businesses to expand and innovate on a worldwide stage.

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