Oracle is incorporating cellular IoT connectivity and network APIs from AT&T into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP), it has said. The move means Oracle’s enterprise customers can do away with the need to manage complex integrations and network contracts when deploying fleets of IoT devices; these elements are now incorporated into Oracle’s cloud-based ECP proposition, enabling an “all-in-one platform”, it said.
The ECP offer, running on the company’s hosted Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service, features a bunch of industry cloud applications, which can now be combined easily with data from AT&T-connected IoT devices. The service is available across OCI regions in the US. The integration extends to the US First Responder Network (FirstNet), which piggybacks on AT&T infrastructure, as the basis for Oracle’s own suite of public safety solutions.
Oracle said FirstNet and ECP are the “foundation” for this, helping to deliver “secure communications enabling critical components such as dispatch command centres and near real-time camera feeds for first responders actively engaging in incidents”. Otherwise, Oracle is pitching AT&T-connected IoT solutions on its enterprise platform for “innovation and new services” practically everywhere (“from consumer to industrial business”).
It cited examples including “turnkey, communications-enabled restaurant operation, automated utility grid management, or enriched telehealth capabilities”. It stated: “ECP is delivering IoT connectivity and near real-time comms to Oracle’s suite of industry cloud applications. With integrated capabilities such as IoT edge application management, this all-in-one offering… gives the connectivity and data intelligence to power critical new services.”
Andrew Morawski, executive vice president and general manager at Oracle Communications, said: “Our mission has always been to help improve the way the world communicates, and with ECP supported by AT&T and FirstNet, we’re taking a massive step toward that vision. Together, we can help organisations across industries benefit from the full potential of 5G, by building a new generation of vertical applications offering endless opportunities to innovate.”
Sarita Rao, senior vice president for partner solutions at AT&T, said: “AT&T is committed to… our ecosystem partners to build solutions that integrate… programmable connectivity, whether using IoT APIs or network APIs. By teaming with Oracle… we are providing a tighter level of integration between the network and application, driving performance and reliability gains while also eliminating integration requirements and separate contracting events. It is co-creation at its best.”
