NATO Communications and Information Agency selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for modernisation

NCIA provides communications and information systems to NATO, ensuring secure and interoperable operations across the Alliance. The adoption of OCI forms part of its modernisation programme to increase capacity and optimise performance while maintaining enterprise-grade security.

“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 Network and Infrastructure Systems, 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.”

OCI’s sovereign cloud solutions will allow NCIA to meet requirements for data residency, hyperscale services and operational controls. Red Reply and Shield Reply will provide consulting and managed services, including the migration of three legacy data centres to Oracle’s cloud environment.

“Red Reply and Shield Reply, as the selected Oracle partners, will bring their deep expertise in Oracle technologies, delivering a full suite of consulting and managed services — from discovery and secure design to the migration of three legacy data centres to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,” said Filippo Rizzante, CTO at Reply. “Our goal is to ensure a secure, seamless, and future-proof transition to the cloud for NCIA’s mission-critical workloads.”

Oracle said the platform will give NATO enhanced control and confidence in managing and storing sensitive data. “OCI will help the 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, Oracle EMEA. “We are proud to support NATO and look forward to helping the Alliance benefit from Oracle’s AI-optimized cloud in a secure, resilient environment.”

Integration of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure into NATO’s systems will be overseen by Red Reply, Shield Reply and Thales, with Proximus providing advanced networking capabilities. Oracle said its distributed cloud model offers NATO the flexibility of public, dedicated, hybrid and multicloud deployments tailored to sovereign requirements.