Oracle a few years back made a hard pivot toward the cloud[1], and as part of that effort, it acquired[2] the cloud-based Internet performance and DNS provider Dyn. Since then, the tech giant has sought to make a name for itself as a cloud provider with data-as-a-service and autonomous[3] features.
Now, Oracle is showcasing some of the data-as-a-service capabilities it acquired with Dyn: It's rolling out a new, free tool -- a map that tracks the health of the global internet.
"Think of the free tool as the basics -- a simple, graphical treatment to glean some of these insights, with a bunch of other services available inside Oracle," explained Kyle York, VP of product strategy for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and GM for its Dyn Global Business Unit. The free map, he said is a way to "show a new Oracle... that's open and delivering value before you potentially move ... to our cloud."
The Internet Intelligence Map[4] gives users a multi-dimensional, graphical way to learn how different events, such as natural disasters or state-imposed disruptions, are impacting the internet. It provides country-level connectivity statistics based on traceroutes, BGP, and DNS query volumes on a single dashboard.
"People forget there's literally garden hose-sized tubes going through the ocean that are interconnecting continents," York said. "Those things get clipped. They're on the sea floor, so they're not always necessarily stable."
Years ago Dyn began tracking internet infrastructure for its global enterprise customers, which included major brands like Twitter and Netflix. Oracle merged those capabilities and services into its cloud infrastructure platform, as well as into SaaS applications to ensure optimal performance.
These performance-oriented services "can create differentiation and performance improvements for all layers