About
Daniel Newman hosts a conversation between Oracle and Microsoft Azure focused on how organizations can seamlessly use multiple clouds to build new cloud native apps.

The seminal Oracle and Microsoft Azure multicloud partnership is helping customers simplify cloud migration and benefit from the integration of Oracle Database and Azure’s analytics tools and AI services portfolio.

By putting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Database, and Oracle Exadata in Azure
datacenters, customers can achieve the best possible application and database performance.

Key Takeaways:
1) Strategies for migration and deployment of Oracle Database workloads on Azure
2) Best practices for developing AI applications using Oracle Database and Azure AI
3) Success stories and use cases of businesses leveraging this global partnership
When
Thursday, September 11, 2025 · 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
Presenters
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Lisa Martin
CMO Advisor at The Futurum Group and On-Air Talent - Techstrong TV
Lisa Martin is a technology correspondent, host of the podcast, "Marketing: Art & Science", and a former NASA scientist who has made a significant impact in the tech industry. After earning a masters in cell and molecular biology, she worked on high-profile NASA projects that flew in space before further exploring her artistic side as a tech storyteller.
As a respected marketer and broadcaster, she's interviewed industry giants and thought leaders like Michael Dell, Pat Gelsinger, Suze Orman and Deepak Chopra, as she has a talent for making complex technical concepts accessible to both insiders and laypeople.
With her unique blend of science, marketing, and broadcasting experience, Lisa provides insightful analysis on the latest tech trends and innovations. Today, she's a prominent figure in the tech media landscape, appearing on platforms like Bloomberg, Schwab Network's "The Watch List" and iHeartRadio sharing her expertise and passion for science and technology with a global audience.
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Ashish Ray
Vice President of Products: Oracle Exadata, Database Cloud Services, Multicloud, Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, High Availability & Scalability - Oracle
Ashish Ray is Vice President of Product Management within Oracle’s core database development organization. His product responsibilities include Exadata, Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, Oracle Database’s High Availability solutions (Maximum Availability Architecture), and all associated Platform as a Service (PaaS) Cloud Services.
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Brett Tanzer
Vice President of Product Management - Microsoft
Brett Leads Product Management for the Azure Solutions & Ecosystem Team at Microsoft. He focuses on easing customers journey to the cloud by delivering enterprise services for VMware, Epic, Oracle, and others. Brett has been an IT professional at Microsoft for over 30 years, working primarily in the areas of Cloud Infrastructure, Security, and Productivity.
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Daniel Newman
CEO - The Futurum Group
Daniel is the CEO of The Futurum Group. Living his life at the intersection of people and technology, Daniel works with the world’s largest technology brands exploring Digital Transformation and how it is influencing the enterprise. From the leading edge of AI to global technology policy, Daniel makes the connections between business, people and tech that are required for companies to benefit most from their technology investments. Daniel is a top 5 globally ranked industry analyst and his ideas are regularly cited or shared in television appearances by CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and hundreds of other sites around the world. A 7x Best-Selling Author including his most recent book “Human/Machine.” Daniel is also a Forbes and MarketWatch (Dow Jones) contributor. An MBA and Former Graduate Adjunct Faculty, Daniel is an Austin Texas transplant after 40 years in Chicago. His speaking takes him around the world each year as he shares his vision of the role technology will play in our future.