LAS VEGAS – Technology major Oracle on Tuesday announced new networking features for Oracle Acceleron, part of its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform, aimed at improving the speed and efficiency of data movement in the cloud.
The company said the upgrades are designed to help customers run workloads faster and at lower cost. Oracle described Acceleron as a network software and architecture suite that unifies performance, security and storage systems across its cloud services.
Oracel CEO Clay Magouyrk, said the company had built on a decade of cloud networking innovation. “These latest advances extend Oracle Acceleron to deliver uncompromised performance, scale and security for any cloud workload,” he said.
Oracle said the Acceleron updates introduce new fabric network architecture, host-level routing and converged network interface cards, or NICs. The company said these features can double network processing capacity and storage performance while maintaining security through host-based enforcement.
Oracle Acceleron cloud networking updates
The platform now includes a dedicated fabric network designed to deliver predictable, low-latency connections for large workloads such as artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Oracle said the system replaces traditional three-tier networks with purpose-built fabrics optimised for throughput and reliability.
The company said a multi-planar network feature allows customer systems to connect across multiple isolated planes, improving resilience and reducing latency if one plane encounters problems.
Oracle said the updated host network accelerator includes a converged NIC that can be partitioned into customer and provider planes, improving throughput without adding cost. The design supports storage acceleration using NVMe over TCP and includes line-rate encryption and bare-metal patching.
A new zero-trust packet routing system enforces security policies at the host level, blocking unauthorised traffic at the first packet. Oracle said the approach simplifies policy management and supports private service access for sensitive workloads.
The company said its disintermediated fabric accelerator reduces latency by cutting unnecessary network hops and routing data directly across tiers, improving consistency for customers running large-scale applications.
Oracle industry collaborations
Oracle said partners including Arista Networks and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are working with the company on Acceleron.
Ken Duda, president and chief technology officer, Arista Networks, said the collaboration would support next-generation AI networking infrastructure. AMD executive vice president Forrest Norrod said the company’s Pensando data processing units, or DPUs, would power upcoming versions of Oracle’s converged NICs.
For tech giant, the enhancements to Acceleron are intended to strengthen its position in enterprise cloud infrastructure as demand for AI and high-bandwidth workloads continues to grow.
