In late 2021, Amazon introduced AWS RDS Custom for Oracle, an alternative to their hosted AWS RDS offerings. In contrast to the fully managed and mostly locked AWS RDS offering, the alternative AWS RDS Custom for Oracle offers access to the Oracle installation and configuration as well as the underlying operating system. This is a technical prerequisite to install and execute BIOVIA Direct on that Cloud offering.

Based on that, BIOVIA has conducted a series of preliminary tests to evaluate the ability to run BIOVIA Direct in an AWS RDS Custom for Oracle environment. The outcome of the preliminary tests was very encouraging, BIOVIA Direct installed and executed fine in this environment. BIOVIA has now started to execute systematic tests to confirm full functionality and performance of BIOVIA Direct in AWS RDS Custom for Oracle.

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