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Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. This is a syndicated post. Please find the original post here.  By Alex Chan, Writer, Brand and Content Marketing June 19 is Juneteenth—the day in 1865 when approximately 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to declare more than 250,000 formerly enslaved people emancipated by executive order. More than 150 years later, Juneteenth’s historical significance has culminated in the establishment of a new national holiday: Juneteenth National Independence Day. Next year, Oracle colleagues will mark the day together as an official paid holiday for United States employees. But today, Black colleagues and allies ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. This is a syndicated post. Please find the original here.  Groundbreakers talks to developers about Hackmakers World Innovation Day By Jim Grisanzio | June 2021 Jason Lowe, Jim Grisanzio, and Franco Ucci. May 2021. For 72 hours in mid-April, four thousand developers, mentors, and support staff from more than 100 countries virtually gathered for Hackmakers World Innovation Day to build solutions to help people. The event was sponsored by Oracle in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP in support of some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As Franco Ucci, senior director for Oracle Cloud ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. From Java 7 to Java 16 and beyond, this technical journal has been a resource by and for the Java community. This is a syndicated post. Please find the original here.  Download a PDF of this article August 1, 2011: Java SE 7 was rolled out, and the first issue of Java Magazine appeared. Today, only a few months from Java SE 17, the magazine still publishes technical articles, behind-the-scenes insights, and other relevant information for Java developers. The official motto of Java Magazine is “By and for the Java community.” On top of that, I think of ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. This is a syndicated post. The original post can be found here. During the past year, organizations turned to human resources leaders to map out some of the make-or-break COVID-19 decisions: who should work remotely, who stays in the office or factory, how do we handle layoffs, and how do we keep everyone safe while also protecting the business as best we can? If any CEOs were underestimating the importance of HR leaders and systems, they aren’t anymore, says Josh Bersin, a global HR industry analyst who spoke at a recent Oracle HCM Virtual ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. Previously posted on Oracle's Diversity & Inclusion Blog here By Mark Jackley Copywriter, Brand and Content Marketing This week, Oracle joined organizations throughout the world to promote workplaces that actively include people with disabilities. It’s part of a global movement launched by The Valuable 500, a nonprofit that puts disability on the business leadership agenda. Oracle CEO Safra Catz signed the group’s statement, which declares, “Disability is our business.” Oracle now belongs to a powerful coalition: 500 companies with $8 trillion in combined revenue and 20 million employees working in 36 countries. As a member of ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. By Jeff Erickson | May 2021 This is a syndicated blog post. Please find the original post here.  The feats of Premier League players—the goals they score, the passes they make, the endurance they show—seem almost impossible at times. Now the football competition has partnered with Oracle to bring a new level of analysis during live broadcasts, giving the Premier League’s global fan base more ways to appreciate key moments of every match. As the 2021/22 Premier League season kicks off in August, its unparalleled global audience will see “Match Insights—Powered by Oracle Cloud” in ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. Mark Jackley COPYWRITER, BRAND AND CONTENT MARKETING This is a syndicated post, please find the original article here. The summer of 2020 was difficult, for many reasons. But for Americans dealing with racial injustice, it was a season of trauma. “It was something that affected me deeply,” says Faith Humbles, reflecting on George Floyd’s murder and the massive demonstrations that followed. “After taking part in protests, I kept reaching out to friends. The whole country was having conversations about race and social inequality.” Some of those conversations happened at Oracle, where Humbles is a ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. Mark Jackley COPYWRITER, BRAND AND CONTENT MARKETING This is a syndicated post, view the original post here In a 2020 presentation to the Oracle Pride Employee Network (OPEN), Erin Uritus, CEO of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, shared a traditional Zulu greeting: “I see you.” The customary reply: “Because you see me, I exist.” Uritus noted that when it comes to seeing people in an organization such as Oracle, diversity and inclusion are essential elements. But the Holy Grail is creating a sense of belonging. “That’s not a bunch of New Age-speak,” she said. “It’s a ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. Stephen Hill SR. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST As the world watched, NASA’s latest rover, Perseverance, hurtled through the thin Martian atmosphere. Millions of people held their breath, along with several hundred mission specialists at NASA and JPL, while a small ATV landed safely on another planet. It took years of careful planning, traveling millions of miles through the harsh environment of space, for 7 minutes of heart-stopping action before it successfully landed in the Jezero Crater, where it will explore for signs of current and past life on the Red Planet. The engineering feat of ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. This is a syndicated post, view the original post here Mark Jackley COPYWRITER, BRAND AND CONTENT MARKETING How do you recognize people—acknowledge that you truly see them as their authentic selves—when they’re going through something extraordinary but also just want to live their lives? It’s a balancing act coworkers must try to pull off—imperfectly, humanly—when a transgender employee comes out.  “Transitioning is crazy hard,” says Maddie Smith, an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure principal engineer who came out in 2020. “And I was terrified of coming out at the workplace.”  Many transgender people are wary of ... Read More