Category: Oracle

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. For the last several weeks, Oracle has been actively engaged in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. Our primary goal has been to develop and deploy a series of cloud applications that will gather the data necessary to enable health professionals to answer one critical question: What drugs are effective in treating or preventing the COVID-19 virus? Clinical Trials System The first systems we implemented in pursuit of this goal were clinical trials. Oracle has long been one of the world’s leading suppliers of clinical trial systems. Over the years, many drugs including the remarkable cancer ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. As we continue to face increasing concerns about COVID-19, many organizations and HR professionals are facing new and unprecedented challenges. In an effort to help, we are providing free access to our Workforce Health and Safety solution to current Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud customers. This module will help our customers manage key workplace health and safety issues and answer critical response questions, including: Who in my organization has been exposed to the virus? Have the communal areas of the buildings been appropriately cleaned? Do we have adequate supplies for cleaning and for protecting staff? ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. I’m happy to announce that Oracle is offering free access to online learning content and certifications for a broad array of users for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database. This program kicks off on Monday, March 30, 2020, and will be available until May 15, 2020. Starting now, any user, including developers, technical professionals, architects, students and professors, will have quick and easy access to more than 50 hours of online training and 6 certification exams. Oracle University will provide users with free access to an extensive library of materials for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. To support growing customer demand for enterprise cloud services in Canada, Oracle today announced a new Gen 2 Cloud region in Montreal. This follows the launch of its Toronto Cloud region last year, making Canada Oracle’s latest country offering dual cloud regions. The opening is part of Oracle’s global plans to operate 36 Generation 2 Cloud regions by the end of 2020. Now, Canadian customers and partners will have access to all Oracle Cloud services, including Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Autonomous Linux, as well as Oracle Cloud Applications, to unlock innovation and drive business ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. The story of the Oracle industry Global Business Units (GBUs) migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure started with a deceptively simple question: why? Oracle is a company with nearly forty years of experience delivering software at enterprise scale. For most of that history, we delivered our services as on-premises, licensed software. From our technology stack to risk and compliance processes to sales metrics, Oracle has invested decades in building a company around this way of doing business. For the  eight industry-focused software groups that make up the Oracle GBUs, this resulted in a highly complex ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle today announced the general availability of Java 14 (Oracle JDK 14). Java 14 continues Oracle’s commitment to accelerate innovation by delivering new enhancements to enterprises and the developer community with a new feature release every six months. The latest Java Development Kit (JDK) delivers new features, including two new highly anticipated preview features – Pattern Matching for instanceof (JEP 305) and Records (JEP 359), as well as a second preview of Text Blocks (JEP 368). Additionally, the latest Java release adds Java language support for switch expressions, exposes new APIs for continuous monitoring of ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. This month at Oracle we’re celebrating the women who have shaped our lives, our communities, our workplaces, our neighborhoods, and our society. Hear from our employees, partners, and customers and share your own story on social media by using the #HerStory hashtag and tagging @Oracle. Christina Cavanna is Vice President of Global Marketing Operations and Chief of Staff. She’s a seasoned marketing leader and Oracle veteran—and also a mentor and a mother. Tell us about your job. What do you love about what you do? My favorite thing about my job is being able to ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. As live streaming continues to represent a huge portion of all internet traffic, leading content providers—Phenix, Net Insight, and Mynet Inc.,—have selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support growing global demand for streaming content.  According to Go-Globe, live streaming is expected to account for 82 percent of all internet traffic this year, and the leading global providers of streaming content all have one thing in common: they need infrastructure to securely store and quickly access huge catalogs of digital content. As the popularity of streaming content continues to grow, providers are looking for technology partners to ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Luxury retailer De Beers Jewellers is adopting modern Oracle Xstore technology to enhance its customers’ shopping experience. The company prides itself on offering exquisite gifts and peerless diamonds for life’s key moments. Each of its 33 stores, located in 15 countries, are equipped with the proprietary De Beers Iris technology that allows customers to see the unique characteristics of their diamond through the eyes of an expert. With Oracle Mobile Point of Service (POS), De Beers will further improve the in-store experience by empowering associates to engage customers throughout their purchase journey. “Diamonds are works ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. For 113 years, American Electric Power (AEP) has made modern life possible with the delivery of safe reliable electricity. But the company knows that today’s savvy consumer expects more. They want more insight into the cost and impact of their energy use and advice on how to reduce both. Helping guide customers in this evolving energy journey, AEP has selected Oracle Utilities Opower to deliver tailored energy management programs across its portfolio of utilities.     “AEP is committed to delivering personalized touchpoints to each customer,” said Scott Neuman, group vice president, Oracle Utilities Opower. “With ... Read More