Category: Oracle Database

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle today announced availability of new bare metal Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute instances to help enterprises run various performance sensitive workloads, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or engineering simulations, in the cloud. These new instances are part of Oracle’s new “Clustered Network,” which gives customers access to a low latency and high bandwidth RDMA network. Oracle now provides large organizations with a complete set of solutions for any high performance computing (HPC) workload, enabling businesses to capitalize on the benefits of modern cloud computing while enjoying performance comparable to on-premises compute clusters at a cost ... Read More

Feed: Yellowbrick Data. Author: Gary Orenstein; Welcome to the Yellowbrick blog! We took some time to sit down with our CEO Neil Carson to get his perspective on the company, our product, and the overall data market. Q: What does Yellowbrick do? We help businesses derive value from their data by giving them the flexibility to deploy analytics anywhere. Specifically we do this by building the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse. Q: What does that look like? It looks like a standard data warehouse and talks the same protocols that interoperate with other popular data warehouse protocols from products like IBM/Netezza, Teradata, ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Gonzaga University is using Oracle Cloud to streamline its operations and better serve its student and staff community. With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Database Cloud, the University has not only cut costs and reduced complexity but also upgraded to new versions of Ellucian and its ERP system in just seven months—all while improving security and reliability. Ranked the fourth best regional university in the West for the fourth straight year by U.S. News & World Report, Gonzaga University is an exemplary learning community that educates students for lives of leadership and service for the ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Severe weather events are increasing in both frequency and intensity. To help keep power available while supporting predictable restoration for millions of affected customers, the top utilities across the globe rely on the performance and dependability of Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS). According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, “In 2018 (as of October 9), there have been 11 weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States.” Likewise, a study by the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) covered in Science Daily, noted that “extreme weather ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. On Monday, a federal appeals court rejected Rimini Street’s motion to stay and effectively delay a permanent injunction issued by the Federal District Court in Nevada. That injunction prohibits Rimini Street from engaging in specific unlawful practices in connection with its core business practices as found in Oracle’s 2015 copyright infringement trial against Rimini Street and its founder, Seth Ravin.  The trial court had determined earlier that the more than $100 million that Rimini Street paid to Oracle in damages following trial was inadequate to fully compensate Oracle for Rimini Street’s copyright infringement, citing “Rimini ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle has been named a leader in CRM suites by Forrester Research. The Forrester Wave™: CRM Suites, Q4 2018 gave Oracle the highest score of any vendor in the current offering category and cites Oracle’s ability to unify front- and back-office functions, noting that “Oracle's far-reaching vision is to enable the connected digital enterprise by integrating data, intelligence, and experiences across B2B and B2C customer journeys that span the front and back office.” According to Forrester, modern CRM strategies enable differentiated customer experiences “by leveraging vast amounts of interaction, behavioral and transaction data to enable ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Recent enhancements to Oracle Retail Order Management System Cloud Service provide retailers with real-time visibility into inventory and customer activity throughout the transaction lifecycle, helping brands navigate omnichannel fulfillment complexity. By integrating all aspects of the transaction lifecycle across all channels and points of service, retailers open a wealth of opportunities to increase revenue, enhance customer loyalty, streamline operations, reduce markdowns, and cut costs. Oracle Retail Order Management System Cloud Service integrates with Oracle Retail Order Broker Cloud Service to manage not only order creation, tracking, and payment but also the steps of the fulfillment process. The Oracle ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle Data Cloud today announced Pre-Bid by Moat, a placement solution for marketers to identify and utilize ad inventory that meets their high standards for third-party viewability and invalid traffic (IVT). These new capabilities will join existing brand safety segments available through Oracle Data Cloud to create a powerful suite of media spend protection offerings. To make implementation seamless and simple, Pre-Bid by Moat will be integrated with top DSPs, including Adobe Advertising Cloud, Amobee, Basis by Centro, dataxu, MediaMath, The Trade Desk, and VideoAmp. “Savvy marketers recognize the tremendous financial and reputational risks from ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Leading Italian brand Yamamay, a part of Pianoforte Group, has invested in and deployed an Oracle Retail suite of solutions to help support its long-term global growth strategy.  The retailer has implemented Oracle Retail Merchandising Financial Planning, Oracle Retail Assortment Planning and Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service solutions to localize offerings and personalize the customer experience as it expands the brand beyond an existing footprint of 680 franchise and owned stores in 39 countries across Europe and the Middle East. In a hyper-competitive market, Yamamay sought to deliver a faster sell-through of goods, drive more significant ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Elizabethtown Gas and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) join a growing list of utilities using Oracle Opower Home Energy Reports to educate customers on energy efficiency and related savings. With Oracle Opower, these utilities have the potential to increase savings and engagement for more than 179,000 households. "We are proud to be working with Riverside Public Utilities and Elizabethtown Gas to enhance their energy efficiency education and drive increased efficiency solutions amongst their customers," said Rodger Smith, SVP and general manager of Oracle Utilities. "Our behavioral Energy Efficiency programs have contributed significant bill savings for consumers, ... Read More