Oracle is an enterprise software vendor based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in database software and enterprise software products, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise performance management (EPM), customer experience commerce (CX commerce), and supply chain management (SCM).
The company is increasingly focused on supporting generative AI across its database, infrastructure, and applications offerings. Oracle has a market cap of $483 billion, making it the 11th largest tech company in the world.
Here is the latest Oracle news and analysis:
Oracle adds agentic AI to Fusion Cloud CX
October 9, 2024: Aiming to deliver end-to-end service automation, Oracle on Wednesday unveiled new agentic AI capabilities for Oracle Fusion Cloud Service and Oracle Fusion Field Service. Oracle said the new AI-driven workflows will help service teams increase service efficiency, reduce time-to-resolution, and improve customer experience.
Oracle CloudWorld 2024: 10 key takeaways from the big annual event
September 18, 2024: The cloud services provider’s announcements this year focused on providing developers and enterprises with new ways to take advantage of generative AI in their operations.
Oracle adds Zero Trust Packet Routing capability to its cloud platform
September 11, 2024: An analyst says it could allow CISOs to better enforce security policies by decoupling security policies from the complexities of network configurations.
Oracle updates Fusion Cloud CX with CDP, B2B buying features
September 11, 2024: Some of the new CDP features include an account profile explorer, buying group and opportunity scoring, industry onboarding accelerators, and native Oracle Analytics cloud integration.
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM gets AI-powered Dynamic Skills feature
September 11, 2024: The Dynamics Skills feature in Cloud HCM is designed to help enterprises keep a tab on their current and future skills requirement.
Oracle updates Fusion Cloud SCM with AI-based features
September 11, 2024: The SCM suite has also been updated with an RFID-powered inventory management application to aid healthcare firms.
Oracle launches a new sustainability app for Fusion Cloud EPM
September 11, 2024: Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability would integrate data from Fusion Cloud ERP and Oracle SCM to enable analysis and reporting within Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM and Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence.
Oracle NetSuite weaves new AI capabilities across its product line
September 10, 2024: The company continues to infuse AI into its ERP suite, while adding other updated capabilities and resources and a new procurement solution.
Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence gets Gen AI-powered developer assistant
September 10, 2024: Other features include new intelligent applications baked into Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM and Fusion Cloud HCM.
Oracle inks deal with AWS to offer database services
September 10, 2024: Oracle’s partnership with AWS follows similar deals with Microsoft and Google over the past 12 months.
Oracle CloudWorld 2024: What to expect
August 30, 2024: Oracle CloudWorld, one of the tech industry’s signature events, began September 9th. The event, known as OpenWorld until 2020, is a significant gathering for IT professionals, developers, and business leaders looking to explore the latest advancements in cloud computing.
Oracle’s $115 million privacy settlement could change industry data collection methods
July 23, 2024: In addition to the payment, Oracle has agreed to stop tracking users in various ways. Privacy advocates applauded the settlement.
IDC Research: Oracle Announcements Recognize the Importance of Multicloud
July 11, 2024: Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud. This announcement came on the heels of a very busy June for Oracle as it announced earnings, including 12% growth for cloud services and license support revenue and new extensions of relationships with Google and Microsoft, respectively.
Oracle HeatWave’s in-database LLMs to help reduce infra costs
June 26, 2024: Oracle has added new features to the service formerly known as MySQL HeatWave to help in generative AI-based app development.
Oracle APEX adds generative AI assistant
June 18, 2024: APEX AI Assistant allows users to create applications using natural language and add a conversational AI interface to any application being developed.
Multicloud: Oracle links database with Google, Microsoft to speed operations
June 12, 2024: Oracle will interconnect with Google’s cloud to make its database services more widely available, while Microsoft is extending its Azure services into Oracle’s cloud to give OpenAI access to more capacity.
Oracle extends support for Java 11, Java on Solaris
May 14, 2024: Oracle will support JDK 11 including JDK 11 on Solaris through at least January 2032, the company confirmed in its Java SE Spring 2024 roadmap update.
Oracle unveils AI-powered coding assistant
May 7, 2024: Oracle Code Assist will be fine-tuned with Oracle software development practices and coding patterns from Java, SQL, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and other technologies such as NetSuite SuiteScript.
Oracle renames Database 23c to 23ai, makes it generally available
May 2, 2024: Oracle Database 23ai has been updated with new features to support AI-based application development and other tasks.
Oracle adds AI capabilities to its Fusion Cloud CX
April 25, 2024: The new capabilities in Fusion Cloud CX are expected to take on offerings from rivals such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAP.
IDC Research: Oracle Ushers in a New Era for Oracle Database Users with Generative AI
April 21, 2024: With generative AI in Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Database 23c, Oracle has greatly enhanced the general usability of the database by making the data broadly available to end users, without requiring technical knowledge.
Oracle to invest $8 billion in Japan through 2034
April 17, 2024: Oracle’s investment in Japan spread across a period of 10 years will see the public cloud service provider expand its cloud infrastructure footprint in the country to meet the growing demand for AI-based workloads.
IDC Research: Oracle’s FY 3Q24 Performance: Oracle OCI Delivers Impressive Growth
April 16, 2024: Oracle reported its FY 3Q24 earnings, which showed strong momentum in realizing its cloud strategy, along with forward-looking projections that were equally optimistic.
Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?
April 11, 2024: Acquisitions, partnerships, and a focus on AI for Oracle-captive enterprises could make enterprise software vendor a compelling player in multicloud environments and specific verticals.
Oracle touts AI as major driver of Q3 gains
March 12, 2024: Buoyed by cloud sales, the software giant’s numbers are good, but some dispute the AI-driven nature of the company’s gains.
Oracle Autonomous Database adds AI conversation support
February 15, 2024: Upgrade may help Oracle establish a lead against rivals such as AWS, Google, IBM, and Snowflake in providing an autonomous cloud database, analysts say.
Oracle Cloud SCM gets new capabilities to help manage logistics
February 12, 2024: The new updates have been added to Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management applications, which are a part of Oracle’s Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM) suite.
Oracle has a better generative AI strategy, analysts say
January 23, 2024: Oracle offers enterprises a more streamlined approach to lowering the costs of continuously training LLMs on organization knowledge, analysts say, though it lags rivals in generative AI services.
Oracle’s plans for Java in 2024
January 23, 2024: The Java steward expects the OpenJDK to tackle improvements ranging from a simplified main to GPU programming, condensers, and value objects, although all may not arrive this year.