ADB Newsletter for May 2023

We are continually adding new features to Autonomous Database. This latest update includes features to make management simpler, development more agile and analytics so much richer.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/adb-newsletter-for-may-2023

Lock-free reservation in 23c: how to start with

This blog posting illustrates the basice of lock-free reservations in 23c

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/coretec/post/lock-free-reservation-in-23c

Using JSON documents and don’t know what you’re looking for? 23c Search Indexes to the rescue

Oracle has powerful capabilities for handling JSON. It also has flexible capabilities for full-text searching, like keyword search, phrase search, or proximity search. We're going to see how these capabilities meet in the JSON search index to provide the powerful functionality of full text search in an optimized manner for all your JSON documents

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/23c-search-index

Develop MongoDB Applications with Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure

The blog post showcases the Oracle Database API for MongoDB, enabling integration between MongoDB and Autonomous Database. It highlights the benefits of leveraging ADB's converged capabilities, provides configuration instructions, and demonstrates MongoDB collection migration. The post emphasizes using familiar MongoDB tools while harnessing the power of a converged database, enabling SQL on JSON collections.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/adb-d-mongodb-api

Introducing Exadata X10M: Extreme Scalability and Dramatically Improved Price Performance

Introducing Exadata X10M: Extreme Scalability and Dramatically Improved Price Performance

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post/exadata-x10m

Oracle Workspace Manager Now Available in Autonomous Database

Oracle Workspace Manager is a feature of Oracle Database that provides the infrastructure for developers to create workspaces to maintain multiple versions of a set of tables.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/undefined/post/oracle-workspace-manager-now-available-in-autonomous-database

Oracle Announces Oracle Database for Arm Architectures in the Cloud & On-Premises

Oracle today announced that Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition, the current long-term support release of Oracle Database, is now certified and available on the popular Arm architecture for both cloud and on-premises deployments.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/announcing-oracle-database-19c-support-for-arm

Oracle DatabaseWorld at CloudWorld 2023

Announcing Oracle DatabaseWorld at CloudWorld 2023 - the place for DatabaseWorld fans to get up-to-speed with the latest Oracle database technology and try it hands on.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-databaseworld-at-oracle-cloudworld-2023

Introducing the Oracle Database Error Help Portal

The Oracle Database Error Help Portal documents all Oracle Database errors, their Causes and the recommended Action for users. It is available under https://docs.oracle.com/error-help/db/

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/error-help-portal

August edition of newsletter for Autonomous Database Serverless

We are continually adding new features to Autonomous Database Serverless. Over the LAST 12 MONTHS, over 200 NEW FEATURES have been added, and the latest updates include the following...

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/august-edition-of-newsletter-for-autonomous-database-serverless

Database In-Memory now supported on Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure!

Blog on Database In-Memory support on Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer and Dedicated Infrastructure

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/database-inmemory-now-supported-on-autonomous-database-on-dedicated-exadata-infrastructure

Oracle Graph Server REST API

The Oracle Graph offering includes the Graph Server REST API, a gateway to utilize the capabilities of Oracle Graph from any application with a simple REST call. This API allows developers to interact with their graphs, enabling them to create graphs, run queries, and derive actionable information from their data

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-graph-server-rest-api

Sagas Are Great. What’s the Problem?

Sagas are promoted as a solution to ensuring data consistency across microservices. The solution sounds simple and conceptually it is. It's in the details where things get difficult. This post looks at sagas in a bit more detail and shows some of the problems that can be encountered.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/sagas-are-great-whats-the-problem

Oracle and Microsoft expand partnership to deliver Oracle database services in Azure

Oracle is committed to provide the easiest path for customers to migrate their mission critical workloads, many of which have long been powered by Oracle databases. Read more about how Oracle Database@Azure provides customers more flexibility and choice with Oracle database services running on OCI, colocated in Microsoft Azure data centers for the highest levels of Oracle Database performance, scale, security, and availability, on par with what we offer in OCI.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/post/oracle-microsoft-deliver-oracle-database-at-azure

Introducing Oracle True Cache : In-memory, consistent, and automatically managed SQL and key-value (object) cache

Oracle True Cache is an in-memory, consistent, and automatically managed cache for Oracle Database. It is a cutting-edge caching solution designed to tackle the challenges faced by modern business applications. This blog discusses the features and capabilities of Oracle True Cache and how it empowers organizations to optimize performance, mitigate data staleness, and efficiently manage cached data

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/introducing-oracle-true-cache

Leading Industry Analysts Comment on the Database Announcement at Oracle CloudWorld 2023

During CloudWorld 2023, Oracle announced its plans to add semantic search capabilities using AI vectors to Oracle Database 23c. The collection of features, called AI Vector Search, includes a new vector data type, vector indexes, and vector search SQL operators. In addition, the announcement includes the latest updates to Oracle Database services and products.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/leading-industry-analysts-comment-on-ocw2023-database-announcement

Oracle Database 23c: The Next Long Term Support Release

We are pleased to announce that the new version of the world’s most powerful database, Oracle Database 23c, is now Generally Available on OCI Oracle Base Database Service. We’ve also taken the opportunity to update the popular Oracle Database Free version, available for download here. Releases for Oracle Database On-premises, Exadata, Exadata Database Service, Exadata Cloud at Customer (ExaC@C), and Autonomous Database (ADB) will follow later.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-database-23c-the-next-long-term-support-release

Introducing Oracle Database 23c Free

Oracle Database 23c Free, a free offering of the industry-leading Oracle Database that enterprises rely on every day, is now generally available.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/database-23c-free-ga

Latest Autonomous Database Innovation Announcements at Oracle CloudWorld

Autonomous Database continues to simplify customer innovations and reduce operational costs with several new feature announcements: 1) with Select AI, Autonomous Database now speaks “human”, letting you query your data using natural language, 2) developers have a new free and offline app dev option with Autonomous Database Free Container Image and 3) organizations save operational costs by consolidating compute resources in Elastic Resource Pools.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/latest-autonomous-database-innovation-announcements-at-oracle-cloudworld

Autonomous Database speaks “human”

Meet Autonomous Database Select AI – the simplified way for your users to get answers about your business. They can use their natural language to query data and gain insights, without the need to understand where and how your data is stored. It’s that simple. Discover how Select AI simplifies the use of natural language to query your data.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/autonomous-database-speaks-human

Introducing Autonomous Database Free Container Image

Learn how to take advantage of Autonomous Database free container image for your development and test use cases.

Read: https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/autonomous-database-free-container-image