Oracle Database

Rimini Street Advises that Oracle Database Licensees Using Releases Less Than 19c Not Receiving Oracle Premier Support, Despite Paying Full, Expensive Oracle Maintenance Fees

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Clients can also save 50% on support fees compared to Oracle Support and leverage Rimini Protect™ security solutions to significantly enhance their security posture around their entire Oracle Database landscape.

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  • Clients can also save 50% on support fees compared to Oracle Support and leverage Rimini Protect™ security solutions to significantly enhance their security posture around their entire Oracle Database landscape.
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    Increased numbers of Oracle Database licensees are switching to Rimini Support™ and Rimini Protect™.
  • At the present time, Oracle only provides Premier Support for the two latest Oracle Database releases - 19c and 21c.
  • However, Oracle Premier Support for both 19c and 21c releases is currently scheduled to end in less than a year, April 2024.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Announces OCI Compute Instances Based on New 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To make it easier for organizations to balance price and performance in their cloud environments and reduce costs, Oracle today announced plans to make available new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E5 instances with 4th generation AMD EPYC™ processors. Unlike other cloud providers' rigid instance options that bind organizations to paying more for unused computing resources, flexible instances from OCI allow customers to allocate cores and memory as needed.

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  • We're expecting to use the upcoming OCI Compute E5 instances with 4th generation AMD EPYC processors as well."
  • "Currently, we run OCI Compute flexible instances with 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors and expect to be using the next generation on OCI.
  • OCI Compute, powered by 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors, provides flexibility and elasticity for our flagship products and underlying Oracle Database.
  • We look forward to the next generation of OCI Compute instances with 4th generation AMD processors."

Oracle to Deliver Powerful and Secure Generative AI Services for Business

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced its plans to develop powerful, generative AI services for organizations worldwide. Oracle will provide native generative AI services to help organizations automate end-to-end business processes, improve decision-making, and enhance customer experiences, in collaboration with Cohere, a leading AI platform for enterprise. Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and leveraging Oracle's unique Supercluster capabilities, Oracle generative AI services will span applications to infrastructure and aim to provide the highest levels of security, performance, and value in the industry.

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  • Oracle will provide native generative AI services to help organizations automate end-to-end business processes, improve decision-making, and enhance customer experiences, in collaboration with Cohere , a leading AI platform for enterprise.
  • By embedding Cohere's language models in its business applications, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, and Oracle industry-specific applications, Oracle will enable customers to quickly and securely deploy generative AI to solve their most pressing business challenges.
  • In addition, unlike other generative AI offerings, Oracle's generative AI services will not mix customer data.
  • In addition, Oracle will deliver generative AI services to organizations' data centers, enabling them to combine generative capabilities together with their on-premises data and applications.

Snow Software Verified for all Oracle Products in the Global Licensing and Advisory Services Third-Party Tool Vendor Program

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Snow Software , the global leader in technology intelligence, today announced it has been verified as a third-party tool vendor for Oracle Java SE .

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  • Snow Software , the global leader in technology intelligence, today announced it has been verified as a third-party tool vendor for Oracle Java SE .
  • Earlier this year, Snow announced verification by Oracle’s Global Licensing and Advisory Services (GLAS) group for Oracle Fusion Middleware .
  • The verification for Java SE marks the completion of Snow’s verification for the entire suite of Oracle products under the GLAS Third-Party Tool Vendor program.
  • Customers can now use Snow’s software asset management solution to collect and verify data and gain insights into their Oracle investment, spanning Java SE, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Database and Oracle Database Options .

FlashGrid Ranks 73rd in Financial Times' Top 500 Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2023

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Friday, May 12, 2023

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FlashGrid Inc., a company that develops database infrastructure software for the cloud, has been listed 73rd in the Financial Times' Top 500 Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2023. FlashGrid rose from 82nd in 2022's rankings.

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  • FlashGrid, a leading provider of database infrastructure software for the cloud, has risen from 82nd to 73rd in the Financial Times' Top 500 Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2023 list.
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FlashGrid Inc., a company that develops database infrastructure software for the cloud, has been listed 73rd in the Financial Times' Top 500 Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2023.
  • The nomination was awarded after rigorous evaluation of over 7,000 companies in 20 countries, with only 500 making the final cut.
  • One of the reasons for FlashGrid's success is its ability to capitalize on the growing trend of using compute cloud infrastructure.

Oracle Database 23c Free Version Now Available to Developers

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

SINGAPORE and AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld Tour – Oracle today announced a free version of Oracle Database 23c. The new Oracle Database 23c Free—Developer Release meets growing demand from developers and organizations worldwide to access the newest features in Oracle Database 23c "App Simple". Developers now have access to innovative Oracle Database features that simplify development of modern data-driven applications, getting them ready for the planned release of Oracle Database 23c, the next Long-Term Support Release.

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  • Developers have first access to new application development features coming to Oracle Database 23c, including the groundbreaking JSON Relational Duality
    SINGAPORE and AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld Tour – Oracle today announced a free version of Oracle Database 23c.
  • The new Oracle Database 23c Free—Developer Release meets growing demand from developers and organizations worldwide to access the newest features in Oracle Database 23c "App Simple".
  • Developers now have access to innovative Oracle Database features that simplify development of modern data-driven applications, getting them ready for the planned release of Oracle Database 23c, the next Long-Term Support Release.
  • "Oracle is delighted to provide developers early access to the world's most advanced database technologies for developing and running modern applications," said Juan Loaiza, executive vice president, mission-critical database technologies, Oracle.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Increase the Reliability, Efficiency, and Simplicity of Large-Scale Kubernetes Environments at Reduced Costs

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Monday, March 20, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To meet the growing demand for Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) with global organizations, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is introducing new capabilities that can boost the reliability and efficiency of large-scale Kubernetes environments while simplifying operations and reducing costs. By reducing the skills barrier, risk, and management burden on IT, the new capabilities can increase the reliability and efficiency of enterprise-grade Kubernetes while providing compounded cost savings for large Kubernetes environments.

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  • By reducing the skills barrier, risk, and management burden on IT, the new capabilities can increase the reliability and efficiency of enterprise-grade Kubernetes while providing compounded cost savings for large Kubernetes environments.
  • "The new capabilities will help our enterprise customers simplify the management of their large-scale environments, improve the reliability of their operations, and optimize their resources.
  • By helping customers offload infrastructure management to the cloud service, they are able to realize considerable cost savings across their expanding Kubernetes footprints.
  • "We reduced our cloud spend by migrating our video service from another cloud provider to OKE.

Firstlogic Enables High Quality Personalization with DataRight IQ

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

DULUTH, Ga., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Firstlogic has announced the release of their newly enhanced data cleansing software, DataRight IQ®. DataRight IQ handles all the necessary tasks of data reformatting, standardization, and manipulation required to transform disparate data into actionable information that companies use for personalized customer communications. This versatile product is also ideal for combining data sources, normalizing data files, performing mass find-and-replace operations, converting data fields to upper and lower case, and more.

Key Points: 
  • Data-driven companies can use DataRight IQ to achieve the data quality needed for personalized campaigns and effective CX.
  • DULUTH, Ga., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Firstlogic has announced the release of their newly enhanced data cleansing software, DataRight IQ®.
  • Firstlogic Solutions offers DataRight IQ as a standalone product or as part of the Firstlogic Data Quality IQ™ Suite.
  • To learn more about DataRight IQ and the rest of the Firstlogic Data Quality products, visit the website at https://firstlogic.com .

KDDI Makes Mobile Payment and Customer Loyalty Program Smarter with Oracle

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

BARCELONA, Spain and TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World Congress -- KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's top three telecommunications carriers and the operator of the "au" mobile phone service, has chosen Oracle Database to modernize its online payment brand, au PAY, and customer loyalty program, au Ponta Points Program. By working with Oracle, au Pay payment processing is now five times faster than before, while au Ponta Points Program's processing performance has improved by 200 percent. In addition, Oracle helps KDDI meet changing customer needs by enabling it to develop new services and applications 30 percent faster.

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  • BARCELONA, Spain and TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World Congress -- KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's top three telecommunications carriers and the operator of the " au " mobile phone service, has chosen Oracle Database to modernize its online payment brand, au PAY , and customer loyalty program, au Ponta Points Program .
  • In addition, Oracle helps KDDI meet changing customer needs by enabling it to develop new services and applications 30 percent faster.
  • au PAY has approximately 31 million customers, while au Ponta Points Program is one of Japan's most popular customer loyalty systems.
  • Both au PAY and au Ponta Points Program continue to grow rapidly as Japanese consumers embrace mobile payments and a cashless lifestyle.

Arcserve Unified Data Protection 9.0 Boosts Enterprise Data Resilience

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Arcserve, the world's most experienced provider of backup, recovery and immutable storage solutions for unified data resilience against ransomware and disasters, today unveiled Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) 9.0.

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  • Arcserve, the world's most experienced provider of backup, recovery and immutable storage solutions for unified data resilience against ransomware and disasters, today unveiled Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) 9.0.
  • It combines complete data protection, Sophos cybersecurity protection, immutable storage, tape backup, and scalable onsite or offsite business continuity.
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    Highlighting the need for robust enterprise data resilience strategies, a recent independent research study commissioned by Arcserve of IT decision makers (ITDMs) found that 83% of respondents have a data resilience strategy.
  • Arcserve UDP 9.0 takes data resilience to the next level delivering enhanced data protection, performance reliability, and management.