Oracle’s expansion of its Hybrid Cloud Portfolio, especially through the Oracle Roving Edge Infrastructure offering, strengthens its overall competitive standing in the public cloud and ruggedized edge server domains. Oracle counters competitive offerings such as HPE’s Edgeline series as well as the AWS Snow Family, bolstering OCI’s ability to sell more into verticals and environments, such as agriculture, energy, mining, and factories, where conditions can be vigorous and tough and network connectivity is limited or lacking. Here’s what Futurum’s Ron Westfall has to say about the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, the key differentiators it provides, and what this move by Oracle compels its rivals to do moving forward.
Oracle Announces a Series of Updates to its Cloud CX Offering
This week Oracle announced a series of updates to its CX platform highlighting b2b selling and service opportunities.
Oracle Database 21c: Powering Blockchain and AutoML Innovations
Futurum’s Ron Westfall walks us through the Oracle Database 21c debut, which further differentiates the company’s converged database proposition, especially in key emerging technology areas such as Immutable Blockchain Tables and AutoML for In-Database ML. The new offering strengthens Oracle’s ability to bolster developer productivity in cultivating new applications and curating applications to fulfill top-priority business objectives.
The Vaccination Credential Initiative: Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce and Healthcare Majors Partner to Develop Vaccination Passport
The Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) announced Thursday brings together a number of stakeholders including tech giants Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce, the Commons Project Foundation, MITRE, along with healthcare major players like Cerner, Epic, Mayo Clinic, CARIN Alliance, Safe Health, Change Healthcare, Evernorth to develop a vaccine “passport” that enables individuals vaccinated for COVID-19 to access their vaccination records in a secure, verifiable, privacy-preserving way.
Customer Data Platform Growth Continues To Boom
The customer data platform (CDP) space continues to gain momentum as big tech and emerging software companies continue to pour resources into giving greater insights into customers through real-time data optimization. Here are some of the latest happenings and what they mean for CDP.
Oracle Delivers Solid Q2 as SaaS and Cloud Growth Continues
Oracle delivered a small YoY revenue growth result while also beating EPS expectations in its FY 21 Q2. Cloud and SaaS driving the results.
Oracle CX Summit Delivers the Full Stack Narrative Driving CX
This week Oracle CX Summit brought an inside look at the company’s approach to delivering a full stack for CX from infrastructure to apps.
Oracle Digital Experience for Communications Prepares CSPs to Lead Radical Transformation of Customer Experience
With the Oracle Digital Experience for Communications debut, Oracle is addressing the CSP top priority of driving and winning the CX battle across the digital ecosystem. This includes ensuring CSPs engage their customers through their preferred interaction channels, personalizing digital experiences and injecting agility into B2B2X engagements. The new solution is fully differentiated by the blending of OCI capabilities and Oracle telco software knowledge. Oracle meets CSP integration demands in hybrid cloud environments through support of TM Forum’s ODA and Open API initiatives, potentially accelerating CSP adoption and spurring CX innovation and digital ecosystem influence.
Oracle Announces Next Generation Exadata X8M Cloud Service
Oracle has announced the launch of its next generation exadata service called X8M, which will be delivered on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Oracle Updates Its Unity CDP to Streamline Data and Eliminate Complexity
During this week’s Oracle Live, the company announced a series of updates to its Unity CDP to improve how companies manage and utilize data.