Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
May 2, 2018
Published in conjunction with the Quest Oracle Community (Quest), this bi-weekly publication contains news, market research, and insight for the Oracle ecosystem, as well as Quest news and information. Subscribers also receive Quest ResearchWire, a bi-monthly research report for the Oracle community.
News Flashes
To provide customers with the tools and insight to meet rapidly evolving business demands, Oracle NetSuite has introduced an intelligent cloud suite. By building capabilities based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) within its cloud business management suite, Oracle says, NetSuite can deliver the insight, interaction and automation customers need to grow their businesses.
Snow Software, a provider of software asset management and cloud spend management solutions, has launched Snow for Cloud and announced enhancements in Snow's Oracle Management Option and Snow for ITSM. "Many organizations have gone beyond cloud-first and are now cloud-only. Cloud computing has become the new normal." said Peter Björkman, CTO at Snow Software.
Think About It
The impact of cognitive computing technologies—including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—is increasingly being felt in data centers and database operations of all sizes, across all industries. Research shows that AI and related cognitive technologies are no longer just experiments conducted by computer or data scientists—they are part of a real-world technology wave that is already showing tangible business results.
Quest IOUG Database & Technology Community News
Data Summit Happening This Month!
IOUG is pleased to announce the incoming members of the 2018-2019 IOUG Board of Directors. The slate of candidates was approved by the IOUG membership.
IOUG offers webcasts on a range of topics including big data, security, cloud, and many more.
Oracle provides informational resources, including educational events, webcasts, and white papers.
Registration is now open for COLALBORATE 19 - this year in a brand new location in San Antonio. COLLABORATE is more than just a tech conference, with more than 1,000 sessions and panels filled with first-hand experiences, case studies and "how-to" content and opportunities to build your personal and professional networks.
Thank you to those who attended COLLABORATE 18 and shared your ideas, expertise and some very fun memories with us last week. Please take 10 minutes to share your feedback.
Many Oracle shops that use Exadata Database Machines (DBMs) face a common dilemma when it comes to additional storage options for their Exadata environments, especially for backup and recovery of their largest databases. Oracle DBAs need a cost-effective storage option that can be used not only for backups, but also to aid in reducing database administration work.