Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
August 7, 2013
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News Flashes
A new Oracle In-Memory Application - Oracle In-Memory Logistics Command Center - has been launched that enables customers to improve scenario management in order to increase supply chain resiliency and agility, decrease costs and enhance service levels. With supply chains and their associated logistics networks becoming increasingly complex, strategic and operational, Oracle says scenario management is now central to creating an effective logistics network. Oracle In-Memory Logistics Command Center leverages the performance capabilities of Oracle Engineered Systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, which can manage the large and complex data sets central to in-memory applications.
Noetix Corp., a provider of business intelligence (BI) software and services for enterprise applications, has introduced Noetix Analytics 5.3, with improvements including new data marts, performance enhancements, and a streamlined upgrade process. Noetix Analytics is a packaged data warehouse solution designed to provide business users with strategic reporting for trending and analysis based on information from multiple data sources.
Oracle is advancing the role of Java for IoT (Internet of Things) with the latest releases of its Oracle Java Embedded product portfolio - Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.3 and Oracle Java ME Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.3, a complete client Java runtime and toolkit optimized for microcontrollers and other resource-constrained devices. Oracle is also introducing the Oracle Java Platform Integrator program to provide partners with the ability to customize Oracle Java ME Embedded products to reach different device types and market segments. "We see IoT as the next big wave that will hit the industry," Oracle's Peter Utzschneider, vice president of product management, explained during a recent interview.
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