Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
June 10, 2026
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
MariaDB announced MariaDB Community Server 12.3 has reached Generally Available (GA) status, bringing together a year of rapid innovation into a rock-solid, production-ready package maintained for the next three years. Enhanced Oracle and MySQL compatibility features are designed to reduce migration complexity and lower barriers to open-source adoption.
Oracle is adding a variety of updates to Oracle Access Governance (AG), adding new capabilities that help organizations improve identity security, automate access lifecycle processes, and manage access governance across a broader set of enterprise systems.
Vectra AI, a cybersecurity AI leader, is expanding cloud network observability capabilities within the Vectra AI Platform across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Think About It
Imagine you're on LinkedIn using your work laptop when a co-worker messages you a document for review. You click the attachment—which looks like a standard PDF link—without a second thought. In one click, you've handed a hacker the keys to not only your data, but your entire company's network.