Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
March 18, 2026
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News Flashes
Oracle is announcing support for importing open-weights model NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super, enabled by a new Model Import capability in OCI Generative AI. Soon to be available on Oracle Government Cloud in addition to commercial cloud regions, Nemotron 3 Super is the first model from NVIDIA available through OCI Generative AI Model Import and demonstrates how organizations can now run advanced reasoning models on OCI while maintaining control over customization and deployment, Oracle said.
Oracle is releasing the Oracle Analytics Server 2026, designed to address everyday challenges head-on: adoption, performance, governed self-service, and operational efficiency.
Oracle is releasing Java 26, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. According to Oracle, Java 26 (Oracle JDK 26) delivers thousands of improvements that boost developer productivity, simplify the language, and help developers integrate AI and cryptography functionality into their applications.