Cloud Leader, Week of October 16, 2017 |  Web View   Forward to a Friend CLOUD LEADER News and Analysis to Guide Your Strategy   Editor's Note Open Source Innovation Containers are becoming a go-to option for software developers building and deploying applications, but no one wants to be locked into one cloud based on a development platform. So Oracle has launched a new platform to manage containers and microservices based on true open source standards, including the Kubernetes container orchestration system. It's just one example of how Oracle is working to make sure the Oracle Cloud Platform remains open. "We're taking the important open source innovation and providing automation, management, and enterprise-grade capabilities around that," says Amit Zavery, Oracle senior vice president for cloud platform. Companies need a strong cloud platform to bring new ideas and innovation into their organization, whether it's blockchain-powered data sharing or API-first development approaches. See more examples in "5 Ways Oracle Keeps Its Cloud Platform Open." — Chris Murphy, director of cloud content at Oracle Video: Oracle OpenWorld: Cloud Platform Highlights More Cloud News Oracle's CX Roadmap Includes Built-in AI Oracle is creating built-in artificial intelligence capabilities in its sales, service, marketing, CPQ, and commerce applications to provide more-targeted recommendations for what actions an app user should take, whether that person is a shopper buying a product or a marketer setting a price. Those are among more than 500 net new features Oracle has added across its CX cloud suite the past 12 months. Next on the roadmap? Promises Cloud Services Should Keep Here's the new way of thinking about third-party cloud services: things go down, so we need to know how to deal with that. That's why service providers must promise to provide an API to back up external data, said Zender.tv CEO Patrick Debois at Oracle Code San Francisco. Seven more promises from Debois. Conversational UI: The Next Digital Disruption What comes after the web and mobile apps? Conversational UIs, which could soon become developers' top priority for customer-facing projects. Building chatbots in record time. Oracle's Open Banking Platform Speeds Innovation The new Oracle Financial Services digital innovation platform includes a comprehensive set of platform-as-a-service capabilities as well as an open API framework that gives banks and fintechs a common cloud platform on which to collaborate. It also offers Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service. Go beyond traditional banking. Oracle Names IBM as a Strategic HR BPO Provider NetSuite Expands Middle East Operations Get Started with Oracle Cloud Experience Oracle Cloud with $300 in Free Credits  Watch: Oracle OpenWorld on Demand  Watch: JavaOne on Demand  Watch: Larry Ellison Demonstrates How AWS Is 5X to 13X As Expensive  Video How Is Java Inspiring New Breakthroughs? Watch Oracle Developer Community Director Stephen Chin's keynote at JavaOne 2017. Events Oracle Cloud Day October–January | Worldwide Oracle Federal Forum 2017 December 14 | Washington DC Oracle Industry Connect 2018 April 10 and 11 | New York Stay connected Subscribe to get Cloud Leader newsletter every week. Visit your profile page to subscribe to other Oracle publications.   Global Contacts     Sales Chat Live Please send questions or comments to newsletter_feedback_us@oracle.com.