Cloud Leader, Week of October 2, 2017 |  Web View   Forward to a Friend CLOUD LEADER News and Analysis to Guide Your Strategy   Editor's Note Database, Patch Thyself In explaining why the "self-driving" capabilities around Oracle's new flagship database, Oracle Database 18c, are so important, CTO and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison played up the information security benefits. Because the cloud database will automatically patch itself without human intervention while the system is running, IT organizations will no longer have to take down their systems and disrupt company operations to apply the patches needed to thwart attackers. "It's our computers versus their computers in cyberwarfare," Ellison said during his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld on October 1. "And we have to have a lot better computer systems, a lot more automation, if we're going to defend our data." Read more of what Ellison had to say about Oracle's autonomous "self-driving" database. — Rob Preston, editorial director, Oracle Content Central Video: The World's First Self-Driving Autonomous Database More Cloud News Oracle's Mark Hurd: Innovation Challenges Point to the Cloud "The movement to cloud is an inevitable destination," said CEO Hurd during his keynote Monday at Oracle OpenWorld. "This is how computing will evolve over the next several years." Oracle's latest innovations include integrating artificial intelligence into its offerings. Oracle Supercharges Its Cloud Applications with Artificial Intelligence Oracle Adaptive Intelligent Apps deliver new AI and machine learning capabilities across the enterprise with business and third-party data. Learn how. Elite Developers Share Insights on Blockchain, Productivity, More "In a few years, we're going to start hearing vernacular speech in personal assistants," said Pratik Patel, CTO of Triplingo, at Oracle's first Developer Champion summit, September 28 and 29. Get more predictions and observations from these elite Developer Champions. Chatbots Drive New Analytics Insights Global aviation services company AAR is building bots to let business leaders ask ad hoc questions of their data, using only a text message rather than having to log into an app or look at a dashboard. Learn how Oracle's bot builder lets AAR combine natural language processing and artificial intelligence to build better bots. Oracle Launches Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Cloud Service Oracle Makes HR Technology More Powerful, Smart and Easy to Use Get Started with Oracle Cloud Experience Oracle Cloud with $300 in Free Credits  Discover Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud  Video CEO Mark Hurd's Oracle OpenWorld 2017 Keynote "In the end, what you're really going to see is AI built directly into each of these work cases, each of these use cases," said Hurd in his keynote. Watch the whole thing. Events Oracle Cloud Day October–January | Worldwide 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.