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Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Now Available Everywhere

Oracle announced that the latest version of the world's #1 database, Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2), is now available everywhere—in the cloud, with Oracle Cloud at Customer, and on-premises. Oracle Database 12.2 includes enhancements to the unique multitenant architecture and in-memory database technologies that provide customers with outstanding consolidation, performance, reliability, and security for all workloads.

Read the press release.
Read the technical blog for key features in Oracle Database 12.2.
Download Oracle Database 12c Release 2.

Gartner Positions Oracle in Leaders Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics

New Gartner research positions Oracle in the leaders quadrant among 20 vendors in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics. Gartner has positioned Oracle as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics since 2006, and highest for ability to execute in the leaders quadrant for the past 3 years.
Read Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics by Gartner.

Oracle In-Memory Scored Highest for Current Offering and Strategy by Forrester

In the Forrester Wave^TM: In-Memory Databases, Q1 2017, independent analyst firm Forrester positions Oracle as a leader among 13 in-memory database vendors, stating that Oracle offers more choices when it comes to in-memory solutions, including Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database and Oracle Database In-Memory products.
Read Forrester Wave^TM: In-Memory Databases, Q1 2017.

451 Research: Oracle Takes the Fight to AWS with New Cloud Database Service

Independent analyst firm 451 Research gives positive review of Oracle Database Cloud Service and Oracle Database 12c R2 announcements at OpenWorld 2016, stating "there are indeed many reasons why Oracle's offerings outshine those from AWS."
Read the report.

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

Pragmatyxs Delivers Enterprise Features with Oracle Database Cloud Service

Pragmatyxs is a technology consultant and systems integrator, focusing on helping customers meet unique business needs through the integration and implementation of product labeling, bar coding and related product and material tracking solutions. In this video, Paul Van Hout, CEO and Founder of Pragmatyxs, shares how the company overcomes SMB challenges and delivers enterprise capabilities, including multitenancy and security, with Oracle Database Cloud Service.
Watch the video.

EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Road to Big Data

Accelerate Your Path to Success
There are new connections everywhere, generating massive amounts of data. For companies that can transform and manage it, data represents a huge opportunity as a source of competitive advantage and should be leveraged as such.

Join us and we'll put you on the right track to find the strategy that gets the most out of your data, whether your priority is to reduce costs, enable innovation, or generate revenue and profits. Register and discover how you can accelerate your path to success on the Road to Big Data.

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BLOGS

Read blogs from Oracle experts and the extended community of Oracle Database evangelists to learn technical tips and best practices.

Longer Identifiers in Oracle Database 12c Release 2

By Maria Colgan

Oracle Database 12c Release 2—Transparent Data Encryption Online!

By Connor McDonald

Python cx_Oracle 5.3 for Oracle Database Released

By Christopher Jones

Quick Demo: A Great Use Case for REST on the Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service—Part 1

By Gordon Smith

Quick Demo: A Great Use Case for REST on the Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service—Part 2

By Gordon Smith

PL/Scope in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 and Oracle SQL Developer

By Jeff Smith

Benefits of Oracle Sharding

By Nagesh Battula

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TRAINING

Oracle Database 12c High Availability Training Available

Oracle University offers a series of courses on Oracle Database 12c High Availability. Learn about the high availability features offered in Oracle Database 12c and gain the skills you need to configure, manage and optimize your applications. Featured courses include:

Oracle Database 12c: High Availability New Features: This course introduces new high availability features in Oracle Database 12c contained in Oracle Grid Infrastructure, including Clusterware, Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Cloud File System, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Data Guard and Oracle Global Data Services.
Oracle Database 12c: RAC Administration: Learn about Oracle RAC database architecture, as well as Global Resources and Cache Fusion.
Oracle Database 12c: Clusterware Administration: Explore general cluster concepts and Oracle Clusterware architecture. Learn how to make applications highly available using Oracle Clusterware. You'll learn how to install, configure, manage and troubleshoot both standard and flex clusters. Furthermore, you will develop the skills to upgrade and patch Clusterware environments.
Oracle Database 12c: ASM Administration: Learn about the Oracle ASM architecture and administer ASM files, directories, templates, and disk groups, as well as Oracle Cloud File System and its components.

Learn more about Oracle Database 12c training courses and certification details.

EVENTS

Road to Big Data: Boston

March 23 | Boston, Massachusetts

Oracle Analytics and Big Data Summit: Helsinki

March 23 | Helsinki, Finland

Road to Big Data: Madrid

March 23 | Madrid, Spain

Road to Big Data and Analytics Forum: Utrecht

March 23 | Utrecht, Netherlands

Road to Big Data: Rome

March 24 | Rome, Italy

Road to Big Data and Analytics Forum: Vilvoorde

March 24 | Vilvoorde, Belgium

Oracle Code: Washington, D.C.

March 27 | Washington, D.C., USA

Oracle Analytics and Big Data Innovation Summit: Copenhagen

March 28 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Road to Big Data: Dallas

March 29 | Dallas, Texas

Oracle Cloud Day: Montreal

March 30 | Montreal, Canada

Road to Big Data: Atlanta

March 30 | Atlanta, Georgia

Oracle Analytics and Big Data Innovation Summit: Oslo

March 30 | Oslo, Norway

Road to Big Data: Warsaw

April 4 | Warsaw, Poland

Oracle Analytics and Big Data Innovation Summit: Stockholm

April 4 | Stockholm, Sweden

COLLABORATE17

April 2-6 | Las Vegas, Nevada

Oracle Cloud Day: Charlotte

April 5 | Charlotte, North Carolina

Oracle Cloud Day: Philadelphia

April 6 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Road to Big Data: San Mateo

April 12 | San Mateo, California

Oracle Code: Toronto

April 18 | Toronto, Canada

Oracle Code: London

April 20 | London, United Kingdom

Oracle Code: Berlin

April 24 | Berlin, Germany

Oracle Code: Prague

April 28 | Prague, Czech Republic

Oracle Code: New Delhi

May 10 | New Delhi, India

Kscope17

June 25-29 | San Antonio, Texas

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