At Oracle’s annual CloudWorld 2024 conference in Las Vegas, the company reflected on its 47-year legacy while looking toward the future. Executives from the Texas-based tech giant delivered a compelling argument for how Oracle’s history has positioned it as a leader in the AI revolution, while also shaping a future focused on productivity, security, and innovation. Alongside announcements of new partnerships, applications, and features, CloudWorld 2024 served as a hub for forward-thinking ideas.
Key takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2024:
- AI-Powered Cloud Innovations: Oracle emphasized AI-driven advancements across its cloud infrastructure and applications, focusing on automation, enhanced data analytics, and AI-driven decision-making to boost business efficiency.
- Partnerships and Collaborations: Significant partnerships were announced, including collaborations with NVIDIA and Microsoft, to expand AI and multi-cloud capabilities.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Enhancements: Oracle introduced updates to OCI, with new features aimed at improving scalability, security, and AI-driven workloads for both enterprises and developers.
- Fusion Applications Updates: Enhancements to Oracle Fusion Applications, integrating more AI and machine learning to automate processes in HR, finance, and supply chain management.
- Commitment to Multi-Cloud Strategy: Oracle reaffirmed its focus on enabling multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration and flexibility for customers using multiple cloud platforms.
- Generative AI Push: Oracle spotlighted generative AI capabilities integrated into its cloud offerings, designed to help organizations unlock new innovation opportunities.
- Focus on Sustainability: Oracle reiterated its commitment to sustainability, showcasing initiatives aimed at reducing carbon footprints and promoting energy-efficient cloud operations.
CloudWorld 2024 highlighted Oracle’s strategic vision, blending its rich history with forward-looking innovations.
Key announcements from Oracle CloudWorld 2024:
#1 Oracle Helps HR Teams Nurture Talent and Optimize Workforce Performance
Oracle announced a new open skills architecture within Oracle Dynamic Skills that helps organizations to develop, curate, and execute an enterprise-wide skills-based talent strategy. Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle Dynamic Skills helps organizations…CONTINUE READING
Oracle announced Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability, a new application within Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite that helps organizations efficiently manage and report on sustainability initiatives. Offered to customers at no additional cost, Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability provides business leaders with a flexible framework…CONTINUE READING
#3 Oracle Helps Customers Build Smart and Responsive Supply Chains
To help organizations build smart and responsive supply chain operations, Oracle announced new user experience (UX) enhancements within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM). The latest updates help customers leverage AI to increase…CONTINUE READING
#4 Oracle Offers First Zettascale Cloud Computing Cluster
Oracle announced the first zettascale cloud computing clusters accelerated by the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is now taking orders for the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud—available with up to 131,072 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs…CONTINUE READING
#5 Oracle Adds Powerful New AI Capabilities Across Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite
Oracle announced new AI capabilities within the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite that will help customers successfully execute complex tasks, automate workflows, and drive efficiency. Extending the comprehensive generative AI capabilities already embedded across the suite, the latest AI innovations include more than 50 new AI agents and a range of AI capabilities…CONTINUE READING
#6 Oracle AI Agents Help Organizations Achieve New Levels of Productivity
Oracle announced 50+ role-based AI agents within the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite that will help successfully execute frequent, repetitive tasks and allow employees and managers to focus their time on more strategic tasks and initiatives. Powered by the latest innovations in generative AI, the new agents help employees and managers…CONTINUE READING
Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Zero Trust Packet Routing which is built into the network fabric of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This helps to curtail any unauthorized access to data by separating network security from the underlying architecture. Based on the 2023 initiative to develop a new open standard with Applied Invention and other organizations, OCI Zero Trust Packet Routing enables organizations…CONTINUE READING
#8 Oracle Announces Intelligent Apps and New AI-Powered Features for Fusion Data Intelligence
Oracle announced new AI-powered capabilities for Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence that will help organizations extract maximum value from their data assets and gain a competitive edge in an increasingly analytics-driven business landscape. The latest updates to Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence will include new intelligent applications for Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM)…CONTINUE READING
#9 HeatWave Innovation Rolls on with New Generative AI and Multicloud Capabilities
Oracle announced new HeatWave capabilities, including innovations to help organizations more easily and securely take advantage of generative AI both in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Additional new capabilities help customers quickly and securely implement lakehouse and machine learning applications for a wider variety of use cases…CONTINUE READING
#10 Oracle and Google Cloud Announce the General Availability of Oracle Database@Google Cloud
Oracle and Google Cloud announced the general availability of Oracle Database@Google Cloud in four Google Cloud regions across the United States and Europe. Customers will now be able to run Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous Database, and Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in Google Cloud datacenters…CONTINUE READING
Oracle announced its plans to deliver Oracle Intelligent Data Lake as a foundational component of the Oracle Data Intelligence Platform. Organizations can more easily use data from diverse sources in a unified experience by combining orchestration, data warehouses, analytics, and AI…CONTINUE READING
#12 Oracle Announces New AI Capabilities to Help Accelerate Application Development
Oracle announced new capabilities to help customers accelerate the development of applications and deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle Code Assist, an AI code companion to help increase developer velocity, is now available through the Oracle Beta Program…CONTINUE READING
#13 Oracle Database@Azure is Available in Australia for the First Time
Oracle and Microsoft are now offering Oracle Database@Azure to customers in Australia. With the services’ debut in the Microsoft Azure Australia East region, customers gain all the performance, scale, and workload availability advantages of Oracle Database on OCI with the security, flexibility, and best-in-class services of Azure…CONTINUE READING
#14 Oracle Helps Customers Fortify Cloud Success
Oracle announced new customer success services to help organizations maximize the value of their cloud investments. The new services, Oracle Cloud Success Protection Service and Oracle Cloud Success Assurance Service, provide comprehensive support across the entire Oracle ecosystem of products and services…CONTINUE READING
#15 Oracle AI Agents Help Organizations Achieve New Levels of Productivity
Oracle announced 50+ role-based AI agents within the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite that will help successfully execute frequent, repetitive tasks and allow employees and managers to focus their time on more strategic tasks and initiatives. Powered by the latest innovations in generative AI…CONTINUE READING
#16 Oracle Expands Multicloud Capabilities with AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure
Oracle is collaborating with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to help customers accelerate their application migrations and modernizations. Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, and Oracle Database@Google Cloud give customers direct access to Oracle Database…CONTINUE READING
#17 Oracle and Amazon Web Services Announce Strategic Partnership
Oracle and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced the launch of Oracle Database@AWS, a new offering that allows customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. Oracle Database@AWS will provide customers…CONTINUE READING
#18 Oracle Helps Organizations Make B2B Buying Experiences Easier
Oracle announced new capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) that give buyers self-service access to a unified and active view of their commercial relationship with an organization. The latest updates provide buying groups and selling teams with a collaborative commerce solution that delivers a view of quotes, orders, account and contact profiles…CONTINUE READING
#19 Oracle Introduces an AI-centric Generative Development Infrastructure for Enterprises
Oracle announced generative development (GenDev) for enterprises, a groundbreaking AI-centric application development infrastructure. It provides innovative development technologies that enable developers to rapidly generate sophisticated applications and makes it easy for applications to use AI-powered natural language interfaces and human-centric data…CONTINUE READING
Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI (GenAI) Agents with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities and enhanced Oracle AI innovations that help customers turn their data into a competitive advantage by making it easier to apply AI to real-world…CONTINUE READING
#21 Oracle Helps Healthcare Organizations Automate Inventory Management with RFID
Oracle announced a new replenishment solution in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help healthcare customers optimize inventory management. The new RFID for Replenishment solution in Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management, part of Oracle Cloud SCM, utilizes RFID technologies…CONTINUE READING
#22 Oracle Expands its Distributed Cloud Capabilities to Help Organizations Innovate with AI
Oracle announced new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) distributed cloud innovations to help meet the rapidly growing global demand for its AI and cloud services. The latest innovations span Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, OCI Dedicated Region, and OCI Supercluster…CONTINUE READING
#23 Oracle Industry Playbooks Help Customers Grow Their Businesses
Oracle announced Oracle Industry Playbooks, a comprehensive set of technology planning, deployment, and optimization standards, strategies, and tools designed to help organizations across 22 industries govern, accelerate, and maximize their success…CONTINUE READING
#24 Oracle Energy and Water Data Intelligence Helps Utilities Unify Data and Accelerate AI Projects
Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Energy and Water Data Intelligence, a data unification, analytics, and AI solution designed for utilities. The solution extends the value of Oracle’s applications by orchestrating the integration of data between Oracle and third-party sources to give utilities a comprehensive view…CONTINUE READING
Oracle NetSuite announced a series of new product updates and AI innovations across the suite to help organizations increase efficiency and accelerate growth. The latest innovations build on the comprehensive AI capabilities, including generative AI, embedded in NetSuite…CONTINUE READING
#26 Oracle NetSuite Helps Accelerate Development, Processes, and Insights With New AI Offerings
Oracle NetSuite announced new AI offerings that enable customers to gain more value from their investment in the suite. Building on the AI capabilities, including generative AI, embedded across the suite, the latest AI-powered capabilities in NetSuite will help customers detect financial exceptions…CONTINUE READING
#27 Oracle NetSuite Connector for Salesforce Helps Organizations Gain More Value From Their Data
Oracle NetSuite announced a new integration to help joint Salesforce customers streamline processes and make more informed decisions. NetSuite Connector for Salesforce will automatically share data between NetSuite and Salesforce to reduce data silos…CONTINUE READING
#28 Oracle NetSuite Expands AI Capabilities for NetSuite Analytics Warehouse
Oracle NetSuite announced the latest updates to NetSuite Analytics Warehouse – the first and only AI-enabled, prebuilt cloud data warehouse and analytics solution for NetSuite. The new AI features will help customers accelerate data analysis and gain the contextual insights…CONTINUE READING
Oracle NetSuite announced new AI-powered updates to NetSuite Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). The latest updates will help finance teams streamline reporting, expand insights, improve decision-making…CONTINUE READING
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