Tag: Oracle

August 24, 2023

Steven Dickens

Research Note

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Joins VMware Cloud Universal Program

The Futurum Group's Steven Dickens shares insights on the most recent announcements from Oracle and VMware. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has strengthened its partnership with VMware by joining the VMware Cloud Universal program.

Cloud, Collaboration, Collaboration Devices and Services, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

August 11, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer: Taking Cloud Services to New Heights

New Oracle Offering Delivers the Sharp Price Differentiation and Capabilities Key To Changing the Cloud Services On-Premises Game

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why the latest Compute Cloud@Customer offering clearly bucks the trend of on-premises cloud offerings by delivering the same compute, storage, networking, APIs, control plane, and a growing list of services that are also available in OCI.

AI, Cloud, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, Machine Learning

August 10, 2023

Ron Westfall & Steven Dickens

Research Note

Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer: Disrupting the Hybrid Cloud Landscape

Oracle Is Disrupting the Public Cloud On-Premises Market With a True, Purpose-Built Extension of the Cloud to the Customer’s Premises

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens share their insights on the Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer launch, propelling OCI as a formidable contender in the distributed cloud domain, and mounting an enduring challenge to AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

July 25, 2023

Daniel Newman

Video Research Note

Oracle MySQL Heatwave Lakehouse GA

The Six Five team discusses the Oracle announcement of the general availability of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse.

Cloud, Collaboration, Data Center, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Innovation, Storage

July 21, 2023

Keith Kirkpatrick

Research Note

NetSuite Offers Guided Learning to Reduce Training Time and Accelerate Adoption

Contextual Learning Guides Include Role-Based and Task-Based Guides

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the launch of NetSuite Guided Learning, and discusses how the embedded features should help enterprises maximize their software ROI, increase productivity, and decrease training costs.

Business Information, Employee Experience, Enterprise Applications

July 21, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Oracle MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse: Delivering a New Competitive Level Set for Cloud Data Warehouse

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the latest release of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse delivers record performance and breakthrough innovation in cloud data warehouse for loading data from object store, including sharply competitive advantageous price performance across loading data and querying data processes.

Cloud

July 20, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Generative AI Investment Accelerating: $1.3 Billion for LLM Inflection

Major Investments Coming for Specific Areas of Generative AI

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines the $1.3 billion investment in LLM provider Inflection, and the transaction’s implications for the industry. The Inflection funding marks a significant milestone in the generative AI landscape.

AI, AI and Data Analytics

July 17, 2023

Keith Kirkpatrick

Research Note

New Generative AI-Powered Capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Announced

Assisted Authoring, Suggestions, and Summarization Features Help Drive HR Efficiency

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Oracle’s introduction of generative AI technology within its Oracle Cloud HCM solution, and discusses why Oracle’s customers may be in a better position to deploy generative AI, compared with organizations that do not have a unified data strategy.

AI, AI and Data Analytics, Automation, Cloud

July 5, 2023

Daniel Newman

Video Research Note

Oracle Optimizes DB for Arm, Ampere; Larry Questions Intel?

The Six Five team discusses Oracle optimizing DB for Arm and Ampere as well as Larry Ellison's comments about AMD and Intel.

Cloud, Computing

July 3, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Oracle and AMD Go All Out in Powering New Competitive Advantages with Exadata X10M Debut

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses the ways in which Exadata X10M redefines what a cloud database platform should truly deliver, including why running Oracle Database on any other platform than Exadata X10M is basically equivalent to running the software in degraded mode on un-optimized, subpar infrastructure. Now, organizations can run Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer X10M, which brings levels of ML and AI-powered automation and innovation that simply are not available from other cloud database providers.