Oracle Redefines the Cloud Database Category with World’s First Autonomous Database

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud delivers all of the analytical capabilities, security, and high availability of Oracle Database without any of the complexities of configuration, tuning, and administration -- even as warehousing workloads and data volumes change. The autonomous database is an entirely new class of offering which requires zero operational administration on the customer’s part, enabling cloud data warehousing to be easy, fast, and elastic.
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Oracle Autonomous Database World Tour

Join us and learn how autonomous data management empowers you to differentiate your business through smarter insights and faster analytics. Also see firsthand how Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud enables you to make data-driven, critical business decisions in real time.
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Video: Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud: Security by Default

Still have reservations moving critical workloads to the cloud due to security concerns? Learn how Oracle's Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud integrates automation to help deliver a self-securing data management platform.
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Autonomous Capabilities Will Make Data Warehouses -- And DBAs -- More Valuable

For the DBA, Autonomous Data Warehouse means the end of generic tasks that, on their own, don’t add significant value to the business. Stop worrying about uptime. Forget about disk-drive failures. Move beyond performance tuning. DBAs, you have a business to optimize.
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How Lawrence Livermore Keeps the Scientific Discoveries Coming

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility focuses 192 of the world’s most powerful lasers on a single point to re-create the inner workings of stars and other nuclear reactions. The lab stores data produced by scientific instruments in Oracle Database, and then use the data for in-database analytics or for sharing with other specialized software.
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COLLABORATE 18
April 22-26, 2018

Whether organizations are seeking to modernize their Oracle on-premises solutions, evaluate a path to the cloud, or optimize businesses already in the cloud, COLLABORATE offers a unique opportunity for Oracle users to learn how to maximize existing Oracle investments and take them to the next level. COLLABORATE 18 offers more than 1,200 educational sessions, with 230 being led by Oracle speakers, including:

• Keynote: Oracle Cloud – How to Build Your Own Personalized Path to Cloud by Oracle SVP Steve Daheb
• Revolutionize Your Data Management with World's 1st Autonomous Database by Oracle VP Monica Kumar
• Preview of Oracle Autonomous Database by Oracle Master Product Manager Maria Colgan
• What's New in Oracle Database 18c by Oracle VP William Hardie

Oracle Database Upgrade Learning Subscription: Training on New Features

The Oracle Database Upgrade Learning Subscription provides training on the latest Oracle Database release to make sure you gain the skills you need to advance in your career. Training content for new features and releases is added to your subscription as soon as it becomes available, including material on Oracle Database 18c, allowing you to quickly learn about the latest in Oracle Database. Also included in the subscription is one attempt to take each of the following Oracle Certification exams during the 12-month subscription period.

• Upgrade to Oracle Database 12c
• Upgrade Oracle DBA 11g or 12c to 12c R2