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Slideshows about Oracle

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  Why partners must widen the security net to safeguard customers

  Hackers are squeezing through the smallest of security vulnerabilities to cause maximum damage, creating increased levels of customer concern across Australia. This exclusive ARN Elevate cut through complexity to provide a framework to combat far-reaching and wide-ranging security threats, offering insight into the opportunities ahead in 2018.

  Why partners must widen the security net to safeguard customers
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  Selling beyond the CIO – How partners can influence the new breed of tech buyers

  This ARN Roundtable, in association with Oracle, highlighted the emergence of a new breed of technology buyer, assessing how partners can engage outside of IT, and the skills required to sell across new business units.

  Selling beyond the CIO – How partners can influence the new breed of tech buyers
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  Cloud has levelled the customer playing field, and that's a problem for partners

  This exclusive ARN Roundtable, in association with Arrow ECS ANZ, F5 Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Oracle, detailed how partners can deliver the next wave of innovation within the cloud, standing out from a crowded marketplace to capitalise on the need for customer differentiation.

  Cloud has levelled the customer playing field, and that's a problem for partners
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  Channel treated to a touch of tangerine as NEXTGEN hosts Summer Party 2017

  Following its success in 2016, NEXTGEN held its annual Summer Party on Bennelong Lawn in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, amidst a backdrop of Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge views. With a touch of tangerine dress code, the specialist distributor hosted Actifio, Commvault, Nimble Storage, Oracle, SAP and SolarWinds, alongside key reseller partners across the channel. Photos by Maria Stefina.

  Channel treated to a touch of tangerine as NEXTGEN hosts Summer Party 2017
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  IN PICTURES: Oracle User Experience (UX) Tour (+ 11 photos)

  The Oracle User Experience (UX) Tour, held in Sydney, included a partner expo and strategy presentations. The tour showcased the team’s work in the development of Oracle’s latest Cloud applications. It also offered a glimpse into the future of the Cloud user experience with IoT, visualisations, and wearables. Oracle regional managing director A/NZ, Tim Ebbeck, introduced the tour and Oracle group vice president of applications, user experience, Jeremy Ashley, spoke about how Oracle looks to embrace the challenges of Cloud and emerging consumer technology disruptions. According to Ebbeck and Ashley, a new strategic focus on design is required to face these challenges.

  IN PICTURES: Oracle User Experience (UX) Tour (+ 11 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: NEXTGEN Summer Party (+71 Photos)

  NEXTGEN held its second annual summer party on Bennelong Lawn in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, on the tip of one of the most spectacular views of the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and beyond. In conjunction with partners Oracle, SolarWinds, CommVault, Nimble Storage and ARN, the event was NEXTGEN’s way of thanking partners for their business and support. Attendees were treated to champagne from Veuve Clicquot and experienced the rare opportunity to sample a new offering from Veuve not yet available in Australia. The Champagne blend was served on ice with a selection of fruits to bring out the characteristics of the beverage. It was also a great opportunity for the channel community to swap stories, make new connections, and to celebrate the year ahead in a lavish end of summer. Photos by Maria Stefina

  IN PICTURES: NEXTGEN Summer Party (+71 Photos)

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News about Oracle

• Why Oracle’s success depends on partners ‘getting it right first time’

  Oracle’s Gary Miller on what customer success now means for its partner community.

• Container Exchange Services leverages Oracle for Vic expansion

  Has built in-house team of 60 engineers but leverages DXC Technology.

• Oracle unveils its API-led generative AI service with Cohere’s LLMs

  The new generative AI service, which is built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, is currently in limited availability.

• Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave gets Vector Store, generative AI features

  The new generative AI capabilities and the Vector Store are currently in private preview.

• Oracle’s Database 23c gets vector search to underpin generative AI use cases

  The semantic search capabilities added to the database offering include a new vector data type, vector indexes, and vector search SQL operators.

• Red Hat and Oracle expand global alliance

  Brings Red Hat OpenShift to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Interviews about Oracle

• Okta CSO: Cloud is a security strength, not a weakness

  How does endpoint identity management help secure your business' Cloud?

• ​INSIGHT: Oracle readies partner network for the Cloud

  "The company needs to attract more ISVs and develop the capabilities of its marketplace."

• Profile: Cloudera co-founder Mike Olson

  Talks on his company’s meteoric rise, the Internet of Things and the future of Big Data

• EXCLUSIVE: Battle for Cloud supremacy continues as Oracle sends troops to NZ

  Oracle will hire between 20 and 30 new sales staff in New Zealand this year, as the tech giant continues its cloud growth across the ...

• Oracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's HANA

  Hurd wishes SAP 'good luck' in its plans to take database market share away from Oracle

• NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

  NetSuite has tripled its number of developers in recent years, according to Nelson

Features about Oracle

• How PostgreSQL just might replace your Oracle database

  Although heavily dependent on Oracle today, Salesforce seems to be seeking database freedom—and its efforts could result in the same freedom for all enterprises

• Slack and Oracle move to collaborate on business app chatbots

  Users of Oracle’s sales, HR and ERP applications will be able to retrieve information directly from the messaging app after Slack’s latest chatbot partnership.

• The case for Oracle to cede control of Java SE

  Turning over the platform to an open source foundation could broaden the Java community, but don’t look for it to happen soon

• Unified communications firm Fuze hires well-traveled CEO to lead it to IPO promised land

  Ex-Dyn CEO takes reins at UCaaS vendor Fuze

• Oracle bets Java EE future on REST APIs

  Oracle sees REST as key to modernizing future versions of Java EE for microservices and the cloud

• Oracle fixes critical flaws in Java, Database Server

  While most of the fixes for Java, Database, and MySQL are run-of-the-mill, four are rated critical if the targeted user has administrator privileges