But what a great conference it was for those interested in the Oracle Database. We saw the introduction of Oracle Database 20c and of course the continuing evolution of the Oracle Autonomous Database with details on new deployment option (Dedicated) and new flavors (Document Store).
If you weren’t able to make it to OOW in person, don’t panic as a lot of the session presentations are now available for download in the OOW session catalog. You can download the slides by clicking the down arrow on the right-hand side of each session title as shown below.
Today was the first day of Oracle Open World and during Larry Ellison’s afternoon keynote he made a number of extremely exciting announcements around Oracle Autonomous Database including the launch of an Always Free Tier for Developers and students in the Oracle Cloud. Larry said, “as long as you use the service, it will be there, free forever.”
So what’s included in Oracle’s Always Free Tier?
Along with compute and storage services, you also get access to 2 Autonomous Database with 20GB of storage each absolutely free. So you can try out both an Autonomous Data Warehouse and an Autonomous Transaction Processing system.
With less than a week to go until Oracle Open World kicks off, I thought I would share with you what you can expect.
Of course the whole Database team will be there and you will have multiple opportunities to meet up with us, in one of our technical sessions, our hands-on-labs or at the Oracle demogrounds.
Below are just some of the session I thought might be interesting to help get you started:
Oracle Open World this year was a crazy busy week catching up with customers, Oracle Aces, Development Champions and partners as we all crammed into the Moscone center to hear the very latest on Oracle Technologies.
For the database, this year’s conferences saw the introduction of Oracle Database 19c and of course the continuing evolution of the Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Services.
If you weren’t able to make it to OOW in person, don’t panic as a lot of the session presentations are now available for download in the OOW session catalog.
If you missed Larry Ellison’s keynote yesterday the short video below will service as a good recap!
If you are interested in more information on the Autonomous Database and how it’s changing the roll of the DBA, be sure to check out the following sessions today:
An Insider’s Guide to Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Session TRN3979 at 11:15am in Moscone West – room 3003 Robert Greene and I will provide an insiders view to the technology underlying Oracle Autonomous Database and give you a guided tour of getting started with the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing.
Test Drive Automatic Index Creation in Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Session TRN3980 at 4:45pm in Moscone West – room 3003
After hearing all about Autonomous Transaction Processing in the morning session, we are sure you will be ready for a deeper dive into the Automatic Indexing capabilities. Mohamed Zait (lead architect on the Optimizer team) and I will explain exactly how Automatic Indexing works and share with you the results of this awesome capability in action.
You can also get your Autonomous Database laptop stickers at either of these sessions!
The show kicks off with ton’s of great technical sessions including several great sessions on Oracle Autonomous Database.
9:00 AM – 9:45AM Oracle Exadata: Strategy and Roadmap for New Technologies, Cloud, and On-Premises – session PRM4114 in Moscone West room 3008.
Kick off your OpenWorld with Juan Loaiza as he provides an overview of current and future Exadata capabilities, which is the underlying infrastructure for our Autonomous Database both in the public cloud, and Oracle Cloud at Customer technologies.
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Oracle Autonomous Database – session PKN3947 in the Arena in Moscone South.
In this general session Andy Mendelsohn will shares the latest updates from the Database Development team along with customer reaction to Oracle Autonomous Database.
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM Larry’s keynote in Moscone North – Hall D. A must see, as he is going to share details on Gen 2 Cloud and the Oracle Autonomous Database!
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Overview and Roadmap – session PRO3978 in Moscone West room 3003. Finish your afternoon with Juan Loaiza and I as we< explain how our unique Autonomous Database works and illustrates how it can simplify your approach to data management and accelerate your transition to the cloud.
With just a week to go until Oracle Open World, the largest gathering of Oracle customers, partners, developers, and technology enthusiasts, I thought I would share with you what you can expect.
Of course the Autonomous Database team will be there and you will have multiple opportunities to meet up with us, in one of our technical sessions, our hands-on-labs or at the Oracle demogrounds.
This year the Autonomous Database team has 5 technical sessions:
Monday, October 22nd at 4:45pm What to expect from Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Session PRO3978 at Moscone West – room 3003 Juan Loaiza reveals what motivated Oracle to develop the Autonomous Database and provides a clear understanding of how this unique cloud services works and how you can expect it to change the wait you interact with the Database.
Tuesday, October 23rd at 11:15am An Insider’s Guide to Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Session TRN3979 at Moscone West – room 3003 Robert Greene and I will provide an insiders view to the technology underlying Oracle Autonomous Database and give you a guided tour of getting started with the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing.
Tuesday, October 23rd at 4;45pm Test Drive Automatic Index Creation in Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Session TRN3980 at Moscone West – room 3003
After hearing all about Autonomous Transaction Processing in the morning session, we are sure you will be ready for a deeper dive into the Automatic Indexing capabilities. Mohamed Zait (lead architect on the Optimizer team) and I will explain exactly how Automatic Indexing works and share with you the results of this awesome capability in action.
Wednesday, October 24th at 11:15am The Changing Role of the DBA Session TIP5526 at Moscone West – room 3003
As we move into a new era of Autonomous Database, there is naturally some concern regarding how it will impact the role of the DBA. In this session Penny Avril and I will describe the evolution of the role of the DBA with the introduction of the Autonomous Database and what you can do to prepare.
Thursday,October 25th at 9:00am Autonomous Transaction Processing and the Business-Critical Application Session CAS5200 at Moscone West – room 3003
In our fifth and final session Robert Greene and Binoy Sukumaran, explain how Oracle Autonomous Database addresses the reality of the business-critical application.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP (BYOL) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HANDS-ON LABS.
If you have burning questions related to Oracle Autonomous Database, you can ask them at the Autonomous Database demo booths in the Database area of the demogrounds in Moscone South. Members of theAutonomous Database development team as well as the Product Managers will be there Monday to Wednesday from 9:45am until 5:30pm. The demo booth is also the place to get an Autonomous Database laptop sticker!
The Oracle OpenWorld 2018 call for papers is now opens! Oracle customers and partners are encouraged to submit proposals to present at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld conference, which will be held October 22-25, 2018 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Details and submission guidelines are available on the Oracle OpenWorld Call for Papers web site. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 22, 11:59 p.m. PDT.
We look forward to checking out your sessions on the Oracle Database and how it has changed the way you do business!
At OpenWorld, Larry Ellison announced an Autonomous Database cloud (service), which is self-driving, self-securing, and self-repairing.
Although there was a lot of excitement surrounding the announcement, there were also a lot of questions.
Is Oracle Database 18c the Autonomous Database?
How does it work exactly?
When and where will it become available?
How will it impact the role of the DBA?
So, I thought it would be a good idea to try and answer these questions and concerns.
Most of the answers can be found in a series of videos we shared in early November or in the Oracle Autonomous Database Strategy white paper. But before I introduce the videos let me address the first question, “Is Oracle Database 18c the Autonomous Database?”
The simple answer is NO. The Autonomous Database is a Cloud service running on top of Oracle Database 18c along with additional services to provide performance and availability SLAs. They are definitely not the same thing. Hopefully the formula below makes this clear.
Now that we have cleared that up, let’s move on to the videos I mentioned.
In the first video, Juan Loaiza gives you a peek behind the curtain of the Autonomous Database. He explains how it delivers full end-to-end automation for mission-critical workloads, including automation in provisioning, patching, securing, monitoring, optimizing, and more.
In the second video, Cetin Özbütün provides an overview of the first Autonomous Database service to become available later this year, the Autonomous Data Warehouse. This service is extremely easy to use as you simply load data and begin running queries. Oracle will take care of everything else for you.
In the third video, George Lumpkin shares more details on the features of the Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud and explains how customers can simply load their data and start running queries immediately.
In the fourth video, Vipin Samar outlines how the Oracle’s Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud integrates automation to help deliver a self-securing data management platform.
And finally yours truly explains which aspect of the DBA role will be done automatically (mundane custodial tasks), allowing the DBAs to spend more time innovating and helping the business to better leverage their data.
As we get closer the official launch of new services we will share more information. So stay tuned!
Thanks to all the customers, Oracle Aces, Development Champions and partners that made this year’s Open World an amazing event!
The conference was four, jam-packed days of great technical sessions and interesting discussions especially around the new Autonomous Database.
I was lucky enough to be present three sessions at this year’s event with two great co-speakers @dominic_giles and @GeraldVenzl. We’ve uploaded all of the slides, which are now publicly available on the Oracle Open World session catalog.
Simply click on the download arrow on the right hand side of each catalog entry to get a copy of the slides.