Well, it my time to share my thoughts on OCW which was 10 days ago but I still keep finding scraps of papers with notes and to-do lists!
The announcements on AWS partnering with Oracle, were very well received and the message definitely was from all parties that customers want and demand the option to pick and choose what works for them. Seeing Larry onstage with AWS was I suppose inevitable, despite how unlikely it would have seemed in the past, all the other cloud providers already had agreements.
Then it was all about AI, at all levels, how AI in the infrastructure is being used to stop cyber-attacks, which themselves are using AI to be ever devious. How AI is being used to take coding to a new level, DevGen allowing the magic to happen from the database up to the applications, but only because the infrastructure now supports it. The analogy Juan Loaiza used of upgrading from to a supercar but not getting the benefit if you are still on a dirt road was perfect. You have to upgrade the infrastructure too.
I loved Safra’s keynoteI continuing the CloudWorld mantra that customers are partners, the Oracle technology need’s a customer use case to shine. Her approach of telling the stories through these customer partners is key. The CIA section made me smile, their speaker, the La'Naia Jones CIO started as a DBA, and remember they were Oracle’s first database customer. I am going to use her as an example the next time a DBA asks me if their job will go, aim high!
As an applications person, Steve Miranda was the highlight for me. The generative AI he promised last year, has been delivered, in fact over a 100 examples when he promised 50! The AI agents he showed promise so much and the speed of innovation in cloud makes me confident. The demo of him needing equipment on a business trip and doing everything from receiving a quote in Japanese on a piece of paper, photographing it, emailing it, the requisition and PO being auto generated and eventually being paid, all through his mobile was brilliant. I loved that he also pointed out that Mastercard virtual payment card was now available, another promise from last year and Inoapps were the first customer to use this as mentioned in the Mastercard Earnings call.
I’m mainly an apps person but the technology fascinates me and I need to know how it works, In Inoapps we have been working at using the native AI offered with OCI and Autonomous and it was great to see other use cases and explore the different components that make it all possible. I had loads of questions but had the advantage of visiting a great friend Michelle Malcher after OCW, who works in Database PM and she answered all my questions.
