August 1st, 2019

5 Reason to Attend Oracle OpenWorld 2019

Elire is busy preparing for Oracle Openworld 2019! We’re sending 13 members of the Elire Team to gain industry insights, attend sessions, present best practices, and engage with attendees at booth #304. OpenWorld takes place September 16th-19th, 2019 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Oracle OpenWorld is the industry’s largest business and technology conference for Oracle Users.

Each year for the past two decades, OpenWorld has hosted tens of thousands of attendees at the San Francisco conference, in addition to millions of online attendees. This conference offers an opportunity for Cloud users to learn how to leverage their Cloud investment for innovation and growth of their businesses. OpenWorld explores industry trends and breakthroughs driven by technology. At OpenWorld, attendees are offered the opportunity to participate in over 2,200 educational sessions hosted by more than 2,000 partners and customers.

Without further ado, here are 5 reasons to attend Oracle OpenWorld 2019! 

1. Networking: Connect with Oracle partners, expand your contact list and resources, and interact with the over 60,000 OpenWorld attendees. Participate in exciting conference events and meet new people with events such as movie night at Oracle Park, FitFest 19 with boot camp–style options such as yoga such and stair-climbing, ballpark tours, and even a San Francisco Giants vs. Miami Marlins ball game.
2. Keynote Presentations: Hear from Oracle top executives regarding industry trends, predictions, and insights from the true experts. 
3. Session Topics: Explore the over 2,200 sessions in areas such as Move to the Cloud, Build in the Cloud, Innovate in the Cloud, Optimize Your Environment, Secure Your Enterprise, and Maximize Your Data and Analytics.
4. CloudFest.19: To wrap up this year’s conference, CloudFest. 19 is hosting an evening with John Mayer! Experience the dynamic artist and the deep body/wonderland of musical work that has touched millions worldwide. 
5. Elire’s Presentation: Elire’s Chris Costakes will be co-hosting the session Oracle HCM Cloud: Integration Methodologies at Yum! Brands with Sharon Perkins, Manager, HR Technology, at Yum! Brands. Oracle Cloud SaaS and PaaS offer a myriad of integration choices. In this session learn about the way Yum! Brands integrates with vendors and other internal systems using Oracle SOA Suite Cloud, Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, REST APIs, ATOM feed, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud, Oracle Java Cloud, and DBaaS. Join this session Monday, September 16, 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM, session code CAS2538.

We hope to connect with you at OpenWorld in booth #304. For further information about Elire’s presence at Oracle OpenWorld 19 or to connect with a member of the Elire team with questions regarding our services, email [email protected].

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November 7th, 2018

Oracle OpenWorld 2018: Top 5 Technology Highlights

Team Elire packed their bags and set off for an exciting week of networking, knowledge sharing, and Oracle product updates at Oracle OpenWorld from October 22nd-25th. While in San Francisco, the Elire team was able to take advantage of all #OOW18 had to offer – including exciting keynotes, product roadmaps, product demonstrations, customer success stories, and networking with other Oracle Partners and User Group Partners!

With four days of action-packed activities and sessions, there were a LOT of exciting announcements for the future of Oracle’s Cloud and On-Premise solutions. If you missed out, don’t worry – below are the top five takeaways and announcements you need to know!

1. Announcement – Oracle Gen2 Cloud – During Monday’s keynote, Larry Ellison announced the arrival of Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud Platform. Previous Cloud Platforms relied on Shared computers for User Code and Cloud Control Code – meaning that the Cloud Provider can see your customer data and User Code can access Cloud Control Code, making the system vulnerable. Previous Cloud Technology was not meant to run “Mission Critical” business applications, and security was simply an afterthought. Oracle’s new Gen 2 Cloud is run on Separate Cloud Controlled Computers, meaning that Oracle cannot see Customer Data and no user can access Cloud Control Computer or Code. This updated platform has new Cloud Architecture with security built-in from Core to Edge, allows the easy move of Enterprise Workloads to Cloud, and has Oracle’s Autonomous technology to streamline and optimize day-to-day tasks, which enables superior price performance. Gen2 Cloud is an extensible Platform for SaaS applications as well, meaning you can run your open source programs and other applications on the Oracle Cloud with ease. For more information on Gen2 Cloud, watch Larry’s keynote here.
2. Security, Security, Security with Gen2 Cloud Infrastructure Services – Another part of Larry’s first keynote included the introduction of Oracle Gen2 Cloud Infrastructure Security Services. This new security infrastructure includes key management services – creating customer control of network keys for all levels. Additionally, the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) automatically and continuously monitors and remediates changes and threats. CASB utilizes AI technology and machine-learning to observe your network usage patterns and recognize anomalies to identify and kill security threats immediately with minimal downtime – specifically 99.9995% availability, even under attack. A press release on the announcement can be viewed here.
3. Analytics Data Warehouse – As a part of the closing keynote, Larry Ellison announced the new Fusion Analytics Data Warehouse, enabling extended analytics for all fusion applications. The Data Warehouse is built on Oracle Analytics Cloud and Autonomous Data Warehouse with packaged KPIs, visualizations, and dashboards. The analytics can be produced in a matter of seconds without database design, tuning, ETL, modeling, etc. Just a few clicks and your fusion data is at your fingertips!
4. Oracle Digital Assistant Voice UI – The closing keynote also announced the new Digital Assistant Voice User Interface, allowing you to interact with your Siri and Alexa devices for transactions throughout your Fusion applications. A video of the interaction can be viewed here. 
5. Mark Hurd’s Predictions for 2025 – Similar to the last OpenWorld, Mark Hurd included his predictions for 2025. Predictions this year were comprised of the inclusion of AI technology in ALL Cloud Apps – predicting that these apps will have AI woven into all business apps and platform services, further distancing them from legacy apps. Mark predicted that AI will power 85% of customer interactions, which would improve service levels, engagements, and allow retailers to create personalized experiences on any channel. This would infer that hotels could run 24/7 without people constantly at the front desk and for all industries to connect with their customers in new, innovative ways. He also predicted that 60% of the IT jobs that will exist in 2025 have not been created yet – including Data Professionals, Robot Supervisors, Human to Machine UX Specialists, Smart City Technology Designers, and AI Assisted Healthcare Technicians. Interested in learning more? View Mark Hurd’s keynote here.A full list of predictions can also be found here.

 

Stay tuned for more information on individual product keynotes and roadmaps!

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