Oracle OpenWorld 2014 is over – What’s next?

Last week Oracle OpenWorld 2014 took place in San Francisco. I did not have the pleasure to attend this event. thanks to the Social Media and the World Wide Web you could be able to follow the highlights. If we check out the Keynote of Thomas Kurian, we can learn that there are three Major Trends;

• Big Data
• Mobility
• Cloud

I have looked at these Trends earlier.

Big Data

Just before Oracle OpenWorld 2014, the new updated Oracle Big Data Information Management Reference Architecture has been released. This updated Reference Architecture should place all the (new) technologies in context and next to that it should provide insight into a real, implementable Architecture.

Oracle offers new Big Data capabilities via;

• Oracle Big Data Discovery
  • “It’s the visual face of Hadoop”
• Oracle Big Data SQL
  • “a recently introduced toolset for working with data across relational and big data systems using Structured Query Language”

Mobility

One of the introductions during Oracle Open World is the; Oracle Mobile Cloud, an end-to-end Mobile Development Framework;

• Oracle Mobile Application Framework
• Mobile Application Accelerator
• Oracle Mobile Security

On top of that Oracle has enhanced the integration between Oracle Mobile Application Framework and Oracle Mobile Security Suite. Oracle says the deeper integration makes it easier for mobile front-end developers to secure their applications.

For more details, please check;

• Intro to Oracle Mobile Cloud Service

Cloud

Oracle will introduce new Cloud Services. Check the Official Press Release for more details. The Oracle Analytics Cloud delivers Business Intelligence  & Analytics for Traditional Data and Big Data. 

• Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service
• Oracle Big Data Discovery
• Oracle Big Data in the Cloud
• HCM Analytics
• CRM Analytics

There already is a lot of information to be found about the Oracle BICS offering;

• Oracle BICS Video (Key Concepts, Features and Benefits)
• Oracle BICS eBook
• Oracle BICS – Videos & Tutorials
• Introduction to Oracle BI Cloud Service (RittmanMead)

Apart from the above there are a few more ‘Introductions’ & News facts:

• OBI 12c
  • A new version (12c) of Oracle BI is on it’s way
  • Visual Analyzer
• Oracle BI Applications
  • There will be no more upgrades on Oracle BIA 7.9.x (Informatica release). A few months ago there was a rumor that there would come an Oracle BIA 11g (Informatica release). This is not going to happen. Existing customers have to move over to the Oracle BIA 11g (ODI release)
• Introducing Oracle Alta UI (Renewed Cross-platform User Experience)
• Oracle Data Integrator will play a Key Role in binding the Applications, moving Data and simplifying access to Big Data (check these recaps – day 1, 2, 3 & day 4 – from the Oracle Data Integration team).