Oracle has recently enhanced its Autonomous Database offering to solidify its position as a leading cloud-based database service, staying ahead of competitors like AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Snowflake. Delivered through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the Autonomous Database is built on Oracle’s proprietary relational database management system (RDBMS), currently leveraging Oracle Database 23c. This advanced offering is versatile, supporting both transactional and analytical workloads.
What sets Oracle’s Autonomous Database apart is its automation of essential management tasks such as patching, upgrades, and tuning. This automation eliminates the need for manual intervention in routine database maintenance, providing a seamless and efficient experience for users. The Autonomous Database caters to four distinct workloads, encompassing transaction processing, analytics and data warehousing, transactions, and analytics on JSON data, as well as APEX application development. APEX is a managed low-code application development platform designed for creating and deploying data-driven applications.
In the latest updates to the Autonomous Database, Oracle has introduced several features to enhance user experience and functionality. These include support for conversations in Select AI, spatial enhancements in Oracle Machine Learning, a no-code model monitoring interface, and a new interface for Autonomous Database Graph Studio. These additions aim to further empower users and organizations by providing advanced tools and capabilities within the Autonomous Database ecosystem.
