Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
February 5, 2025
Published in conjunction with the Quest Oracle Community (Quest), this bi-weekly publication contains news, market research, and insight for the Oracle ecosystem, as well as Quest news and information. Subscribers also receive Quest ResearchWire, a bi-monthly research report for the Oracle community.
News Flashes
Oracle and Google Cloud announced plans to add eight new regions, as well as powerful new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud that will help customers fortify database instances, optimize costs, and achieve greater flexibility and resiliency.
Oracle is offering new AI-powered logistics and order management capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations increase the efficiency and sustainability of global supply chains.
Oracle is using connectivity from Starlink, a satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet, to enable high-speed communications for the Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP).
Think About It
A surrogate is, "One appointed to act in place of another." A surrogate key is appointed to act in place of a natural key. Why? Well, one could argue that surrogate keys existed since the beginning of the computer. As the computer uses internal addresses for finding everything, and in the early days that usage had to be explicitly managed by those programming. It wasn't until relational theory came along that the concept of using data values as identifiers arose and were functionally implemented.
Quest IOUG Database & Technology Community News
Nowadays, organizations need to migrate and move data from the Oracle database to various data lakes, such as Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake. These data lakes are used in data analytics and by data scientists which help organizations to process vast amounts of data in real time or batch, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions.
Nowadays, organizations need to migrate and move data from the Oracle database to various data lakes, such as Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake. These data lakes are used in data analytics and by data scientists which help organizations to process vast amounts of data in real time or batch, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions.
Quest IOUG Database & Technology Community News
Nowadays, organizations need to migrate and move data from the Oracle database to various data lakes, such as Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake. These data lakes are used in data analytics and by data scientists which help organizations to process vast amounts of data in real time or batch, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions.
Nowadays, organizations need to migrate and move data from the Oracle database to various data lakes, such as Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake. These data lakes are used in data analytics and by data scientists which help organizations to process vast amounts of data in real time or batch, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions.