Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
March 5, 2025
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News Flashes
CrowdStrike announced it is bringing the power of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). "Organizations need a unified platform for cloud security—not a patchwork of solutions that fail to stop threats," said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer, CrowdStrike. "Today's cloud security landscape is fragmented, forcing businesses to manage too many point products that increase costs, complexity, and risk. CrowdStrike and Oracle are changing that. With Falcon Cloud Security supported on OCI, organizations get one platform for complete cloud protection."
Oracle is introducing new capabilities to its Oracle's health system operations suite, including Oracle Health Patient Flow, Oracle Health Clinical Operations Whiteboard, Oracle Health Transfer Center, and Oracle Health Command Center Dashboard, empowering health systems to act quickly and effectively in emergency situations.
To meet growing customer demand for multi-cloud capabilities, Oracle announced the general availability of the Oracle U.S. Gov West (Phoenix) and Azure U.S. Gov Arizona (Phoenix) regions for Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure.
Think About It
All of the hype and high hopes around AI in recent years has focused on compelling use cases—from creating new medicines to taking over customer service. However, all AI efforts will be nonstarters without well-governed, well-sourced data. That is the leading challenge for enterprises going forward in the competitive economy of 2025.
Columns - Oracle Observations
Database security is crucial to protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data. It builds customer trust, helps comply with regulations, and reduces the risks associated with cyberattacks or unauthorized access. Security has always been a top priority for Oracle. Oracle 23ai has introduced several advanced security features that help in protecting data, managing privileges, enhanced encryption, and more.