My impressions from Oracle OpenWorld 2018
Hi, This was my third time at Oracle OpenWorld, and still I was thrilled like the first time. Howard Street was dressed in big, red banners everywhere—just take a picture and share it in a social network. This time I was also there as part of the Oracle ACE program , a community of Oracle experts and advocates. We all met on several occasions during the conference, giving me the opportunity to meet in person with the people I follow and whose sessions I attend. This year’s main keynote by Larry Ellison was about Oracle Generation 2 Cloud, which was built from the ground up for better performance, pricing, and security. I assume that Oracle’s architecture is indeed better than the competitors, as Larry kept saying, because Oracle hired the best minds in the industry - people with deep experience in cloud technology - to build Generation 2. I just hope that Oracle’s implementation will be as good as its design. Oracle announced that version 18c, and later 1...