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Groundbreakers Tour 2019, Información Oficial Publicada

Oficialmente ya ha sido publicada parte de la información del GroundBreackers (antes OTN TOUR, ODC Tour ) Tour 2019.

También estaremos en Ciudad Guatemala y Costa Rica, pero aún hace falta que se actualice dicha información.

Información para cada uno de sus países en : https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/es/community/user-groups/groundbreakers-tour-5565329-esa.html

Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems

Press Release 

Oracle named a Leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute

Redwood Shores, Calif.—Jun 25, 2019

Oracle has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2019 "Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems1" report for the fourth consecutive year. Oracle Warehouse Management (WMS) Cloud is positioned as a Leader based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision.

Of the 14 products evaluated, Oracle WMS Cloud was recognized as a Leader for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. 

According to Gartner, “Leaders combine the uppermost characteristics of vision and thought leadership with a strong consistent Ability to Execute. Leaders in the WMS market are present in a high percentage of new WMS deals, and they win a significant number of them. They have robust core WMSs and offer reasonable — although not necessarily leading-edge — capabilities in extended WMS areas, such as labor management, work planning and optimization, slotting, returns management, yard management and dock scheduling, and value-added services. 

To be a Leader, a vendor doesn’t necessarily need to have the absolute broadest or deepest WMS application. Its offerings must meet most mainstream warehousing requirements in complex warehouses without significant modifications, and a substantial number of high-quality implementations must be available to validate this. Leaders must anticipate where customer demands, markets and technology are moving, and must have strategies to support these emerging requirements ahead of actual customer demand. Leading vendors should have coherent strategies to support SCE convergence, and must invest in and have processes to exploit innovation. 

Leaders also have robust market momentum, market penetration and market awareness as well as strong client satisfaction — in the vendor’s local markets as well as internationally. Because Leaders are often well-established in leading-edge and complex user environments, they benefit from a user community that helps them remain in the forefront of emerging needs. Key characteristics: Reasonably broad and deep WMS offerings; Proven success in moderate- to high-complexity warehouse environments; Participation in a high percentage of new deals; Large customer installed base; A strong and consistent track record; Consistent performance, and vigorous new client growth and retention; Enduring visibility in the marketplace from both sales and marketing perspectives; Compelling SCE convergence strategy and capabilities; A proven ecosystem of partners; Global scale.” 

“Supply chains have changed dramatically in the last five years as businesses have evolved to meet more demanding customer expectations. We now expect to be able to buy on multiple channels, have our orders delivered faster, and receive or return products from anywhere,” said Diego Pantoja-Navajas, vice president, WMS Cloud Development, Oracle. “The leading warehouse management solution built on a modern cloud architecture, Oracle WMS Cloud enables customers to benefit from new innovations in machine learning, blockchain and IoT to meet and exceed customer expectations. We believe this report is a validation of our product strengths, investment in innovation, and customer successes.” 

Oracle’s suite of supply chain cloud applications has garnered industry recognition. Oracle was named a Leader in Gartner’s recent “Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning System of Record2,” and Oracle was recognized in the “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems.3”

1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, C. Klappich, Simon Tunstall, 8 May 2019
2 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning System of Record, Amber Salley, Tim Payne, Alex Pradhan, 21 August 2018
3 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Bart De Muynck, Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, 27 March 2019 

Gartner Disclaimer

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 

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For additional information on Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud, visit Facebook, Twitter or the Oracle SCM blog. 

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Bill Rundle

Oracle

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Small- and Mid-sized Banks Fight Money Laundering with Oracle

Press Release 

Redwood Shores, Calif.—Jun 25, 2019 

Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Financial Services Anti Money Laundering (AML) Express Edition targeted at small- and mid-sized banks. It provides a single, unified platform to efficiently detect, investigate, and report suspected money laundering and terrorist financing activity to comply with evolving regulations and guidelines. 

Smaller banks need to address regulations and compliance the same as global top-tier banks but must do so with significantly smaller IT budgets and limited resources. AML Express uses new architecture principles to offer a choice of deployment and includes all the core functionality needed to fight financial crime. 

“The largest financial institutions in the world have been using Oracle Anti Money Laundering solutions for decades. Today, the same comprehensive financial crime technology is now accessible for small- and mid-sized financial institutions. Lowering the total cost of ownership without compromising on the core functional capabilities is an engineering breakthrough made possible with the use of modern, cloud-compatible architectures,” said Sonny Singh, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Financial Services. 

To address the unique challenges of smaller banks, Oracle Financial Services created this scalable, out-of-the-box AML solution. Key features of AML Express include: 

· Architecture designed for rapid deployment on premise or on cloud infrastructures allowing firms to transition to their future states faster and at reduced implementation costs
· In-built library of scenarios that detect the most common money laundering behaviors coupled with in-built case management abilities that reduce the time and resources needed for scenario configuration and case investigation.
· Modern solution design that allows visual scenario configuration, reducing coding overheads, and enabling easy adaption to ever-changing compliance demands 

For more information about AML Express, please click here. 

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Judi Palmer

Oracle

+1 650 784 7901

judi.palmer@oracle.com

REST Services Now Available for Oracle Autonomous Database

Oracle blogs: Jeff Smith

The Autonomous Database is offered via two services in our Oracle Cloud, Autonomous Data Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing. 

Both use machine learning and automation to eliminate complexity, human error, and manual management, helping to ensure higher reliability, security, and more operational efficiency. 

As of today, you can now develop and deploy RESTful Services for your Autonomous Database with native Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) support. 

What is ORDS? 

This video is a comprehensive overview of REST and how ORDS provides what you need to deliver RESTful Services for your Oracle Database: 

You can find more information about ORDS on our product page:

https://www.oracle.com/rest

Developing RESTful Services in Autonomous Database 

You have several development interfaces available, including: 

• SQL Developer (desktop) 
• APEX 
• PL/SQL API 

From SQL Developer on your desktop, you can connect to your Autonomous Database and REST enable tables and views and/or develop custom RESTful Services based on your SQL and PL/SQL code. 

In this very basic example, I have Auto REST enabled a table, EMP, with the following code block, executed directly from my SQL Developer Web worksheet: 

BEGIN ORDS.ENABLE_OBJECT(p_enabled => TRUE, p_schema => 'ADMIN', p_object => 'EMP', p_object_type => 'TABLE', p_object_alias => 'people' ); COMMIT; END; / 

The ORDS PL/SQL API can be accessed via the ORDS and ORDS_ADMIN packages. 

Now to access the TABLE, I can do a GET, POST, PUT, or DELETE on /ords/admin/people/, in this case doing a GET on /ords/admin/people/ will return the first page of records in the table. 

My table in SQL Developer, REST enabled, and then doing a GET on the resource to query the data. 

Note that the table is secured with my database credentials, using the schema that I have defined the service in, and have also REST enabled. Only the ‘ADMIN’ schema is REST enabled by default, and this is done for access to SQL Developer Web. We recommend you create a new schema to house your applications in, much like you would not use the SYS or SYSTEM schema for doing your application work in. 

Alternatively, now that the Autonomous Database also includes native APEX support, you can use the RESTful Services development pages in APEX to build and maintain your services and REST enabled objects. 

Use the SQL Workshop in APEX to access your Oracle RESTful Services and REST Enabled objects. 

APEX Docs

Want to Learn More About ORDS and RESTFul Services for Oracle Database? 

In addition to the resources on oracle.com/rest and youtube.com I previously shared, I’ve also put together this Resource Page to help you get started with frequently asked questions and tasks you might be curious about. 

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Oracle Java Support and Updates Included in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

By Sergio Leunissen

We recently announced that Oracle Java, Oracle’s widely adopted and proven Java Development Kit, is now included with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure subscriptions at no extra cost.

In this blog post I show how to install Oracle Java on Oracle Linux running in an OCI compute shape by using RPMs available yum servers available within OCI.

Installing Oracle Java 

The Oracle Java RPMs are in the ol7_oci_included repository on Oracle Linux yum server accessible from within OCI.

To enable this repository:

$ sudo yum install -y --enablerepo=ol7_ociyum_config oci-included-release-el7 

As of this writing, the repository containst Oracle Java 8, 11 and 12.

$ yum list jdk* Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo Available Packages jdk-11.0.3.x86_64 2000:11.0.3-ga ol7_oci_included jdk-12.0.1.x86_64 2000:12.0.1-ga ol7_oci_included jdk1.8.x86_64 2000:1.8.0_211-fcs ol7_oci_included 

To install Oracle Java 12, version 12.0.1:

$ sudo yum install jdk-12.0.1 

To confirm the Java version:

$ java -version java version "12.0.1" 2019-04-16 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 12.0.1+12) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 12.0.1+12, mixed mode, sharing) Multiple JDK versions and setting the default 

If you install multiple version of the JDK, you may want to set the default version using alternatives. For example, let’s first install Oracle Java 8:

$ sudo yum install -y jdk1.8 

The alternatives command shows that two programs provide java:

$ sudo alternatives --config java 

There are 2 programs which provide 'java'. 

Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- *+ 1 /usr/java/jdk-12.0.1/bin/java 2 /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_211-amd64/jre/bin/java 

Choosing selection 2 sets the default to JDK 1.8 (Oracle Java 8):

$ java -version java version "1.8.0_211" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_211-b12) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.211-b12, mixed mode) Conclusion 

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure includes Oracle Java —with support and updates— at no additional cost. By providing Oracle Java RPMs in OCI’s yum servers, installation is greatly simplified.

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Utilities Test Drive Analytics from Oracle to Manage Influx of Electric Vehicles

Press Release 

Advanced analytics help utilities better plan for energy demand as cars move from gas to grid 

Redwood Shores, Calif.—May 29, 2019 

The use of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing at a record rate, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicting that the number of electric cars on the road will rise from 3.1 million in 2017 to 125 million in 2030. Enabling utilities to intelligently manage this new energy demand on the power grid, Oracle Utilities has unveiled a breakthrough in EV detection. 

Tapping deep machine learning, Oracle Utilities Analytics Insights is able to identify the presence of an EV, show the time and frequency of charging and disaggregate the energy being consumed by the vehicle with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data. With this intelligence, utilities can reliably plan for the energy infusion needed to power EVs at scale and engage customers to charge at the times that are the least expensive for them and best for the health of the energy grid. The new EV detection capabilities from Oracle Utilities Analytics Insights are currently being piloted by a number of utilities. 

“With solar, wind and storage technologies now constituting 90 percent of investment interest, the road is paved for deeper decarbonization of the electricity sector,” said Ben Kellison, director grid research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. “The case for transport electrification has never been stronger and the rapid growth in investment interest from car manufacturers is a confirmation of the future consumer demand for EVs. Utilities are now faced with an increasingly clean and decentralized system and they need new data and analytic packages to support a new planning paradigm.” 

Impact of the EV Explosion on the Energy Grid 

The influx of EVs could represent an average additional growth of 1-4 percent in peak load on the grid over the next few decades, according to a report by McKinsey. While this may seem modest, the impact will be highly volatile and cause unpredictable spikes at the local sub-station and feeder levels in residential areas. This load is projected to reach as high as 30 percent peak growth in certain urban areas that are hotspots for EV adoption. 

While this transportation development represents an important step forward in reducing carbon emissions, most electricity grids were created long before EVs were a commercially viable consumer product. As transportation continues to evolve from gas to the grid, utilities must plan for an uptick in energy demand that will vary dramatically by area. 

“With almost every major auto manufacturer releasing new EV models in the coming years, the window of time for utilities to act is closing,” said Dan Byrnes, SVP of product development, Oracle Utilities. “The intelligence our analytics provide is essential for utilities to make needed assessments on grid investments and in tandem, work as trusted advisors to customers who may be in the dark as to how owning an EV is impacting their energy footprint and bill. From utility optimization to proven customer engagement, only Oracle offers a complete package to manage the explosion of EVs.” 

Powering Better EV Planning and Engagement 

The Oracle EV detection capabilities are powered by more than a decade of research and experience disaggregating household energy data from billions of data points collected from 60 million households across 100 utilities. Oracle’s trained data models can be deployed for each specific household’s usage to understand whether a customer has an EV, how they interact with their EV chargers, and where EVs are clustering on the distribution grid. As such, utilities will be able to better plan for and manage the operational impact of EVs as a new distributed energy resource (DER) on the grid. 

From a customer perspective, charging an EV can increase a typical household’s energy usage by 15 percent or more and potentially double usage during peak demand times. With the offering, utilities will have the tools to roll-out intuitive, user-friendly EV adoption customer journeys and time-of-use (TOU) plans to engage, educate and reward owners for charging during non-peak times. In the future, these same kinds of engagement programs can also be used for utilities to buy-back unused energy from their customers’ EV batteries to help balance energy supply and demand in times of need. 

“EVs will have an impact on every part of a utility’s operations—from grid stability and regulatory affairs to customer billing and engagement,” added Byrnes. “With Oracle, our customers have the tools and intelligence they need to make better decisions, maximize outcomes, and increase customer satisfaction every step of the journey.” 

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Microsoft and Oracle to Interconnect Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud

Press Release 

REDMOND, Wash., and REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Jun 5, 2019 

Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced a cloud interoperability partnership enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Enterprises can now seamlessly connect Azure services, like Analytics and AI, to Oracle Cloud services, like Autonomous Database. By enabling customers to run one part of a workload within Azure and another part of the same workload within the Oracle Cloud, the partnership delivers a highly optimized, best-of-both-clouds experience. Taken together, Azure and Oracle Cloud offer customers a one-stop shop for all the cloud services and applications they need to run their entire business. 

Connecting Azure and Oracle Cloud through network and identity interoperability makes lift-and-improve migrations seamless. This partnership delivers direct, fast and highly reliable network connectivity between two clouds, while continuing to provide first-class customer service and support that enterprises have come to expect from the two companies. In addition to providing interoperability for customers running Oracle software on Oracle Cloud and Microsoft software on Azure, it enables new and innovative scenarios like running Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle JD Edwards on Azure against an Oracle Autonomous Database running on Exadata infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. 

“As the cloud of choice for the enterprise, with over 95% of the Fortune 500 using Azure, we have always been first and foremost focused on helping our customers thrive on their digital transformation journeys,” said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and AI division. “With Oracle’s enterprise expertise, this alliance is a natural choice for us as we help our joint customers accelerate the migration of enterprise applications and databases to the public cloud.” 

“The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite of integrated applications for sales, service, marketing, human resources, finance, supply chain and manufacturing, plus highly automated and secure Generation 2 infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database,” said Don Johnson, executive vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). “Oracle and Microsoft have served enterprise customer needs for decades. With this partnership, our joint customers can migrate their entire set of existing applications to the cloud without having to re-architect anything, preserving the large investments they have already made.” 

As a result of this expanded partnership, the companies are today making available a new set of capabilities: 

· Connect Azure and Oracle Cloud seamlessly, allowing customers to extend their on-premises datacenters to both clouds. This direct interconnect is available starting today in Ashburn (North America) and Azure US East, with plans to expand additional regions in the future. 

· Unified identity and access management, via a unified single sign-on experience and automated user provisioning, to manage resources across Azure and Oracle Cloud. Also available in early preview today, Oracle applications can use Azure Active Directory as the identity provider and for conditional access. 

· Supported deployment of custom applications and packaged Oracle applications (JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Oracle Retail, Hyperion) on Azure with Oracle databases (RAC, Exadata, Autonomous Database) deployed in Oracle Cloud. The same Oracle applications will also be certified to run on Azure with Oracle databases in Oracle Cloud. 

· A collaborative support model to help IT organizations deploy these new capabilities while enabling them to leverage existing customer support relationships and processes. 

· Oracle Database will continue to be certified to run in Azure on various operating systems, including Windows Server and Oracle Linux. 

“The alliance between Microsoft and Oracle is welcome news as we accelerate Albertsons’ digital transformation and leverage the full value of the public cloud,” said Anuj Dhanda, executive vice president and chief information officer at Albertsons Companies. “This will allow us to create cross-cloud solutions that optimize many of our current investments while maximizing the agility, scalability and efficiency of the public cloud.” 

“As we look to bring our omnichannel experience closer together and transform the technology platform that powers the Gap Inc. brands, the collaboration between Oracle and Microsoft will make it easier for us to scale and deliver capabilities across channels,” said Sally Gilligan, chief information officer at Gap. “The interoperability between Azure and Oracle Cloud allows us to deploy Oracle or custom-built applications on Azure and Oracle databases on Oracle Cloud.” 

“At Halliburton, we have a long history of running both Oracle and Microsoft technologies for our most critical applications. Our deep experience with these two strategic vendors has yielded consistently stable and performant application deployments,” said Ken Braud, senior vice president and CIO at Halliburton. “This alliance gives us the flexibility and ongoing support to continue leveraging our standard architectures, while allowing us to focus on generating business outcomes that maximize returns for our shareholders.” 

Those wanting to learn more should visit https://aka.ms/OracleOnAzure or https://www.oracle.com/cloud/oci-azure.html. 

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Celina Bertallee

Oracle

(650) 506-6542

celina.bertallee@oracle.com

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