UK financial services organisation adopts Oracle Database@Azure and Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer to accelerate its migration to the cloud, helping it to deliver new products and capabilities faster LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld Tour -- Lloyds Banking Group, one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, has expanded its collaboration with Oracle to further strengthen its customer experience. Under a multi-year agreement, Lloyds is advancing its multicloud strategy by m ...

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure now available Oracle Base Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure is coming soon AUSTIN, Texas, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure. The Exascale deployment option eliminates the need to provision dedicated database and storage servers and gives customers the performance, reliability, and availability of Oracle Exadata ...

New Oracle AI Agent Studio empowers Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications customers and partners to easily create, extend, deploy, and manage AI agents and agent teams across the enterprise LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld -- Oracle today announced Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, a comprehensive platform for creating, extending, deploying, and managing AI agents and agent teams across the enterprise. Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the new AI Agent Studio p ...

The Greek flag carrier taps Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) to personalize traveler experiences, boost revenue, and increase customer loyalty LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld — AEGEAN, the Greek flag carrier, is using Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) to support its mission to deliver a personalized experience and offering to every traveler. With an integrated suite of AI-powered cloud applications, AEGEAN has been able to create a strong foundation of custome ...

New capabilities within Oracle Cloud HCM enable HR teams, managers, and employees to drive engagement, increase productivity, and enhance company culture  LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld -- Oracle has added new employee communications and event management capabilities to the Oracle ME employee experience platform within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM). The latest updates to the Oracle Fusion Cloud Communicate solution within Oracle ME enable HR teams to boost empl ...

Oracle Health Data Intelligence to help clinicians become more predictive in care, identify opportunities to maximize treatment impact, increase patient engagement  AUSTIN, Texas, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health), one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health systems, is expanding its relationship with Oracle Health to help enhance patient care, accelerate innovation, and increase operational efficiency across its network. By expanding use of Oracle Health Fou ...

Enterprise-grade collaboration platform delivers enhanced security and deployment flexibility for defense and government organizations AUSTIN, Texas and PALO ALTO, Calif., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle and Mattermost today announced that the Mattermost Collaboration Suite is available through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. Together, Oracle and Mattermost are helping accelerate mission-critical work for defense, government, and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide. The Mattermost Collabora ...

Group 1: Oracle - Oracle's stock price has increased by 85% over the past two years, surpassing the S&P 500's 45% gain, leading to a market cap of $420 billion [1] - The company has transitioned from a slow-growing database software provider to a cloud-based services provider, acquiring higher-growth companies like NetSuite and Cerner [2] - Analysts project Oracle's revenue and EPS to grow at a CAGR of 13% and 19% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2027, driven by the expansion of the AI market [3] - If Oracle maintains a forward earnings multiple of 30, its stock price could rise 23% to $189 per share, increasing its market cap to approximately $517 billion by 2027 [4] Group 2: Alibaba - Alibaba, valued at roughly $330 billion, has faced significant challenges, including antitrust fines and restrictions that have weakened its competitive position [5] - The company's growth has been impacted by China's sluggish recovery from the pandemic and reduced consumer spending [6] - Despite these challenges, analysts expect Alibaba's revenue and EPS to grow at a CAGR of 7% and 30% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2027 [8] - Alibaba is expanding its overseas marketplaces and developing new large language models to leverage the AI market, with potential stock price doubling to $322 per ADR and market cap reaching $730 billion [9] Group 3: Strategy - Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has become the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, holding 499,226 Bitcoins valued at $41.7 billion, which constitutes over half of its market cap of $77.5 billion [10] - The core software business is experiencing minimal growth, but the company is expanding its cloud-based subscription services and AI tools [11] - Strategy plans to raise $42 billion by 2027 through a combination of equity and fixed-income securities, which may dilute investors but is aimed at supporting Bitcoin purchases [12] - If Bitcoin prices rise significantly, Strategy's stock could see substantial gains, with forecasts suggesting Bitcoin could exceed $1 million by 2027 [13][14]

News that Oracle (ORCL -2.84%) might get involved in the controversy-laden saga that is TikTok sent the American company's shares down on Tuesday. Oracle's share price fell by 3% on the day, a steeper tumble than the 1.1% slip of the S&P 500 (^GSPC -1.07%).Dancing with ByteDance?That morning, citing unnamed "people familiar with the matter," Bloomberg reported that Oracle is considering a proposal whereby it would provide security guarantees for TikTok's U.S. operations, in return for taking a small stake i ...

Core Insights - Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has signed a contract with Oracle for an Oracle Cloud Isolated Region to support the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) [1][2] Group 1: Collaboration and Services - The collaboration will provide MINDEF and SAF with high-performance, air-gapped, and secure sovereign cloud computing, data management, and AI services [2][3] - Oracle Cloud Isolated Region is a sovereign air-gapped hyperscale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region, completely disconnected from the internet, enhancing insights and enabling faster decision-making [3][5] Group 2: Innovation and Digital Transformation - The Digital and Intelligence Service can utilize Oracle's air-gapped cloud services to accelerate innovation and deployment of AI for SAF's missions [3][4] - The demand for secure and scalable cloud solutions is increasing, serving as a foundation for innovation and digital transformation within the defense sector [4] Group 3: Security and Expertise - Oracle has a long history of safeguarding sensitive data and aims to support the Singapore defense community with its expertise [5] - The company offers a full suite of over 150 cloud services across various environments, including air-gapped infrastructure on classified networks [5]