Welcome to the February edition of Monthly Product Pulse! Continue your momentum in 2026 with Oracle’s latest innovations, technical breakthroughs, and vibrant community highlights. This month, discover newly released database integrations, advancements in AI-powered development, customer success stories, top SQL and application resources, event updates, and more.

Read on to stay up to date and maximize the value Oracle brings to your projects in 2026!

Database & Application Development

Oracle Database and PHP: New Release—OCI8 3.4.1

The newest version of the PHP extension for Oracle Database, OCI8 3.4.1, is now available on both PECL and PIE PHP repositories. This update enhances the integration between Oracle Database and PHP applications for developers who need robust, scalable, and secure access methods.
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Latest PHP PDO Data Adapter for Oracle Database (PDO_OCI 1.2)

The updated PHP PDO Data Adapter, PDO_OCI version 1.2, delivers improved connectivity and performance for PHP developers using Oracle Database, and is now available through both PECL and PIE repositories.
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Security & Key Management

Oracle Key Vault (OKV) 21.13 Now Available

Oracle Key Vault centralizes encryption key and secret management for Oracle ecosystems, on-prem and in the cloud. Now released in version 21.13, OKV offers enterprise-grade reliability, multi-master clusters, and REST APIs for broad automation support.
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OKV: Now Certified on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA)

Robust key management is essential to strong data security. OKV is now certified for installation on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), making it easier for organizations to control and secure encryption keys alongside their Oracle databases.
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AI & Machine Learning

Introduction to Machine Learning in Java with the Tribuo Library and Oracle JDBC

Explore Tribuo, Oracle Labs’ open-source Java machine-learning library. Tribuo provides robust, extensible support for supervised and unsupervised learning scenarios and is open source under Apache v2.0.
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Tutorial: Caching Data with Spring Cache, Spring Data JPA, Jakarta Persistence, and Oracle AI Database 26ai

Learn how to leverage Spring Boot caching—and key annotations like @EnableCaching, @Cacheable, @CacheEvict, and more—paired with Oracle AI Database to optimize data performance.
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Managing AI Workflows with LangGraph4J, Oracle AI Database 26ai, and Oracle Database Memory Saver

LangGraph4J enables Java devs to design stateful, multi-agent AI workflows using graph-like patterns. Integrate with Oracle AI Database 26ai for robust, scalable deployments.
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Ask Oracle: Chatbot Powered by Select AI

The Ask Oracle APEX application showcases natural language access to Oracle data and AI capabilities, using Select AI for seamless LLM conversations, NL2SQL, RAG, and more—all with a ready-to-use or customizable UI.
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Select AI for Python 1.2 Now Available

Select AI’s latest Python release brings new core features, enhanced agent functionality, text summarization, expanded compatibility (now supporting Python 3.14), and refined privilege controls for Select AI.
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Oracle Machine Learning (OML) Updates

GitHub Integration for Enhanced OML Notebook Versioning

OML Notebooks now support direct GitHub integration, simplifying notebook versioning, syncing, and sharing between OML and GitHub repositories, while retaining a familiar user experience.
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Oracle Autonomous AI Database MCP Server—General Availability!

The new MCP Server adds multi-tenant Model Context Protocol endpoints to Autonomous AI Database Serverless, powering seamless agent integrations—even with third-party clients—and supporting database versions 19c and 26ai.
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Building Intelligent Applications

Introduction to RAG with Semantic Kernel, Java Connector, and Oracle AI Database 26ai

Leverage Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel for Java and the Oracle Connector to integrate LLM and AI directly into Java-based solutions, enhancing applications with advanced AI capabilities.
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Fine-tuning RAG Applications: Spring AI & Oracle AI Vector Search

Spring AI’s OracleVectorStore component streamlines creation of context-aware, generative AI applications that combine vector search with Oracle AI Database 26ai.
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.NET & Cloud Integration

Video: Using AI in Your .NET Oracle AI Database Apps

Watch step-by-step demos on integrating the latest AI features—semantic search, vector stores, and NL2SQL—within .NET, EF Core, and Visual Studio apps using Oracle AI Database 26ai.
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Simplify Oracle .NET Cloud Deployments with Centralized Configuration Providers

A new generation of configuration providers streamlines Oracle .NET application deployment across AWS and GCP, making it simpler to manage and maintain cloud-native Oracle solutions.
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From groundbreaking AI advancements and secure key management to expanded PHP support and global community highlights, February’s Product Pulse brings you the tools and inspiration to drive innovation with Oracle. Dive deeper into the full resources, discover new features, and connect with Oracle professionals worldwide.
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