Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

  · How Developers Can Deliver Chatbots That Propel a Broader AI Strategy Where should you begin with an intelligent chatbot project? There are four key challenges, says Oracle VP Suhas Uliyar, and they relate to channel complexity, machine learning, authentic dialogue, and enterprise integration. How to address each of the challenges. · A Huge Utility Plugs In to Chatbots for Better Customer Connections Exelon, the US's largest utility company by customer count, has created...

Amid the hype and discussion around chatbots, people are actually diving in and developing chatbot services.  Chabot development comes with a unique set of requirements and considerations that may prove challenging to those making their first excursion into this new breed of services. This podcast features a panel of developers who have been there, done that, and are willing to talk about it. The panelists for this program were part of a pilot program that provided early...

The Oracle Applications Cloud User Experience Rapid Development Kit (RDK) is a set of free resources that will help you learn faster, design simpler and build better. Use the RDK to leverage the PaaS for SaaS advantage. New versions of the RDKs are now available. Read about the latest enhancements in this OAUX blog post App Cloud RDKs (ADF) available on Oracle Technical Networks (OTN) and GitHub Download the UX patterns ebook and wireframe template Mobile App Cloud RDKs (MAF)...

Intelligent bots are computer programs that leverage artificial intelligence to enable natural conversations with people. The recent advancements in machine learning and the convergence of compute power and big data are bringing artificial intelligence into the mainstream. Intelligent bots will transform every facet of every industry and dramatically improve the customer experience. Oracle is committed to using this transformative technology to help our customers succeed. Watc...

Today was again a very fully packed day at Oracle Open World. Starting with Mark Hurd, providing the vision of Oracle CEO on the global market and how Enterprises are forced to re-invent themselves or to face disintermediation, due to new comers leveraging the technologies to their benefits: doing the same thing but differently. Enterprise have to simplify and stop spending 80% of their IT budget to keep the light on. That's where the Cloud model kicks in. As Oracle we could...

  The August edition of the PaaS & Middleware Partner Update contains three topics: • Blockchain Cloud Service • Chatbot and Innovate SaaS hands-on training’s • PaaS Community Webcast Robotics Process Automation For regular updates please subscribe to our YouTube channel here. Thanks for your likes and sharing the video on YouTube and LinkedIn. For the latest PaaS Community information please visit our Community update wiki here (Community membership required).   Developer Partner...

  The August edition of the PaaS & Middleware Partner Update contains three topics: • Blockchain Cloud Service • Chatbot and Innovate SaaS hands-on training’s • PaaS Community Webcast Robotics Process Automation For regular updates please subscribe to our YouTube channel here. Thanks for your likes and sharing the video on YouTube and LinkedIn. For the latest PaaS Community information please visit our Community update wiki here (Community membership required).   For regular...

In India, hundreds of millions of people are only starting to get reliable electricity, meaning for the first time they’re potential buyers of appliances such as a fan or lamp. And yet, even though that kind of consumerism is new, these would-be customers still have the characteristic impatience of millennials: “These are 10-second people—if they don’t get an answer in 10 seconds, you lose their attention,” says Anant Bajaj, a managing director for Bajaj Electricals, a...

Being an integration person I am very interested in Blockchain architecture as an alternative for 'traditional' integration options like 'Enterprise SOA' and Centralized Master Data Management. This blog will not discuss the architecture of blockchain, but describes how you can get started as a developer with blockchain using Oracle Cloud. It assumes you have an instance of Oracle Compute Cloud at your disposal and describes how to get started wth MultiChain.I executed the...