German Viscuso

Director of Community - Autonomous Database / Dedicated

I have experience fostering developer communities at scale. I have a software development background and previous experience with database systems (mostly OODBs and NoSQL). I'm a techie and believe that rather sooner than later we'll be surpassed by AI. You can follow me via Twitter: @germanviscuso

Recent Blogs

2024 Year in Review for Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata ...

2024 was a landmark year for Oracle Database services in the cloud. We expanded our multicloud initiatives with the launch of Oracle Database@Google Cloud, followed by the exciting introduction of Oracle Database@AWS. We also unveiled Exadata Exascale, introducing a revolutionary intelligent data architecture. Lastly, we launched Oracle Database 23ai, featuring native Vector search, enhancing your business data with AI-driven similarity searches. Let's see all of this in the context of ADB-D.

Publishing Custom Autonomous Container Database Metrics on Oracle ...

This blog post demonstrates how to set up a service to fetch and publish custom metrics from Oracle Autonomous Container Database (ACD) to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Monitoring. It covers the SQL queries needed to retrieve critical performance metrics, the Java service implementation with the Micronaut framework, and the deployment steps using OCI Compute instances.

2023 in Review for Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata ...

As we approach the end of 2023, it's a great time to look back at the features and enhancements we delivered in Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure and Cloud@Customer (ADB-D/ADB-C@C). This year brought significant enhancements in disaster recovery, backup and recovery, operations and management, security, scalability, performance, and developer features. Let's briefly recap these key innovations as we prepare for an even more groundbreaking 2024.

Language bindings for Autonomous Database: An overview for Developers

As databases evolve to be more autonomous and cloud-friendly, developers need efficient and reliable methods to connect and interact with them. This post will provide an overview on how to connect and query Oracle's Autonomous Database (ADB) from some popular programming languages and some of the differences in each implementation.

Autonomous Database - Dedicated Observability for Mission Critical ...

Oracle Autonomous Database - Dedicated (ADB-D) caters to the stringent observability requirements of mission-critical workloads. By actively participating in the observability cycle and providing comprehensive tools, services, and automation, Oracle empowers customers to ensure the performance, regulatory compliance, and trustworthiness of their databases.

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