Introduction
2021 proved to be another landmark year for release of a plethora of new Oracle Database features and enhancements. This blog post highlights some of the key product updates from the Oracle Database Development Team throughout 2021.
January ’21
Oracle Database 21c released on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database Cloud service (DBCS) and Autonomous Database (ADB) Free-Tier service.
Low code developers can build apps faster on OCI with new OCI APEX Application Development service.
General availability of new OCI Database Management service for fleet management of Oracle Databases.
February ’21
Introduction of Oracle Machine Learning for Python (OML4Py) for rapid/simplified development of ML models in Oracle Database.
March ’21
Autonomous Database new self-service tools for simplified data loading, transformation and analysis.
Availability of Oracle Zero Downtime Migration 21c for download from oracle.com.
April ’21
Oracle Database 21c features backported to Oracle Database 19c.
Oracle adds APEX Low-Code Application Development and Autonomous JSON Database to growing list of Always Free Oracle Cloud Services.
New OCI GoldenGate Service is first of any major Cloud provider to deliver operational and analytic Integration into a single data fabric.
New OCI Database Migration service eases the movement of established on-premise, third-party, or cloud databases to Oracle.
May ’21
Premier League selects OCI to power new advanced football analytics.
General availability of Oracle Application Express (APEX) release 21.1.
June ’21
Graph Studio now available with Oracle Autonomous Database for simplified graph analytics.
July ’21
Oracle APEX and ORDS now under the Oracle Free Use Terms and Conditions license.
August ’21
Oracle Database 21c generally available on Linux (incl. Exadata).
September ’21
Free Oracle Database 21c Express Edition (XE) generally available on Linux.
General availability of Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA) X9M.
Oracle introduces the next-generation Exadata X9M platforms for a variety of database workloads and use cases.
Introducing Exadata Cloud@Customer X9M – The Best On-Prem Cloud is Now Better!
October ’21
Full production support for Oracle RAC databases on docker.
Oracle Database 21c and Express Edition (XE) generally available on Windows.
Availability of Oracle Database API for MongoDB for simplified migration of document management applications to Oracle.
November ’21
New free OCI Database Tools Service for simplified management of secure database connections.
General availability of the Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA) 21.1 software release.
Oracle Database 21c (21.3) comes with full production support for Oracle Sharding on Kubernetes and Docker.
Oracle Database goes Kubernetes native for integration of lifecyle management into DevOps/GitOps CI/CD pipelines.
December ’21
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) software release 19.13 available for bare metal and KVM deployments on all supported models.
General availability of Oracle Spatial Studio 21.3 a self-service, no-code mapping tool for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data.
Oracle Autonomous Database User Management and Authentication is now Integrated with OCI Identity and Access Management.