Youko Watari

Product Marketing Director

Youko Watari is a Product Marketing Director for Oracle database products. Youko spent most of her 25-plus-year career in data and analytics, and she has an end-to-end perspective in data platform implementation as well as analytics and application product development.

Recent Blogs

Leading Industry Analysts Comment on the Release of Oracle Database 23ai

Oracle Database 23ai, the latest release of Oracle’s converged database is now generally available as a broad range of cloud services. This long-term support release includes Oracle AI Vector Search and more than 300 additional major features. Read reactions from leading industry analysts on this exciting news.

Leading Industry Analyst Views on Oracle Globally Distributed Autonomous Database

Oracle has just announced the general availability of Oracle Globally Distributed Autonomous Database. It delivers the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Database while giving you control over data distribution and data placement policies using Oracle’s proven sharding technology. Read perspectives from the leading industry analysts on this exciting announcement.

Leading Industry Analysts Comment on the Latest AI and Machine Learning Innovations to Autonomous Database

Oracle has just announced a number of enhancements to Autonomous Database, introducing cutting-edge innovations that simplify and accelerate the integration of AI and advanced machine learning into your applications and analytics. Read reactions from leading industry analysts.

Leading Industry Analysts Comment on the Database Announcement at Oracle CloudWorld 2023

During CloudWorld 2023, Oracle announced its plans to add semantic search capabilities using AI vectors to Oracle Database 23c. The collection of features, called AI Vector Search, includes a new vector data type, vector indexes, and vector search SQL operators. In addition, the announcement includes the latest updates to Oracle Database services and products.

Leading Industry Analysts Comment on Oracle Database 23c Free—Developer Release

Oracle has just made Oracle Database 23c Free—Developer Release available to the developer community for early access. Read leading industry analysts' comments on the release.

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