We’re excited to see you in Bengaluru for Oracle DevTour! Our third stop on the tour gives you hands-on opportunities with some of our latest innovations around AI, databases, and scalable infrastructure plus the chance to connect with experts. We want to be your partner in success, enabling developers to build smarter, faster, and deploy anywhere – as 2025 is the year for AI to truly change everything.
Join us at this immersive event and learn how you can help shape the future with AI services and more. Meanwhile, a few of our latest releases include innovations and updates across our cloud services. Here are just a few:
AI Services:
- Llama 4 and IBM Granite model support: We now support the latest Llama 4 model on OCI Data Science AI Quick Actions, and IBM’s Granite models will be available soon.
- New OCI GenAI Agents platform: Speaking of AI, we recently launched a powerful new platform for AI Agents, which you can learn about on our Generative AI Agents page.
- Bring your own models: Oracle Machine Learning for Python 2.1 expands support for bring-your-own-model, and more – read the story here.
Data:
- Get Oracle APEX Certified for free until May 15: The Oracle APEX team has made exciting advancements to the APEX Developer Professional learning path, making it easier than ever to validate your expertise in low-code application development. If you’re an Oracle APEX developer or looking to enhance your career with cutting-edge AI-powered low-code app development, now is the perfect time to get certified.
- Python data analysis with Oracle Database: To make interacting with Python data analysis, machine learning, and AI libraries that use data frames more efficient, python-oracledb 3.0 introduced two new methods that allow Oracle Database queries to fetch directly to a data frame format.
- Updates to Oracle Database 23ai: The April update of Oracle Database 23ai includes a number of improvements, including new functions and the removal of restrictions on JSON, BLOB, and CLOB data types.
- Oracle Database@Google Cloud: We recently announced plans for an industry-first partner program, and availability of Oracle Database Service on Oracle Database@Google Cloud. Read about it here.
- Oracle Database@Azure: We now support Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure running on Azure. Read the press release here.
Cloud Infrastructure:
- OCI File Storage with Lustre is available now in Oracle Cloud Console: OCI File Storage with Lustre is a fully managed service based on Lustre. It enables you with the performance and scale benefits of Lustre, including milliseconds of meta-data latency, capacity to petabytes, and high throughput of terabytes per second, while eliminating the complexity of management. This is especially useful for AI/ML workloads. OCI File Storage with Lustre is seamlessly integrated with OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE), and the file system can be accessed by GPUs Hosts, Bare Metal or virtualized servers.
- OCI Kubernetes Engine improved ease of use: Non-destructive node repair and cycling in OKE is coming soon. Stay tuned.
Unlock your potential at the Oracle Dev Tour! Dive into groundbreaking AI, cloud, and databases innovations while boosting your AI skills and connecting with industry leaders. Don’t just learn – be part of the future!