With over 1,000 sessions delivering practical and inspiring content for every business, role, and industry, Oracle CloudWorld 2023 was packed with new product information and innovation. So what were the highlights from this year’s event? Here’s our roundup of the top news:

Embedding AI to deliver business value

An Oracle CloudWorld area of focus this year was on generative AI and one of the key takeaways was how Oracle Fusion Cloud Application Suite – including Customer Experience (CX), Human Capital Management (HCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Supply Chain Management (SCM) – leverage AI built for business. Some key points to note:

  • Oracle’s AI strategy for Fusion Cloud Applications embeds generative and traditional AI –such as recommendation services and reports summaries –in the Fusion Applications.
  • AI services such as Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) and AI Vision are available to Fusion customers, e.g. ODA and IDR (Intelligent Document Recognition) for Expenses and Invoices. Fusion Applications being built on OCI as a native service also allow Fusion customers to use ML Platform services and OCI infrastructure for ML workloads natively.
  • Steve Miranda, EVP, Oracle Applications Development, announced a roadmap of 50 new generative AI capabilities across Fusion Applications that will be powered by the Fusion OCI platform. AI Cohere, a leading AI platform for enterprises. These new capabilities will help customers build their own enterprise-level private and secure Large Language Models to automate end-to-end business processes, improve decision-making, and enhance customer experiences. This is a huge leap for enterprise applications and Fusion is at the forefront of this change.

On-Premises to Oracle Cloud: all the major security benefits

Sessions at this year’s CloudWorld offered a wide range of learning opportunities around the major security, compliance, and data privacy advantages of cloud to assist our customers navigating the on-prem to cloud journey. Highlights included:

  • In the session Security and Compliance Benefits of Migrating Data and Applications to the Cloud, participants learned about the Oracle Fusion Applications framework provides security and compliance at scale. Learn how security is built-in to Fusion Applications here.
  • An important principle for successful migration to a SaaS cloud is to focus on what is in your control, like the shared responsibilities for a SaaS cloud. Organizations must understand the governance model and risk associated with how your employees configure, manage, and use SaaS cloud services. In the session How you can scale security and risk management with Fusion Apps, we explored solutions to help you meet compliance requirements, manage access controls and monitor user activity, such as Oracle Fusion Cloud Risk Management and Compliance

Launch of new experience for Fusion lifecycle management

The Oracle Fusion Applications Environment Management team was thrilled to announce the launch of the new management experience for Fusion Applications environments in Oracle Cloud Console in the blog here. Key capabilities include:

  • Self-service, real-time refresh
  • Out-of-box and self-service integrations with single-sign-on and default Fusion connectivity- Integration Cloud, Visual Builder, Digital Assistant, and Fusion Analytics Warehouse
  • Advanced security features – Breakglass, Key management and Data Masking
  • Ability to manage infrastructures and Fusion resources in one user interface
  • Improved maintenance experience in managing Fusion Application environments

OCW

The Oracle Fusion Applications Environment Management team had a great lineup of events for Fusion Cloud Administrators with two hands-on labs, three learning sessions, four theater sessions, four demo booths, and one panel session addressing a wide range of solutions including the new experience for Fusion Applications Environment Management, Fusion Applications security, extensions, design interface, and maintenance. You can read more about these topics in the blog here. Session highlights included:

The Fusion Applications Environment Management hands-on lab enabled participants to self-service provision Fusion environments in a simulator and practice several lifecycle operations for the environments that they had created. Customers also got an opportunity to experience Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services such as Subscriptions, Announcements, Oracle SaaS and PaaS hybrid integrations, Keys and Vaults, Managed Access, and more working with their Fusion environments.

The Day in the Life of an Oracle Fusion Admin Accelerated by Oracle Cloud Console theater session explored our thought process driving the new experience for Fusion Environment Administrators, followed by a quick demo of all key features available as part of the new console.

The Demo Booth on the Demo Grounds for Fusion Application Lifecycle Management kept us busy with a steady stream of visitors interested in learning more about the new console experience and features. We were thrilled to see so many customers excited by the demo, sharing feedback, and offering questions. 

Digital Session on The Next-Gen Oracle Fusion Applications Lifecycle Management Experience was made available digitally for customers who opted to attend CloudWorld remotely. The session provided a quick demo of all key features available as part of the new console. To access the recording,click here.

Thank you for an exciting and inspiring event

Thanks to our customers for an exceptional Oracle CloudWorld event. Having the opportunity to connect directly with Fusion Applications admins and users and receive your feedback was an invaluable experience. Please visit Customer Cloud Connect Fusion Applications Administration Forum to get product updates, ask any questions you have, and explore our upcoming webinars.

If you have not already had an opportunity to playback the keynotes, please take time to do so. You can find them on the Oracle’s YouTube channel. You will find the link to Steve Miranda’s Keynote here.