Oracle Database 23ai Makes its Way to Cloud

Oracle Database 23ai, the newest iteration of Oracle’s converged database, is now available as a suite of cloud services, marking a significant milestone in enterprise data management. This long-term support release introduces Oracle AI Vector Search and over 300 additional major features, prioritizing the integration of AI with data to streamline operations and facilitate app development.

Empowering Enterprises with AI

A standout feature of Oracle Database 23ai is the introduction of AI Vector Search, enabling customers to seamlessly search documents, images, and relational data based on conceptual content. By deploying AI algorithms directly within the database, Oracle eliminates the need to relocate data for AI analysis, ensuring real-time processing and enhancing security.

Key Enhancements and Features

AI Vector Search: Oracle’s AI Vector Search revolutionizes search functionality by enabling natural language queries on private business data, enhancing accuracy and relevance. This capability empowers developers to incorporate semantic search capabilities into both new and existing applications, without compromising data security.

Exadata System Software 24ai: Exadata smart storage accelerates AI Vector Search, significantly enhancing performance and scalability for large-scale data processing.

OCI GoldenGate 23ai: GoldenGate facilitates real-time data integration across heterogeneous platforms, enabling seamless replication of vectors and quick deployment of AI across diverse datasets.

JSON Relational Unification: JSON Relational Duality bridges the gap between relational and JSON data models, allowing developers to leverage both paradigms without sacrificing consistency or storage efficiency.

Graph Relational Unification: Operational Property Graph simplifies the creation of applications that analyze connections within and between datasets, offering enhanced query capabilities for relational, JSON, and spatial data.

Free Developer Databases: Oracle offers two free Autonomous Database Serverless instances, providing developers with access to advanced features such as AI Vector Search, JSON Relational Duality, and Operational Property Graph.

Commitment to Mission-Critical Workloads

Oracle Database 23ai prioritizes reliability and scalability, offering features such as Oracle Globally Distributed Database with RAFT replication for automatic failover and Oracle True Cache for in-memory caching with transactional consistency.

Testimonials and Recognition

“Oracle Database 23ai is a game changer for enterprises worldwide, and because of the importance of the breakthrough AI technology in this release, we are renaming it to Oracle Database 23ai,” said Juan Loaiza, executive vice president, Mission-Critical Database Technologies, Oracle. “AI Vector Search combined with new unified development paradigms and mission-critical capabilities makes it simple for developers and data professionals to build intelligent apps, increase developer productivity, and run mission-critical workloads.”  

“We are happy to see AI Vector Search added to Oracle Database,” said Shinichiro Otsuka, NRI Certified IT Architect, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. “We appreciate that we can run AI Vector Search in the same Oracle Database as our other workloads, which allows us to provide a reliable and secure solution.”

Conclusion

With Oracle Database 23ai, Oracle continues to lead the way in enterprise data management, offering a robust platform equipped with advanced AI capabilities and developer-friendly tools. By integrating AI directly into the database, Oracle enables organizations to unlock new insights, streamline operations, and drive innovation in an increasingly data-driven world.