FD Insights Issue 5 | Page 30

Marius de Beer, First Distribution’s Oracle Software Product Manager “With Oracle Database 12c, Oracle has brought a true Cloud database to the table” Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition “With Oracle Database 12c, Oracle has brought a true Cloud database to the table” says Marius de Beer, First Distribution’s Oracle Software Product Manager. “This latest generation of the database features more than 500 new features including a new architecture that simplifies the process of consolidating databases onto the cloud. This enables customers to manage many databases as one, without changing their applications” he adds. In development for roughly four years, Oracle Database 12c introduces many important new capabilities in many different areas, and Oracle lists the benefits as follows: • New multitenant architecture enables higher levels of consolidation on the cloud without the need to change existing applications • Automatic Data Optimisation features efficiently manage more data, lower storage costs, and improve database performance • In-depth database security addresses evol