{"id":37514,"date":"2025-03-07T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?p=37514"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:08:03","slug":"oracle-technology-roundtable-for-digital-natives-lets-have-a-look-at-ai-cloud-and-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/oracle-technology-roundtable-for-digital-natives-lets-have-a-look-at-ai-cloud-and-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Technology Roundtable for Digital Natives – Let’s have a look at AI, Cloud and HeatWave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Yesterday I participated to the Oracle Technology Roundtable for Digital Natives in Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a good opportunity to learn more about AI, Cloud and HeatWave<\/a> with the focus on very trendy features of this product: generative AI, machine learning, vector processing, analytics and transaction processing across data in Data Lake and MySQL<\/a> databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was also great to share moments with the Oracle and MySQL teams and meet customers which gave feedback and tips about their solutions already in place in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ll try to summarize below some key take-away of each session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlocking Innovation: How Oracle AI is Shaping the Future of Business<\/strong> (by J\u00fcrgen Wirtgen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI is not a new topic. But how do we use it today and where are we in the process, early or advanced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer this question, you can have a look to the stages of adoption:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Consume (AI embedded in your applications) -> SaaS applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Extend (models via Data Retrieval, RAG) -> AI services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Fine tune -> Data<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Build models from scratch -> Infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    AI is not AI.<\/em> The best AI starts with the best data, securely managed. Which can be translated back into a simple equation: Best Data + Best Technology = Best AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Innovations in HeatWave & MySQL – The Present and the Future<\/strong> (by Cagri Balkesen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    HeatWave<\/a> is an in-memory query processing accelerator for data in MySQL<\/a> transactional RDBMS or data in Object Store in different format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Normally you need to put in place and maintain ETL processes to produce data that can be used effectively by analytics. This brings several drawbacks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n