Oracle has taken part in a National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to develop cloud capabilities to support scientific computing research and related applications. Oracle said Tuesday nonprofit technology organization Internet2 will oversee the two phases of the Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science project to explore the capabilities of cloud platforms for research and computational science.
 

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Celeste O’Dea, business development director for public sector technology at Oracle, has said cloud-based technologies could help federal agencies recruit a new generation of public sector workers and retain existing workforce. O’Dea wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that human capital management and talent acquisition systems on the cloud could aid agencies in streamlining recruitment procedures and outcomes.

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Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer for the city of Palo Alto in California, has been appointed to serve as the global industries solution leader at Oracle‘s public sector division, Government Technology reported Monday. He will officially join the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software maker on Dec. 17 and oversee the development of a global strategy for smart […] More

Oracle has obtained security accreditation for five Enterprise Session Board Controllers designed to secure communications between government networks. The company said Monday the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification seeks to validate the capability of its E-SBCs to shield internet protocol networks from cybersecurity threats. “We are proud to have met this high standard so we can continue to […] More

Intel, IBM, Oracle and Raytheon have expressed interest in joining a potential competition to provide the Defense Department with artificial intelligence technologies that would support the U.S. military, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The four companies are among 42 businesses that hope to join an AI demonstration event hosted by the Army Research Lab, DoD’s Joint Artificial […] More

NVIDIA and Oracle have partnered to integrate a cloud-based server technology with an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to help customers address various computing requirements. The partnership will offer the NVIDIA’s HGX-2 platform on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in a push to give clients access to a unified architecture intended to support artificial intelligence, analytics and machine learning functions, Oracle said Wednesday. Both […] More

Oracle has unveiled a cloud-based application designed to help local and state government agencies facilitate land management and the processing of building permits and inspections. Oracle Public Sector Community Development is a subscription software-as-a-service app that works to upgrade the regulatory and compliance processes for building infrastructure and land use, the company said Thursday. “Today’s […] More

ViON presented a portfolio of Oracle as-a-Service cloud-based platforms at the 2018 East Coast Oracle user conference that kicked off Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C. ViON said Tuesday its OaaS offering is designed to help organizations speed up cloud migration efforts, reduce total cost of ownership and gain access to Oracle’s software and hardware platforms. Tom Frana, […] More

Oracle has introduced a cloud-based database service offering intended to help public and private sector customers process, report and analyze transactions. The Autonomous Transaction Processing system uses machine learning algorithms for users to automate existing databases and is designed to run on government, financial, retail and manufacturing applications, Oracle said Tuesday. The company released the offering to complement the firm’s […] More

Charles Moorman IV and William Parrett have been elected to Oracle‘s board of directors in a unanimous vote that expands the number of board members to 14. As members of the board, they will serve a one-year term and will take part in the election during the annual stockholders meeting to be held in November 2018, […] More

A Boeing subsidiary has partnered with Accenture, Oracle and Mannai to build an enterprise resource planning and logistics management information system for Qatar’s armed forces under a five-year contract. Boeing said Wednesday its Tapestry Solutions business will provide the GOLDesp maintenance, repair and overhaul software platform while Oracle will supply its E-Business suite for integration into the ERP/LMIS platform. GOLDesp is designed […] More

Oracle‘s federal managed cloud services business has received an 18-month provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s risk assessment and certification office. DISA said Tuesday it granted the conditional approval to the company’s cloud service offering for impact-level 5 data workloads. Oracle CSO is platform-as-a-service delivery model that employs shared service zones intended for a […] More