Oracle AI Database Insider

July 2026

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Announcing Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer

Powerful AI database hybrid cloud solution

Helps organizations run mid-sized, high-performance workloads in locations of their choice

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Prepare now: deploy the Release Update

Released on 21st July

Contains fixes for a much larger set of critical- and high-severity security issues. Test and deploy now.

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Upgrade to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.18

Critical security updates

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) 20.18 is now available with important security updates

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Security must start with data

Oracle helps you meet the challenges

Oracle's database security and lifecycle management tools available at no cost for a limited time

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All about Autonomous

Protect your database

From emerging AI-enabled security threats

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Default Database versions

New instances of Autonomous AI Database to default to 26ai

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A2A Server

Seamlessly discover and invoke AI agents

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X11MV for Autonomous

X11MV systems available for Autonomous AI Database

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Oracle is Overall Leader

In ISG AI and Data Platform Buyer's Guide

Exemplary across nine reports including AI and Data Platforms, AI Agents, AI Governance and others

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From the desk of the Editor

Dear Readers, is there an Oracle story or event you would like us to cover? Let us know your feedback. I am Suresh Rajan, the Managing Editor. Email me at suresh.r.rajan@oracle.com or my colleague Pratibha Manjunath at pratibha.manjunath@oracle.com.

Video Spotlight

Autonomous AI Lakehouse

Unify enterprise data across OCI, AWS, Azure, and Google

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Securing Gen AI Data

Defend against prompt injection and excessive agency

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Oracle Globally Distributed Database

Use case

Distributed Database supports large-scale IoT platforms to ingest smart meter telemetry at scale

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Oracle Community

Blog posts by Oracle users

Recovering deleted data

Recovering data without a backup using Flashback Query

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Oracle Multicloud Journey

Strategy for migrating to Oracle Autonomous Database@Azure

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LAOUC Community Tour

14th August, Mexico City

Meet international experts, Oracle ACEs, industry leaders and IT professionals to share experiences

LAOUC Community Tour Argentina

2nd September, Buenos Aires

Save the date for one of the most vibrant Oracle community events. Learn from Oracle experts, practioners and industry leaders.

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Build Expertise with hundreds of Oracle workshops on a variety of Oracle products, 24x7 for free, on Oracle LiveLabs.

Learn, Write, and Share SQL at Oracle’s interactive FreeSQL site, built with SQL Developer running on Oracle AI Database.

Build Muscles at Oracle Dev Gym by taking workouts, quizzes and even entire classes on SQL, PL/SQL, database design, logic and more.

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