Worldwide, we create around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. And as data becomes easier to capture and contextualize—thanks to innovations like the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI—the rate of data growth is only going to accelerate.

For enterprises, pulling and contextualizing data from multiple sources is now a competitive necessity. So, too, is operating an efficient database infrastructure to help manage, protect, and deliver fast, scalable data and application availability when it’s needed most.

The unfortunate reality is that IT spends much of its time performing manual, labor-intensive management and maintenance tasks. This not only stops IT from pursuing initiatives that can drive growth and innovation; the impacts of human error and resource limitations can also have catastrophic effects on uptime, performance, and security.

But there is a solution.

Oracle Autonomous Database technologies, running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are changing how we manage, consume, and protect data. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing are the result of four decades of innovation, enabling you to accelerate transaction times, order processing, and data queries while also significantly reducing downtime by automating patches, upgrades, and data-backup tasks.

In this guide, we’ll explore how the following key industries are using autonomous technology to take greater control of their data, better meet customers’ needs, improve security, and much more:

• Financial Services
• High Technology
• Media and Entertainment
• Communications
• Healthcare
• Education and Research
• Industrial Manufacturing
• Consumer Goods and Retail
• Logistics and Distribution

You’ll also hear from industry peers and leaders from around the world who are using Oracle’s autonomous technology to transform their database operations.