Oracle Adds Transaction Processing to its Autonomous Database Cloud

Oracle CTO Larry Ellison on Aug. 7 announced the release of new transaction processing features for the Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud, the latest milestone for the cloud database since the company introduced autonomous data warehousing capabilities earlier this year. Ellison said that with the addition of transaction processing Oracle offers a comprehensive, autonomous solution.“With the immediate availability of transaction processing, the database can optimize itself for transactions. It can run batch programs, reporting, Internet of things and mixed workloads. With these two systems, warehousing and transactions, Oracle handles all of your workloads,” Ellison said during an Oracle webcast Aug. 7. He went on to compare the autonomous database capabilities to self-driving cars.“Everything is optimized; there’s nothing to learn and nothing to do. How hard is it to learn a self-driving car? What class do you take? It seems strange, but there is nothing to learn.”