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Oracle Health has released free code to support the Veteran Interoperability Pledge, enabling secure sharing of patient health information between the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers. This initiative allows Oracle Health's electronic health record (EHR) customers to integrate VA APIs into their workflows, facilitating data exchange for Veterans' care both inside and outside the VA network.

The new code package helps providers confirm a patient's Veteran status, particularly in emergency situations, ensuring timely and accurate treatment. It also aids in connecting Veterans to appropriate care, invoking veteran protocols, and streamlining reimbursement processes. Marshfield Clinic Health System is already implementing this solution in its emergency and urgent care departments.

Oracle has released Java 23, the latest version of the world's leading programming language and development platform. This update delivers 12 JDK Enhancement Proposals aimed at increasing developer productivity and driving innovation. Key improvements include:

1. Language Features via Project Amber, enhancing pattern matching and module importing.
2. Library Updates introducing new APIs for class-file manipulation, vector computations, and stream operations.
3. Performance Enhancements with ZGC generational mode by default.
4. Tools Improvements allowing Markdown in documentation comments.

Java 23 is supported by Java Management Service (JMS) 9.0 and includes the Graal JIT Compiler for improved peak performance. Oracle also announced the return of JavaOne in March 2025 in Redwood Shores, California.

Oracle has launched the Financial Crime and Compliance (FCCM) Management Monitor Cloud Service, a new solution designed to help banks, fintechs, and other financial services companies better manage financial crime risk and compliance. This cloud-based service provides:

1. A centralized view of FCCM efforts
2. Advanced visualizations and reporting capabilities
3. Customizable, role-based reports aligned with AML and FCCM requirements
4. Interactive dashboards with drill-down capabilities
5. Data filters for focused analysis

The service aims to help financial institutions identify potential issues faster, proactively manage risk, and demonstrate effective FCCM efforts to regulators. It addresses the growing need for improved FCCM capabilities in the face of increasingly sophisticated financial crime tactics and regulatory scrutiny.

Hyatt (NYSE: H) has chosen Oracle OPERA Cloud as its global property management system (PMS) for over 1,000 hotels and all-inclusive properties. This move aims to standardize operations and data management across Hyatt's portfolio, providing a common user interface and processes. The implementation will enable Hyatt to:

1. Operate more efficiently
2. Deliver improved guest experiences
3. Centralize data for better insights and operational planning
4. Personalize guest touchpoints
5. Offer mobile flexibility for staff

Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), OPERA Cloud PMS will enhance Hyatt's ability to scale its portfolio while providing tools for exceptional guest experiences. The integration also allows for quick innovation through the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP).

Oracle is expanding its multicloud capabilities by collaborating with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The company is launching Oracle Database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) directly in the data centers of these major cloud providers. This expansion includes:

1. Oracle Database@AWS: Offering access to Oracle Autonomous Database and Exadata Database Service within AWS.
2. Oracle Database@Azure: Available in 6 Azure regions, expanding to 15 more.
3. Oracle Database@Google Cloud: Now generally available in 4 Google Cloud regions.

These services aim to simplify cloud migration, multicloud deployment, and management for customers. They provide a unified experience, low latency connections, and flexible purchasing options, including using existing cloud commitments and Oracle license benefits.

Oracle has announced new AI capabilities within its Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, designed to help customers optimize processes across finance, supply chain, HR, sales, marketing, and service. The enhancements include over 50 new AI agents and various AI-powered features for authoring, advice, and recommended actions.

Key innovations include:

• AI agents across ERP, HCM, SCM, and CX to automate repetitive tasks
• Predictive cash forecasting and AI-generated financial narratives in Cloud ERP
• AI-powered skills insights and data enrichment in Cloud HCM
• Smart operations workbench and assisted authoring in Cloud SCM
• AI-generated content and personalization features in Cloud CX

These AI capabilities are embedded at no extra cost, aiming to increase productivity, accelerate decision-making, and drive revenue growth for Oracle customers.

Oracle has announced the introduction of 50+ role-based AI agents within its Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite. These agents, powered by generative AI, are designed to automate repetitive tasks and enhance productivity across various business functions including finance, supply chain, HR, sales, marketing, and service.

The AI agents provide personalized insights, content, and recommendations within specific business processes and user roles. They aim to help employees and managers complete work more efficiently by automating end-to-end business processes. Key features include a shift scheduling assistant in HCM, a customer sales representative guide in SCM, a document IO agent in ERP, and a customer account researcher agent in CX.

This update demonstrates Oracle's commitment to integrating AI into its cloud applications, enabling customers to gain more value from their data and potentially transform how work is done in organizations.

Oracle has announced the first zettascale cloud computing clusters powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is now taking orders for the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud, offering up to 131,072 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs with a peak performance of 2.4 zettaFLOPS. This surpasses other hyperscalers by more than six times in GPU count.

OCI Superclusters are available with NVIDIA H100, H200, or Blackwell GPUs, offering various performance levels. The clusters include OCI Compute Bare Metal, ultra-low latency networking, and HPC storage options. Customers like WideLabs and Zoom are already leveraging OCI's AI infrastructure for large language models and AI assistants, respectively, benefiting from its performance, security, and sovereignty controls.

Oracle has unveiled new user experience (UX) enhancements for Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations build smart and responsive supply chain operations. The updates leverage AI to increase workforce productivity, expand visibility, and accelerate processes. Key enhancements include:

1. Production Supervisor Workbench: Provides real-time insight into work orders and AI-powered shift reporting.
2. Maintenance Supervisor Workbench: Helps resolve maintenance issues faster and reduce asset downtime.
3. Order Management Enhancements: Enables mass actions on multiple order lines and AI-powered order acknowledgement emails.
4. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Enhancements: Accelerates product development with improved search capabilities and new user interfaces.

These updates aim to help customers create more efficient and resilient supply chains that can adapt to economic conditions, control costs, and protect margins.