The Future of Enterprise Database: Oracle 23 AI – An IT Leader’s Best Friend
The Oracle 23ai Database is a groundbreaking advancement that promises to transform how IT teams manage data, streamline processes, and enhance development capabilities. Designed to optimize performance across various business processes, Oracle 23ai introduces innovative features that redefine database management, data handling, and application development. This release is a huge step forward in making your team’s day-to-day work more intuitive and less time-consuming.
Introduction to Oracle 23 AI
Oracle 23ai is not just a database; it is a fully integrated solution that brings artificial intelligence and machine learning directly to where the data resides. This latest release from Oracle revolutionizes how enterprises interact with data by offering features such as AI Vector Search and JSON/Relational Duality Views, to name a few.
AI Vector Search allows businesses to store and search the semantic content of documents, images, and other unstructured data as vectors, enabling fast and efficient similarity queries. Native vector capabilities can help large language models (LLMs) deliver more accurate and contextually relevant results with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
JSON Relational Duality is a breakthrough innovation that overcomes the historical challenges developers have faced when choosing between a relational model or a document model for building applications. Developers can now get the flexibility and data access simplicity of the document model as well as the efficiency, consistency, and use case flexibility of the relational model on the same underlying data. There is no longer a need to pay for separate databases here.
Advantages of Oracle 23 AI
Oracle 23ai supports a variety of data models, including relational, JSON, XML, and graph, offering greater flexibility and scalability to adapt to evolving data needs. The release is deeply integrated with Oracle Cloud, allowing for seamless deployment, scalability, and management of AI models. This integration simplifies the process of incorporating AI into existing Oracle applications and databases. For organizations already using Oracle applications (such as Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, etc.), with this simple integration path, easily enhance your existing processes with AI-driven insights.
The performance improvements with Oracle 23ai are impressive. Reports indicate a 20-50% boost in query execution and data processing speeds, which is vital for teams managing large data volumes and requiring real-time analytics. Additionally, Oracle 23ai supports in-database machine learning, which reduces model training times by up to 80% by eliminating data movement and allowing computations to occur where the data lives. Furthermore, the integration of AI tools into the database accelerates application development cycles by up to 60%, enabling developers to rapidly create and deploy intelligent applications.
Use Cases – Manufacturing
Oracle 23AI comes with pre-trained, industry-specific AI models, which can be tailored to various sectors such as finance, healthcare, and retail. These models help organizations jumpstart their AI initiatives without needing to build models from scratch.
A compelling use case for Oracle 23ai is predictive maintenance within the manufacturing sector. Manufacturers often face costly unplanned downtime due to machinery failures. Oracle 23ai can integrate predictive maintenance directly into database systems, leveraging built-in machine-learning models to analyze sensor data and predict equipment failures before they occur. This proactive approach not only reduces downtime but also optimizes maintenance schedules and enhances operational efficiency.
Oracle Support Timeline
Oracle has set critical timelines for clients to upgrade to the latest 23ai release, which is essential for maintaining optimal performance, security, and support. Adherence to such timelines will help your team avoid operational risks and additional fees.
Support for Previous Releases:
Clients on 11g are already out of Premier support. They may continue to have restricted upgrade support until the end of 2025, but after that, no further support has been outlined.
Clients on 19c are far better off but the clock is still ticking. The fee for extended support on 19c has been waived until 2026. At that time, clients will be forced to pay extra and will receive reduced support, covering critical patches only. Even still this will only buy them until 2027.
23ai is expected to have premier support until at least 2029.
Upgrade with Eclipsys
The potential benefits of Oracle 23ai in terms of increased employee productivity and reduced operational costs make it a compelling choice for IT executives looking to upgrade their database systems. Eclipsys has supported many companies through database upgrades and has a history of doing so with minimal downtime. Our team will be with you every step of the way, from planning through to execution, ensuring a smooth transition. By upgrading now, you will avoid the increased support costs and technical debt that come with staying on 19c for an extended period. Additionally, unless you plan to go to an unsupported version (incredibly risky), you will need to upgrade in the next couple of years regardless. Waiting only defers the expense, and delays your access to cost-saving features. Connect with Eclipsys today to learn more.
