An Oracle Database is a multi-tenant container database (CDB) with multiple user-created pluggable databases (PDB). What’s new in Oracle Database 21c.

Available for download from the Oracle Technology Network, Oracle Database 12c features a new architecture that allows customers to consolidate many databases into a single multitenant container ...

From Oracle Database 20c onward, non-CDB (container database) architecture will no longer be supported. However, with the recent multitenant licensing change permitting up to three pluggable databases ...

That said, Oracle’s technology stack has already served as a foundation for many SaaS vendors, and presumably Oracle will look to move them all onto the latest releases, including Database 12c.

Despite the flip-flop, 12c is a really good idea to get enterprises interested in Oracle's next big version of its database. 12c is what Ellison calls a "container database." ...

DBaaS promises cost advantages over traditional database strategies, as well as agility, scalability, and speed of deployment. That’s why DBaaS is generating a lot of interest.

Oracle on Monday said it is adding virtual nodes to its managed Kubernetes service, called Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE), in an effort to let enterprises run development operations ...

Since the launch of Oracle Database 12c, we at Oracle have received several questions about the new management capabilities built into Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. Here are the answers to some of ...

Tesora is doing this with a Trove guest agent for Oracle Database 12c. Trove is OpenStack's DBaaS program. Trove's goal is to enable database administrators (DBAs) to quickly and easily provision ...