OpenWorld 2016 theme is Cloud. The conference started with explaining how cloud moved us to a new ear of utility computing. It then made bold predictions, announced new cloud services (Oracle Database 12.2 with Exadata Express Cloud Service, Application Container Service, Chatbot Development), and put highlights on cloud customer adoptions (HSBC, Lyft, ClubCorp, eHarmony). Because of the focuses on cloud, Oracle is now against a new set of competitors: Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Workday.
On the technology innovation side, Oracle IaaS now offers high performance with a high-level security standard and a simple UI management. Oracle PaaS platform continues to expand to attract more developers by including new offerings on open source technologies, providing more APIs for integration and emphasizing on consistent standard on-premises and in the cloud.
Well, let's see some fun moments during this conference.