General Availability (GA): Oracle Database 20c is now available for Preview + New Features. You can download 20c as a Oracle Cloud (Database Cloud Service Virtual Machine) here.
Here is an excellent blog post by William Hardie VP of Oracle Database Product Management summarizing a Preview of Oracle Database 20c. Here is a quick recap on this topic.
- Oracle Database 20c is the latest upcoming version in the multi-model family of Oracle Databases.
- Oracle Database 20c focus and push is on the Converged/Consolidated Database model. Here is a quick summary about Converged/Consolidated Databases.
- Some of the New Features in Oracle Database 20c
- Blockchain Tables.
- SQL Macros.
- In-Memory Enhancements:
- Self-Managing In-Memory Column Store.
- In-Memory Hybrid Columnar Scans.
- Database In-Memory Vector Joins.
- Native JSON datatype Support.
- Machine Learning for Python and AutoML.
- Optimized Graph Models.
- Sharding Enhancements/Improvements.
- Persistent Memory Support.
- Expression based init.ora parameters.
- Automatic Zone Maps.
- A whole lot more is coming with Oracle 20c: Stay Tuned...
Here is a pretty good video by Andy Mendelsohn providing an overview of some of the new & upcoming features with Oracle Database 20c:
Here is the complete list of New Features in Oracle 20c Documentation.
I hope you got a quick overview of whats coming in Oracle Database 20c which is now available in Preview Release.
Cheers.
