PostgreSQL January 2026: Monthly News and Updates
Oracle Database Monthly News highlights multicloud resilience, AI database features, and new cloud regions.
Oracle's January 2026 Database Monthly News highlights multicloud resilience features for Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S), availability expansion for Oracle GoldenGate, and new options for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale infrastructure.
Multi-Cloud Resilience
Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless now includes Autonomous Data Guard, which enables cross-cloud data protection and resilience across OCI and AWS. This feature allows organizations to maintain data protection strategies across multiple cloud providers.
Availability Expansion
Oracle GoldenGate service became available in new regions including Switzerland, Singapore, California, Virginia, and Tokyo. This expansion provides customers with improved data residency options and reduced latency for distributed deployments.
Exadata Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Exadata Database Service availability expanded to Exascale infrastructure in Sweden and Paris regions, providing customers with powerful database cloud capabilities with enterprise-grade performance and security.
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