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OTN Appreciation Day : Oracle Database Cloud Service

Looking at my cup , had the caption "If we don't take care of the customer... somebody else will" this morning made me realize the enormous effort that Oracle has putting into it's products to make it a topnotch brand. Omg! so much to choose from and talk about.Today been OTN Appreciation Day ,I will limit it to the Oracle Database Cloud Service

It is simply Database Development and Administration computed on the internet.Where in the past , you run applications developed  and administrated the database(APEX, Rest Services,PLSQL ,Java/ADF.s,etc) on some physical computer or server in your company building or at home but Oracle Database Cloud Service is just like your on premise instance just on the internet, giving you the same features, same software and same options.

You can get started and explore the endless features that it comes with here.
Also go check out what others are thankful for here.


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