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Oracle announced availability of MySQL Autopilot, a new component of MySQL HeatWave service, the in-memory query acceleration engine for MySQL Database Service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. MySQL Autopilot makes the HeatWave query optimizer increasingly intelligent as more queries are executed, resulting in continually improving system performance over time-a capability not available on Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, or other MySQL-based database services.
Oracle on Tuesday released its quarterly Critical Patch Update for July 2021 with 342 fixes spanning across multiple products, some of which could be exploited by a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Chief among them is CVE-2019-2729, a critical deserialization vulnerability via XMLDecoder in Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services that's remotely exploitable without authentication.
Oracle on Tuesday announced the availability of a total of 342 new security patches as part of its July 2021 Critical Patch Update. The most severe of these issues is CVE-2021-2244, a security bug in the Essbase Analytic Provider Services product of Oracle Essbase that could be exploited remotely without authentication and which could lead to the complete takeover of the affected product.
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MariaDB announced the general availability of MariaDB Community Server 10.6, a major new release that brings significant advancements to the open source MariaDB community. MariaDB Community Server 10.6 adds important features for developers with JSON table functionality, frees users from expensive proprietary ties with expanded PL/SQL compatibility and adds powerful insurance for bad database days with atomic DDL that supports MariaDB's multiple storage engine architecture.
Wipro announced it is collaborating with Oracle to launch Wipro Zero Cost Transformation, a new offering that helps organizations migrate to the cloud. With Wipro's Zero Cost Transformation, companies can migrate their workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with lower cost, shift from a Capital expenditures to Operating expenses model, and benefit from application and infrastructure support provided under a managed-services framework.
Oracle this week announced the release of 390 new security fixes as part of the April 2021 Critical Patch Update, including patches for more than 200 bugs that could be exploited remotely without authentication. The quarterly set of security patches addresses a total of 41 vulnerabilities considered critical severity, including 5 that feature a CVSS score of 10.
Zimperium announced that it is collaborating with Oracle to offer Zimperium's mobile threat defense solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The two companies are working together to help enterprises around the world combat advanced mobile threats.
Knoa announced the availability of its UEM product for Oracle Cloud applications. Knoa UEM for Oracle Cloud enables visibility into employee interactions with the Oracle Cloud applications, user adoption during a new rollout, the level of performance delivered to the end-user, the locations of process bottlenecks and the cause of user experience issues with the software.
Confluent announced Confluent's Premium Connector for Oracle Change Data Capture Source, a bridge for one of the most common and critical sources of enterprise data to connect to Apache Kafka. As the first in a series of Premium Connectors, Confluent makes integrations with complex, high-value systems seamless, reliable, and cost-effective to establish a continuously flowing stream of data that powers the business.