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Oracle has opened its second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia, located in Riyadh. This expansion is part of Oracle's $1.5 billion investment to boost the country's cloud capacity in line with Saudi Vision 2030. The new region will help accelerate AI innovation and enhance business resilience for Saudi organizations. It offers access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including AI and data analytics capabilities.

The Riyadh cloud region joins the existing Jeddah region and a planned region in NEOM, extending Oracle's footprint in Saudi Arabia. This expansion is expected to contribute to the Kingdom's AI economy, projected to reach $135.2 billion by 2030. Oracle's distributed cloud strategy allows it to deliver AI and cloud services across dedicated, public, and hybrid cloud environments globally.

Oracle has released the Primavera Unifier Accelerator base, enhancing its Oracle Smart Construction Platform. This new configuration includes 65 preconfigured business processes and 250 out-of-the-box reports and dashboards, helping customers expedite implementation time by up to 75%. The Unifier Accelerator improves management of cash flow, forecasts, contracts, scope changes, and project administration.

Key features include NEC4 contract management, Earned Value Management, and Facilities Management. The updated Primavera Unifier mobile app now supports location-based services for on-site inspections. Integration with Oracle Primavera P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud enables AI-driven predictive analytics for better project risk management. The platform also offers improved connectivity with other Oracle and third-party business systems through Oracle Integration Cloud middleware.

Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand's largest mobile network operator, plans to deploy Oracle Alloy to launch AIS Cloud, the country's first locally owned and operated hyperscale cloud. This strategic collaboration will provide access to over 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including AI capabilities, to enterprises and public sector organizations in Thailand.

AIS Cloud will be deployed in two AIS data centers in Thailand, addressing data residency and sovereignty requirements such as Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act and Cybersecurity Act. This move will accelerate AIS' transformation from a 'Telco to a Techco' and support digital transformation and AI innovation for Thai organizations, contributing to the country's economic growth and competitiveness.

King's College Hospital London in Dubai (KCH Dubai) has successfully migrated its Oracle Health Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), becoming one of the first UAE-based health systems to do so. This migration has led to significant improvements in EHR performance, security, and usability. Key benefits include:

- 50% reduction in time to access patient information
- 20% reduction in time reviewing patient medical charts
- 25% overall reduction in time spent in the EHR
- Enhanced security through Oracle's real-time threat detection and monitoring
- Improved scalability to support future growth and technological advancements

These improvements are enabling KCH Dubai to streamline processes, enhance patient care, and prepare for future innovations in areas such as generative AI and population health.

Salam, a leading Saudi telecom provider, has partnered with Oracle Communications for managed services to support its digital transformation. This collaboration aims to enhance operational excellence and improve customer experience, aligning with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 mission. Oracle will provide critical support for managed IT operations, performance management, and service quality improvement.

Salam has implemented components of Oracle Cloud Scale Monetization, Oracle Unified Operations, and Oracle Sales CRM to replace legacy systems. This integration enables Salam to launch, orchestrate, and monetize new offerings more efficiently. Future phases will leverage Oracle Communications solutions to fast-track new digital services, including 5G-enabled streaming, AR/VR gaming, and IoT-connected devices.

Odyssey House, a major mental health and substance abuse treatment provider in Utah, has implemented Oracle Health's electronic health record (EHR) and behavioral health solutions at its Martindale Clinic. This integration aims to enhance patient care, improve revenue management, and drive operational efficiency. The new system replaces multiple disparate solutions, offering:

1. Automated billing processes
2. Comprehensive view of patient data for clinicians
3. Reduced administrative overhead
4. Improved financial transparency and control
5. Simplified operational reporting

With over 200 behavioral health-specific tools, embedded telehealth capabilities, and on-demand analytics, Oracle Health's EHR is expected to help Odyssey House make more informed care decisions and improve billing accuracy and reimbursement rates.

Oracle has unveiled new user experience capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM). The Oracle Activity Centers are designed to boost productivity and accelerate organizational success for employees, managers, recruiters, and specialists. These centers provide role-specific, action-focused hubs that aggregate relevant applications and information, deliver tailored KPIs and insights, enable in-workflow communication, and surface AI-driven recommendations.

The four new Activity Centers include: Employee Activity Center for personalized views and engagement tools, Team Activity Center for managers to orchestrate team activities, Recruiting Activity Center for streamlined hiring processes, and Payroll Activity Center for optimizing payroll operations. These additions aim to enhance the overall employee experience, improve team performance, and streamline HR processes across organizations.

Oracle has announced the general availability of Exadata Exascale, a new intelligent data architecture for the cloud. This service leverages Exadata's database technology and cloud elasticity to deliver extreme performance for AI, analytics, and mission-critical workloads at any scale. Notably, Exadata Exascale reduces infrastructure costs by up to 95%, making it accessible for organizations of all sizes. The service offers elastic, pay-per-use resources, an RDMA-capable storage cloud, AI Smart Scan for faster AI vector searches, and high-performance database scaling. It is currently available with Oracle Database 23ai on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and will expand to other environments in the future.

Global companies like Ahold Delhaize, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Lemtrans, and Mazda Motors Logistics Europe N.V. have adopted Oracle Cloud VMware Solution to migrate critical applications from on-premises data centers to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

This migration enhances performance, cuts costs, and modernizes operations while retaining full control over VMware environments. Oracle's new OCI Compute shape integrates NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU and Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8358 Processor, with plans for AMD EPYC™ 9J14 processors, offering improved performance for diverse workloads.

Notable results include Ahold Delhaize's zero data center footprint, Hitachi's 20% cost reduction and performance boosts, Lemtrans' increased system resiliency, and Mazda Motors Logistics Europe's consolidated data operations in OCI. Oracle Cloud VMware Solution provides scalable, high-performance, and secure cloud infrastructure, maintaining VMware's tools and processes, ensuring seamless transitions with no need for re-skilling.