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SoftBank Group has announced the acquisition of Ampere Computing, a silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion. The deal involves Carlyle (CG) and Oracle Corp. selling their positions in Ampere.

Under the agreement, Ampere will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group while retaining its name. The acquisition aligns with SoftBank's expansion in AI infrastructure investments, including ventures like Cristal intelligence and Stargate.

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2018, Ampere specializes in cloud-native computing and sustainable AI compute, offering multiple products for cloud workloads. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals. Ampere will maintain its headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health) is expanding its partnership with Oracle Health to enhance patient care and operational efficiency across its network. The health system will standardize on Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) across all facilities and implement Oracle Health Data Intelligence.

HH Health, serving northern Alabama and southern Tennessee with nearly 20,000 employees across 14 community-based hospitals, handles over 100,000 inpatients and 1 million outpatient procedures annually. The EHR has already been implemented in 41 physician practices and clinics, including successful launches at Helen Keller Hospital and Red Bay Hospital last year.

The implementation of Oracle Health Data Intelligence, planned for later this year, will leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to integrate patient data from various sources, enabling better population health strategies and optimized value-based care. The system will provide a fully managed intelligent data lake with built-in AI and analytics capabilities to support innovation and enhance patient engagement.

Oracle (ORCL) and Mattermost have announced the availability of the Mattermost Collaboration Suite on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. The partnership aims to enhance mission-critical operations for defense, government, and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide.

The collaboration suite, running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), offers secure collaboration, ChatOps, and workflow tools with features including automated scaling, end-to-end encryption, and air-gapped deployment options. Key benefits include native integration with OCI Identity and Access Management and support for both classified and unclassified workloads.

Mattermost joins Oracle's defense ecosystem, bringing experience from working with organizations like the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, and NASA. The platform enables rapid deployment and seamless scaling across distributed environments, with enhanced security features and flexible deployment across public and sovereign cloud environments.

Oracle has secured a significant contract with Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) to provide an Oracle Cloud Isolated Region for the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The agreement focuses on delivering air-gapped, hyperscale cloud and AI services for Singapore's defence applications.

The implementation will transform the SAF's Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) functions, offering enhanced digital capabilities with improved scalability and performance. The Digital and Intelligence Service will utilize Oracle's air-gapped cloud services to accelerate AI deployment for military missions.

The Oracle Cloud Isolated Region provides a completely internet-disconnected environment with the same services available in public OCI regions, ensuring a secure and resilient infrastructure for enhanced decision-making. The solution includes access to Oracle's full suite of 150+ cloud services across dedicated, public, sovereign, and hybrid cloud environments.

Oracle and NVIDIA have announced a groundbreaking integration between NVIDIA's accelerated computing and inference software with Oracle's AI infrastructure. The collaboration will make over 160 AI tools and 100+ NVIDIA NIM™ microservices available through the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Console.

Key features of the partnership include:

• Native availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise through the OCI Console
• Integration of OCI's 150+ AI and cloud services with NVIDIA computing
• No-code deployment capabilities through OCI AI Blueprints
• Access to pre-optimized NVIDIA NIM microservices in OCI Data Science
• Acceleration of AI Vector Search in Oracle Database 23ai

The collaboration will enable organizations to deploy AI solutions across data centers, public cloud, or edge environments. OCI will be among the first cloud providers to offer the next-generation NVIDIA Blackwell platform, with the GB300 NVL72 delivering 1.5x more AI performance than its predecessor.

Oracle (ORCL) has announced that NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform will be available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The platform will be accessible through OCI's distributed cloud network, purchasable with Oracle Universal Credits. Unlike other marketplace offerings, it will be natively integrated into the OCI Console for faster deployment and direct billing support.

The integration provides access to 160+ AI tools for training and inference, including NVIDIA NIM microservices. The service will be available across OCI's public regions, Government Clouds, sovereign clouds, OCI Dedicated Region, Oracle Alloy, OCI Compute Cloud@Customer, and OCI Roving Edge Devices.

Notable implementations include Nomura Research Institute using Oracle Alloy in Tokyo and Osaka datacenters, e& UAE deploying NVIDIA Hopper GPU clusters in OCI Dedicated Region, and Zoom utilizing OCI to support AI Companion in Saudi Arabia while maintaining regional data compliance.

Oracle has announced the release of Java 24, delivering 24 JDK Enhancement Proposals aimed at maximizing developer productivity and improving the Java language. The latest version introduces significant features including AI and post-quantum crypto capabilities.

Key improvements include:

• Primitive Types in Patterns for enhanced pattern matching
• Stream Gatherers API for efficient data transformation
• Quantum-resistant security features (ML-KEM and ML-DSA)
• Performance optimizations including Compact Object Headers and improved garbage collection
• Enhanced AI development support through Vector API improvements

The release will be showcased at JavaOne 2025 conference in Redwood Shores, CA on March 18-20, 2025. This version marks significant progress as Java approaches its 30th anniversary, reinforcing its position as the world's leading programming language and development platform.

Oracle Red Bull Racing is expanding its use of Oracle Cloud and AI technologies for the 2025 Formula One season. The team will leverage new OCI Compute A2 and A4 Flex shapes to increase simulation speeds by 10%, building upon the 25% speed improvement achieved since 2021.

Key technological implementations include:

• A groundbreaking GenAI solution for efficient sporting regulation reviews during race protests
• Cloud support for Red Bull Ford Powertrains' next-gen sustainable fuel engine development
• Enhanced fan engagement through The Paddock platform, now reaching hundreds of thousands of members across 156 countries
• Standardization of trackside infrastructure using Oracle Virtualization, Linux, and Cloud Native Environment

The partnership aims to maintain Oracle Red Bull Racing's competitive edge through data-driven strategy and advanced cloud computing capabilities as the 2025 F1 season begins March 14-16 with the Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix.

Oracle Financial Services has enhanced its Investigation Hub Cloud Service with new AI agents and agentic workflows to combat financial crime more effectively. The update, announced on March 12, 2025, introduces generative AI-driven capabilities that automate investigative processes and create comprehensive narratives to supplement investigators' analysis.

The new AI system helps financial institutions analyze suspicious activities, match customer data against sanction lists, and automatically generate detailed alert narratives. Unlike traditional chatbot solutions, Oracle's multiple AI agents are designed to proactively surface key insights, collect evidence, and recommend decisions without requiring specific user queries.

According to Jason Somrak, head of financial crime product strategy at Oracle Financial Services, this enhancement represents a paradigm shift in financial crime investigations, enabling firms to maintain consistency in decision-making while achieving significant operational efficiencies. The service is available globally for financial institutions of all sizes using the Investigation Hub crime and case management solution.