Oracle Magazine, May/June 2019
DATA TYPES Emerging Tech Emerging Opportunities Blockchain IoT and AI are here but how do data experts use them in new business projects ORACLE MAGAZINE MAY JUNE 2019 24 Jerry Ward has always been a database tech geek But for him the database was never an end in itself it was a launchpad into interesting business use cases Even back when I was upgrading our company to version 6 of Oracle Database I was also working on our build of Oracle Manufacturing and Oracle Financials in Oracle Forms he says Today the regular speaker at Oracle tech user groups including Independent Oracle Users Group IOUG and ODTUG still eschews tech for techs sake instead continually exploring use cases where his data could be valuable to the business One of the ways Ward does this is by staying active in the Emerging Tech special interest group SIG of Oracle Application Users Group OAUG The members of this SIG are responsible for bringing use cases to explore For example We know that with blockchain most of our members are still in the proof of concept stage but weve seen where its starting to make sense he says One Emerging Tech SIG member is from a company that makes high end vitamins and serums and wants to track and prove its ingredients and in that case its worth it to spend a lot per transaction to get the firepower that is needed for blockchain Ward says By Jeff Erickson
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