Oracle’s long-awaited 12c database is now available for download, according to the company’s official website. Download links for the product were available on the site as of late Tuesday.

At CloudWorld, Oracle said it's opening up its applications platform for ERP customer developers, unveiled a new B2B service, and announced a slew of updates to its EPM, SCM and HCM offerings.

Oracle's APEX low-code development platform has received several new AI enhancements, including AI assistants to create valid SQL statements and app blueprints using natural language prompting.

In addition to supporting natural language prompts, which are translated into SQL queries, Oracle APEX’s new assistant goes further by explaining existing code and suggesting bug fixes that can ...