Oracle Database is a proprietary multi-model database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation. It is a database commonly used for running online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing (DW), and mixed (OLTP & DW) database workloads. Oracle Database is available by several service providers on-prem, on-cloud, or as a hybrid cloud installation. It may be run on third-party servers as well as on Oracle hardware (Exadata on-prem, on Oracle Cloud or at Cloud at Customer). Oracle Database uses SQL query language for database updating and retrieval.
Oracle Database is an RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) that implements object-oriented features such as user-defined types, inheritance, and polymorphism, making it an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). Oracle Database has extended the relational model to an object-relational model, making it possible to store complex business models in a relational database. The current version of Oracle Database is the result of over 35 years of innovative development.
Oracle Database offers market-leading performance, scalability, reliability, and security both on-premises and in the cloud. Oracle Autonomous Database, available on-premises via Oracle Cloud@Customer or in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, enables customers to simplify relational database environments and reduce management workloads. Oracle uses machine learning to completely automate all routine database tasks—ensuring higher performance, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
In summary, Oracle Database is a powerful and versatile database management system used for a variety of workloads, including OLTP, DW, and mixed workloads. It is available on-premises, on-cloud, or as a hybrid cloud installation, and offers market-leading performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
