<p>Oracle announced sweeping enhancements for the cloud, with a new database as a service, 10 new cloud services, and a roadmap for Nimbula Director and OpenStack API Integration with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. Oracle OpenWorld continues this week in San Francisco with the event conversation on Twitter hashtag #OOW13.Database as a Service</p><p>Oracle announced new services for supporting a wide variety of workloads: Oracle Database as a Service, Oracle Java as a Service, and Oracle Infrastructure as a Service. All of these new offerings augment Oracle's portfolio of Application, Social, Platform, and Infrastructure Services, all available on a subscription basis. The new Oracle Database as a Service provides full control of a dedicated database instance, supports any Oracle Database application, and gives users greater flexibility and choice over their services. Java as a Service provides full control of dedicated Oracle WebLogic Server clusters, supports any Java application, and gives users greater flexibility and choice over their services.</p><p>"By building upon the world's broadest selection of flexible, reliable and secure enterprise cloud services, Oracle is perfectly positioned to help organizations unlock all the benefits of cloud computing," said Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of product development, Oracle. "With a comprehensive and growing set of functionally rich, integrated and secure cloud services, the Oracle Cloud provides customers with a variety of options through a full suite of Application, Social, Platform, and Infrastructure Services." Ten New Cloud Services</p><p>Extending its cloud portfolio, Oracle introduced ten new cloud services for its customers and partners. Joining the traditional Oracle ERP cloud services are Compute Cloud, Object Storage Cloud, Database Cloud, Java Cloud, Business Intelligence Cloud, Documents Cloud, Mobile Cloud, Database Backup Cloud, Billing and Revenue Management Cloud, and a new Cloud Marketplace. Oracle Cloud partners will be able to refer and resell the new Oracle Cloud Platform and Infrastructure services through the existing Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Cloud programs.</p><p><a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/09/25/oracle-introduces-broad-portfolio-of-cloud-services/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/oracle-expands-oracle-cloud-with-new-database-as-service-java-as-service-infrastructure-nyse-orcl-1834377.htm">Oracle Expands Oracle Cloud With New Database as a Service, Java as a ...</a> (Marketwired (press release))</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/24/microsoft_oracle_cloud/">Microsoft comes through on Oracle cloud partnership</a> (Register)</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-computing/microsofts-big-draw-oracle-azure-simplified-licensing-227499">Microsoft's big draw for Oracle on Azure: Simplified licensing</a> (InfoWorld)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dXwU-i3vWop-4RMg0KQqmsTWkYiPM&ned=us">92 additional articles.</a></p>
