But Oracle 18c isn't just any database. It's "the only self-administering database in the entire world," Ellison told attendees of his company's annual conference in San Francisco.

Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison unveiled the company's autonomous database called 18c as well as a cybersecurity system that rides shot gun with it.

In his first keynote of Oracle's annual use conference, the executive chairman announced a new autonomous database that can patch itself from cybersecurity flaws without having to go offline. The ...

Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle, speaks at Oracle OpenWorld 2017. (GeekWire Screenshot) Given an hour in front of thousands of his company’s most important customers ...

Pick your battle Earlier this week, when Oracle announced its newest database, the Oracle 18c, chairman Larry Ellison called it the first "fully-autonomous" and "self-driving" database on the market.

Kicking off Oracle’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sunday, Ellison introduced the Oracle 18c, the first fully-automated database system, which he claimed had 99.995% reliability ...