As organizations scale AI production, robust security and data availability are paramount. Ashish Ray, Senior VP at Oracle, states that in the era of agentic AI and sophisticated cyber threats, resilience must be inherent in the database, not an afterthought.
Oracle's new AI Database 26ai is designed for AI and agentic workloads, significantly reducing failover times and enhancing data protection without application changes. This shifts IT leaders from traditional high-availability models to distributed resilience.
Ray explained that Oracle offers two service levels: Platinum for approximately 20-second failovers and Diamond for near-instantaneous recovery in zero to three seconds. These are achieved through deep kernel-level optimizations in Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Data Guard. These benefits are available by default when upgrading to Oracle AI Database 26ai.
The Oracle Exadata platform provides a fault-tolerant foundation, integrating hardware and software optimizations for AI's intense resource demands. Ray emphasizes that a combination of both hardware and software is crucial for resilience.
This consistent architecture operates globally, supporting multicloud strategies across on-premises, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and third-party environments. This consistency removes a key barrier to enterprise AI adoption for executives navigating complex cloud commitments and legacy systems.