Item: Oracle Autonomous Database
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Autonomous DB to provide the most secure DB to our banking customers as we move from an on-prem to hosted solution. We have also noticed significant improvement in the efficiency of our DBA team running the solution as we no longer have to run manual tasks.

Pros and Cons

Security
Efficiency
Credibility

Training DBA's to use new tools
Communicating internally value prop to management team

Return on Investment

Positive ROI on DBA effectiveness
Positive ROI on winning SaaS business from Banks

Alternatives Considered

Azure SQL Database

Autonomous DB gives us the security we are looking for in this Financial Services application and peace of mind to CIO and infosys team that we can hold the data ouside of their firewall. We also have the application tuned to Oracle DB too.

Key Insights

Do you think Oracle Autonomous Database delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Oracle Autonomous Database's feature set?

Yes

Did Oracle Autonomous Database live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Oracle Autonomous Database go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Oracle Autonomous Database again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Best suited to high intensity applications with loads of data managed on the instance that will also be high risk transactional data. Suggest this is used to give banks the guarantee that the solution we provide hosted will hold the requirements for legal reasons. Less suited for low latency situations.

Autonomous DB is the solution for FS applications moving to the Cloud!

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Autonomous Database