Oracle is always looking into leveraging (disruptive) emerging technologies. They are currently investing in cloud and mobile integration, artificial intelligence (data analytics, conversational AI/chatbots, machine learning), and the Internet of Things (IoT). In the summer of 2017, Oracle cemented their interest in Blockchain, but as you will learn in a moment, they actually started investing in it at the beginning of 2016.
On May 31, 2016, a U.S. patent application under the registration number US 15/169,622 was filed by Maurice P. Herlihy and Mark S. Moir of Oracle Labs with the title Accountability and Trust in Distributed Ledger Systems. This was published on August 17, 2017 under number US20170236120 A1. The ...
