OpenWorld will no doubt see plenty of updates and refresher courses on Oracle's recently launched Oracle Cloud, which runs the gamut from Fusion Applications delivered as SaaS (software as a service) to an on-demand database and Java application server.

It wasn't clear from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's presentation whether all elements of Oracle Cloud are generally available, but any lingering questions on that front should be answered at OpenWorld.

Meanwhile, one OpenWorld session will feature a number of Oracle technical staffers sharing "lessons and best practices learned in the initial rollout" of the database service, which uses the vendor's flagship database with pay-as-you-go pricing.

It appears that Oracle is going to (platform as a service) elements of its cloud strategy as well. One talk will center on Oracle Developer Cloud Services, described as "a hosted environment for your application development infrastructure, including version management, build services, tasks and defects tracking, wikis, document storage, and more."