Oracle is also planning to discuss how customers can build "database clouds" of their own with Oracle technologies, most likely Exadata, in order to create a DBaaS (database as a service).

Attendees will also get an update on the technical road map Exadata, which has received the most attention of all Oracle's systems, during a session titled "Future of Oracle Exadata: Developments for OLTP, Warehousing, and Consolidation."

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison recently revealed that the next version of Oracle's flagship database in December or January. It's expected to be named 12c, with the "c" standing for cloud.

It wouldn't be surprising if longtime Oracle database chief Andrew Mendelsohn gives OpenWorld showgoers a preview of database 12c during his keynote, "What's Next for Oracle Database?" Conceivably, Mendelsohn could announce a beta program for the release as well, assuming that Ellison was referring to a general-availability date.