Ellison also shared some Exalogic customer success stories. "We're actually getting more rapid adoption from Exalogic than we did from Exadata at the same point in time," he said. However, no specific sales figures were provided.

Java applications' response times are 10 times as fast on Exalogic, and companies can serve many more users at once, Ellison said.

Ellison had another reason to smile Sunday besides a splashy new product announcement. San Francisco Giants president Larry Baer presented him with a World Series commemorative ring. Oracle's hometown team won Major League Baseball's top prize last year. "I know a lot of you are surprised I'm getting this ring, but I hit .305 last year and was second in the running for the Golden Glove," Ellison joked.

Some 45,000 people are attending the conference, according to Oracle. It is co-located with the JavaOne show Oracle inherited from the purchase of Sun Microsystems.

OpenWorld continues this week through Thursday in San Francisco.