New ML, AI features highlight Oracle Analytics Cloud update

New machine learning tools and enhanced natural language processing capabilities are among the latest additions to Oracle Analytics Cloud. Tech giant Oracle -- now based in Austin, Texas, after moving its headquarters recently from its longtime base in Redwood City, Calif. Oracle Analytics Cloud is the business intelligence piece of Oracle's analytics platform -- which also includes Oracle Analytics Server and Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse -- and is made up of Oracle's traditional BI reporting tools, self-service BI capabilities, data visualization tools and augmented intelligence capabilities. Before an overhaul in June 2019 designed to reduce complexity, Oracle's analytics platform consisted of 18 different products. New machine learning (ML) capabilities in Oracle Analytics Cloud include Machine Learning Explain-Ability, a tool that enables business users to view complete details of how machine learning models calculate predictability to get insight into influencing factors.