Amazon plans to be completely off Oracle’s proprietary database software by the first quarter of 2020, writes Jordan Novet in CNBC.
Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/amazon-plans-to-move-off-oracle-software-by-early-2020.html
Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle software by early 2020 — CNBC
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