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Remote MCP Server to access an Oracle database in Claude on iOS

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Think of MCP ( Model Context Protocol ) as the universal adapter for AI assistants. Just like USB-C promised to connect any device to any port, MCP lets AI models connect to virtually any data source, application, or service through a standardized protocol. Whether it's a company database, a cloud service, or a local file system, MCP bridges the gap between AI and the tools you use. The buzz around MCP isn't just hype—it's solving a real problem. Until recently, getting AI to work with your specific data and workflows meant custom integrations, API wrangling, and a lot of developer headaches. MCP changes that by creating a common 'language' that AI models can use to communicate with external systems securely and efficiently. Although MCP is relatively new (created by Anthropic in November 2024), all major players are backing the protocol.  With developers rapidly building MCP servers for everything from databases to development tools, we're witnessing the birt...
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UKOUG Tech14 - APEX Highlights

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Last week I spent 4 days at the annual UK Oracle User Group conference, this time around called  Tech14 .  It was my first  UKOUG  conference in a number of years and I set out with the intention of treating it like an all you can eat buffet of APEX presentations and workshops. So, what were the APEX highlights of Tech14? Well, I have to start with the presentations given by  Joel Kallman ,  David Peake  and  Shakeeb Rahman .  They gave a number of talks over all 4 days, a fair few of these covered various features of APEX 5.  I'm really impressed with the new Page Designer which looks even more like a traditional IDE and will help convince Forms (and ADF,  .Net, etc) developers of just how serious a development tool APEX really is.  Oracle consider this to be a 'game changer' for APEX and it's hard to disagree. Shakeeb gave a number of talks centred on the new Universal Theme within APEX 5.  This is a new centra...
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