Lucas Jellema presented on the evolution of the database and its role in application architecture. Key points include:
- The database has evolved from decentralized silos to a centralized, consolidated layer providing data, business logic and interfaces.
- The Oracle database introduced capabilities like PL/SQL, high availability, compression, and flashback queries.
- Recent trends include multitenant databases, in-memory processing, and temporal/versioned data in the cloud.
- Engineered systems optimize hardware and software to improve performance.