At the beginning of this month (November), Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1) was finally available through DBassS on the Oracle Cloud after its first offering as Exadata Express Service in September. Oracle also released 12.2 documentation.
The ORACLE-BASE Blog from Tim Hall also provided a bit more detail about this new release. You can also check Marco Gralike's blog to get first impression of Oracle 12.2.0.1 on the cloud.
