2011 EMEA OPN Partner Specializations Awards are open for Your SOA & BPM nominations!

Partner recognition is a fundamental part of OPN Specialized, and I am delighted to announce that the 2011 EMEA OPN Partner Specialization Awards are now open for nominations. With these awards we recognize the partners who have specialized their business with Oracle and who are delivering real customer value.

For all the partners who achieved SOA Specialization please make sure that you submit your Specialization Award Nomination! Like last year we the SOA Partner Community want to win all the EMEA and Global awards!

Partners from EMEA who have achieved one or more specializations in OPN are eligible to submit nominations to become an EMEA Partner of the Year for 2011. Make sure you apply for the Middleware Partner of the Year category

You can submit your nomination on the OPN Portal and send a copy of your award nomination to Jürgen Kress. Nominations are open until June 24, 2011. Bring them home again!

2010 Winner:

eProseed triple award winner of Oracle EMEA!

Red Samurai Consulting global award winner of Oracle EMEA!

For more information and Specialization support please read the SOA & Application Grid Specialization eBook and the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Checklist.

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Highlights SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forum XIII

You want to know:

• Why Oracle starts the ice-cube business – by Andrew Sutherland?
• Why Honda should build nice cars – by Andrew Gilboy?
• How you can book a hotel by using SOA as a foundation for BPM – by Leon Smiers?
• How you can apply for a new job via an intelligent WebCenter portal – by Vikram Setia?
• What is the roadmap of SOA and BPM – by David Shaffer?
• Why Specialization is easy – by Nick Kritikos?

Make sure you become a member in the SOA & E2.0 Partner Communities to access the presentations for registration please visit http://www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa & http://www.oracle.com/goto/emea/e2.0!

First Feedback from the Community Forum:

• Capgemini Oracle blog
• Andreas’ Adventures
• Simon Haslam’s blog
• Yannick Ongena’s Enterprise 2.0 Blog
• Deltalounge SOA and E20 Partner Community Forum & SOA and E20 Partner Community Forum – 2

Let us know if you posted an entry on your blog or send us your quote!

Conference Program: speaker & company profiles & conference program

Presentations: Are posted on the SOA & E2.0 Partner Community website

Impressions from the event posted at Picasa

You like to attend a future SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forums? Become a member for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa & www.oracle.com/goto/emea/e2.0 (OPN account required)

Specialization

As a next step please make sure that you become a SOA & BPM & E2.0 Specialized Partner:

E2.0 Specialization

• E2.0 sales plays for all E2.0 Partner Community members

• WebCenter and ECM training material is available as part of the enablement 2.0 & the Webcenter & ECM Knowledge zone

• WebCenter Specialization http://tinyurl.com/webcenterspecialize

• Oracle WebCenter 11g Sales Specialist

• Oracle WebCenter Sales Specialist Assessment

• Oracle WebCenter PreSales Specialist

• Oracle WebCenter PreSales Specialist Assessment

• Oracle WebCenter 11g Essentials Implementation Assessment (1Z0-541)

• Enterprise Content Management Specialization http://tinyurl.com/specializeecm

• Oracle Enterprise Content Management Sales Specialist

• Oracle Enterprise Content Management Sales Specialist Assessment

• Oracle Enterprise Content Management PreSales Specialist

• Oracle Enterprise Content Management PreSales Specialis Assessment

Oracle Enterprise Content Management Essentials Implementation Assessment (1Z0-542 )

SOA Specialization

• SOA sales kit to train your account managers http://tinyurl.com/soasaleskit

• SOAmarketing kit for partners to host your own event http://tinyurl.com/soamarketing http://tinyurl.com/wlsmarketing

• SOA training material is available as part of the enablement 2.0 & the SOA Knowledge zone

• SOA Specialization http://tinyurl.com/soaspecialized

• SOA 11g Sales Specialist

• SOA 11g Sales Specialist Assessment

• SOA 11g PreSales Specialist

• SOA 11g PreSales Specialist Assesment

• Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist

BPM Specialzation

• BPM sales kit to train your account managers http://tinyurl.com/bpmsaleskit

• BPM marketing kit for partners to host your own event http://tinyurl.com/bpmmarketing

• BPM training material is available as part of the enablement 2.0 & the BPM Knowledge zone

• BPM Specialization http://tinyurl.com/bpmspecialize

• Oracle Business Process Management 11g Sales Person

• Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Sales Specialist Assessment

• Oracle Business Process Management 11g PreSales Consultant

• Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g PreSales Specialist Assessment

• Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite 11g Essentials (1Z1-560)

Voucher request

We continue to support your efforts to Specialization in 2011, therefore we again we are offering free vouchers. For Partner Community members we offer additional 50 free Certified Implementation Specialist assessment vouchers! If you’d like to get a free voucher please show us proof of your SOA knowledge by sending us a screenshot of your WebCenter PreSales Specialist Assessment or Enterprise Content Management PreSales Specialis Assessment SOA 11g PreSales Specialist Assesment or BPM 11g PreSales Specialist Assessment – free of charge at the OPN Competency Center.

To request the free voucher please send an e-mail with the screenshot to brigitte.felisaz@oracle.com including your Name, Company, E-mail, Country and the subject SOA free voucher!

For more information and Specialization support please read the SOA & Application Grid Specialization eBook and the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Checklist.

You make the Community Till we meet again Hans & Jürgen

For future SOA Partner Community Forums  become a member for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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How to become an Oracle BPM expert?

With BPM Suite 11g, Oracle became one of the first vendors to support the new BPMN 2.0 standard notation for business process modeling. Gartner Ranks Oracle as a BPM Leader: In Gartner’s October 2010 Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, Gartner places Oracle in the coveted Leaders quadrant thanks to its BPM Suite 11g product offering.

• BPM sales kit to train your account manager
• BPM marketing kit for partners to host your own event
• BPM training material is available as part of the enablement 2.0 – BPM Knowledge Zone
• White Paper: Business Process Engineering
• BPM Specialization
• Oracle Business Process Management 11g Sales Person
• Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Sales Specialist Assessment
• Oracle Business Process Management 11g PreSales Consultant
• Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g PreSales Specialist Assessment
• Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite 11g Essentials (1Z1-560)

For additional information please visit the BPM knowledge zone and the bpm blog.If you like to receive a free BPM implementation assessment voucher make sure you become a member in the SOA Partner Community for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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Welcome to the SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forum

With more than 200 registrations the SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forum is a huge success!

Conference program

Is available online: http://tinyurl.com/soaforumagenda

Agenda
Tuesday March 15th 2011

12:15 Welcome & Introduction – Hans Blaas & Jürgen Kress, Oracle

12:30 Oracle Middleware Strategy and Information on Application Grid and Exalogic – Andrew Sutherland, Oracle

13:15 Managing Online Customer, Partner and Employee Engagement Oracle E2.0 Solutions – Andrew Gilboy, Oracle

14:00 Coffee Break

14:30 Partner SOA/ BPM Reference Case – Leon Smiers, Capgemini

15:15 Partner WebCenter/ UCM Reference Case – Vikram Setia, Infomentum

16.00 Break

16.30 SOA and BPM 11gR1 PS3 Update – David Shaffer

17:00 Why specialization is important for Partners – Nick Kritikos, Hans Blaas & Jürgen Kress

17:45 Social Event

Wednesday March 16th 2011

09.00 Welcome & Introduction Day II

09.15 Breakout sessions Round 1

• SOA Suite 11g PS3 & OSB
• Importance of ADF & Jdeveloper
• SOA Security IDM
• WebCenter PS3, Whats New
• E2.0 Sales Plays

10.30 Break

10.45 Breakout sessions Round 2

• WebCenter PS3, Whats New
• Applications Management Enterprise Manager and Amberpoint
• ADF/WebCenter 11g integration with BPM Suite 11g
• Importance of ADF & Jdeveloper
• JCAPS & OC4J migration opportunities for service business

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Breakout sessions Round 3

• BPM 11g, Whats New
• Universal Content Management! 11g
• SOA Security IDM
• E2.0 Surrounding Products: ATG, Documaker, Primavera
• Middleware Industry Value Propositions & Sales Plays

14.30 Break

14.45 Fusion Applications, Rajan Krishnan, Oracle

15.30 SOA & E2.0 Summary & Closing, Hans Blaas & Jürgen Kress, Oracle

15.45 Finish & Departure

16:00 Bus departure

Capgemini Nederland BV
Papendorpseweg 100
3500 GN Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 689 00 00
For a detailed routedescription by car or public transport please visit: http://www.nl.capgemini.com/pdf/Papendorp_UK.pdf

Hotel
In case you have not booked your hotel yet, please make your own hotel reservation. You can book your hotel room at the ‘Hotel Vianen’ at a special rate, by using the Oracle booking code: DDG VIA-GF41422. One night package € 110,- for a single room, including breakfast. Kindly secure your hotel room as soon as possible. The number of rooms is limited!

Hotel Vianen
Prins Bernhardstraat 75
4132 XE Vianen
info@vianen.valk.com
The Netherlands
banqueting@vianen.valk.nl

Arrival on 14th of March and staying at Hotel Vianen.
On 15th of March we have arranged a transfer from Hotel Vianen to the Capgemini Offices.
The bus is parked in front of the hotel and will leave at 10.15AM (UTC/GMT+1).

Logistics
Pass with barcode
At your arrival you will receive a pass with a barcode. This pass will give you access to the conference building and the different floors within the building. Please make sure to hand in your pass at the registration desk at the end of the day.

Arrival by plane
Transfer from Schiphol Airport to Capgemini on 15th of March will be arranged by Oracle. A hostess will be welcoming you at the Meeting Point at Schiphol Airport (this is a red and white large cubicle situated next to Delifrance)
The buses will depart from Schiphol Airport at 09.00AM, 09.45AM and 10.30AM (UTC/GMT+1).

For future SOA Partner Community Forums  become a member for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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How to become an Oracle SOA expert?

Our SOA business continues to grow – more and more open SOA jobs are posted – you want to participate and become and Oracle SOA expert? Follow the five steps to your SOA success:

• Joint the Oracle SOA Partner Community: You will receive our monthly newsletter with all the training, marketing and sales material and the latest product updates
• SOA Partner Community Forum: Keynotes delivered by our VP for product management and sales, breakouts by our experts and make sure you sign up for the hands-on bootcamps! The Forum is the best place to network with the Community & ACEs to exchange your project experience!
• Blog: Latest updates from the SOA Community on a weekly base for additional blogs please visit our wiki
• Books: What you must read when you start with Oracle SOA Suite!
• SOA & Application Grid Specialization eBook and the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Checklist to become an certified expert and partner!

See you in Utrecht Jürgen Kress

For more information on SOA Specialization and the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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Who are the SOA experts? Specialization recognized by customers

You are looking for the SOA experts to deliver an successful project – contact our Oracle SOA Specialized partners – you can recognize them by the logo, the plaques and in the solutions catalog:

Plaques SOA Specialized

We would like to offer you a nice SOA Specialization plaque  with your logo to proof your success. If you are a SOA Specialized partner and would like to request the plaque please send Brigitte an e-mail with the following information:

• Partner Name
• Partner logo (preferred eps file)
• Partner Status gold or platinum

We recommend to mount the plaque at your office reception in addition you can use the SOA Specialization logos at your website Download Logo: Gold & Platinum

Solutions Catalog

Please make sure that your Oracle Partner Network administrator will add your achieved Specializations to the Oracle Solutions catalog

We started to promote at our website www.oracle.com/soa the find a Specialized Partner who added their Service Oriented Architecture Specialization in the solutions catalog.

For administration please visit manage solutions catalog within OPN For detailed tutorial and an faq please visit. http://tinyurl.com/Catalogorcl

For more information on SOA Specialization and special SOA please make sure that you read the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Guide and the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Checklist.

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SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forum – registration is open!

March 15^th and 16^th 2011, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Do you want to learn about how to sell the value of Fusion Middleware by combining SOA and E2.0 Solutions?
Do you want to meet with Oracle SOA and E2.0 Product management?
Do you want to exchange your knowledge and learn from successful SOA, BPM, WebCenter and UCM
implementations?
Do you want to understand Oracle’s Fusion Applications Strategy?
Do you want to network within the Oracle SOA Partner Community and the Oracle E2.0 Partner Community?

Then please register for the Oracle SOA and E2.0 Partner Community forum that will be held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on March 15^th and 16^th. Registration is free of charge.
During this forum you can learn from success stories of partners, join different breakout sessions, gain information from other SOA and E2.0 partners and listen to a vibrate panel discussion.
Additionally to the SOA and E2.0 Partner Community Forum, you can participate in technical hands on workshops on March 17^th and 18^th. The goal of these workshops is to prepare you for customer implementations.
Please register by clicking here.

ORACLE SOA and E2.0 PARTNER COMMUNITY FORUM

Dates: Tuesday 15 March 2011, 11.00 – 18.00 hrs & Wednesday 16 March 2011, 09.00 – 15.45 hrs

Place: Capgemini, Utrecht Netherlands

For more information on SOA Specialization and the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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