April SOA Partner Community Newsletter 2011

April 18, 2011 Leave a comment

Dear SOA Partner Community,

Thank you for a great turnout of over 200 people at our SOA & E2.0 Partner Community Forum 2011, and special thanks also to our ACE Directors and Speakers – you are the Community! If you could not attend the forum please make sure you visit our follow-up website with the presentations and the conference program!

The fiscal year end (May 31st is approaching), so please let us know if we can support you to close our key opportunities e.g. by dedicated training, architecture reviews, joint calls with our product management or joint meeting with our sales teams!

It is key that all of you become SOA Specialized by May 31st – it is not an option it is mandatory, therefore we offer additional free implementation assessment vouchers. Additionally, we’ve launched BPM 11g Specialization which will be key in FY12! 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!

Until we meet again! Jürgen Kress
Oracle SOA Partner Adoption EMEA – To read the newsletter please visit http://tinyurl.com/soanewsapril2011
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Oracle announced today the launch of Oracle Enterprise Gateway 11g.

April 6, 2011 Leave a comment

New Gateway Enhances Security and Improves Control of SOA and Cloud Environments

Oracle Enterprise Gateway, a key component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, secures and accelerates XML, Web Services and other types of data in a simple, easy-to-use manner to help significantly lower integration costs and reduce deployment risks.

To learn more about this exciting new product from Oracle, join this Webcast to learn how the new Oracle Enterprise Gateway provides an advanced gateway for fast, secure, and scalable connectivity to SOA and the Cloud.

Webcast Thursday, April 14, 2011 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET

Maneesh Joshi and Jyothi Swaroop of Oracle will discuss product benefits of Oracle Enterprise Gateway such as:

  • DMZ-class security and comprehensive threat defense system for SOA and cloud environments
  • Ultrafast XML processing, allowing SOA and cloud applications to offload resource-intensive,
    XML-based operations
  • Open and standards-based, certified on Oracle Fusion Middleware and non-Oracle technologies

Speakers:
Maneesh Joshi, Director, Product Marketing, SOA, Governance, and BPM Solutions, Oracle
Jyothi Swaroop, Product Director, Fusion Middleware, Oracle

Event Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2011 Time: 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET

Register Now

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

April 1, 2011 Leave a comment

clip_image002Partner 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

March 28, 2011 Leave a comment

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:

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

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How to become an Oracle BPM expert?

March 24, 2011 Leave a comment

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.

 

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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Learn why Oracle SOA is best in class

March 21, 2011 Leave a comment

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Event Date: 03/24/2011 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Choose the Best Integrated Service-Oriented Architecture Platform for Your Business
Oracle SOA delivers increased agility and lowers total cost of ownership in the most heterogeneous environments while addressing a broad range of complex integration requirements.
Attend this Webcast to gain a solid understanding of:

  • The difference between the Oracle and IBM approach to comprehensive SOA
  • How Oracle reduces complexity and costs while achieving faster time to market for your business
  • Oracle SOA Suite technology that gives your business a competitive edge

Speakers:
Maneesh Joshi, Director of Product Marketing, Fusion Middleware, Oracle
Bruce Tierney, Director, Product Marketing, Fusion Middleware, Oracle

Register for the Webcast

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Want to receive the Crimson Consulting Group whitepaper “Oracle SOA vs. IBM SOA: Customer Perspectives on Evaluating Complexity and Business Value”? Make sure you attend our Webcast

In this whitepaper Crimson estimated that Oracle SOA Suite can offer up to a 50-60% labor cost advantage over IBM’s SOA product portfolio. The conclusions were based on in-depth interviews of eight IT professionals with at least three years’ experience of SOA development: 3 interviewees had worked only with Oracle products, 2 only with IBM products, and 3 had experience with both. Through these interviews Crimson found that Oracle SOA Suite is a lot easier to use and has lower cost of ownership compared to IBM. It’s due to the following reasons:

  • IBM’s SOA portfolio comprises many more products than Oracle’s SOA Suite, with frequent duplication or overlap of functionality.
  • The number of steps involved for fundamental operations tended to be higher for IBM, sometimes dramatically so.clip_image004
  • The amount of time needed for a given operation tended to be higher for IBM—and often, the difference in time was much greater than that between the number of steps.
  • Interviewee judgments of operations complexity and the skill level required are also against IBM.

Register for the Webcast For future SOA Partner Community activities become a member 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

March 15, 2011 Leave a comment

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).

News and Announcements

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Call For Papers Oracle Open World 2011

March 10, 2011 Leave a comment

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You want to attend Oracle Open World 2011? Make sure you submit your paper to become a speaker and receive a free full conference pass!

What papers we would like to see? Your SOA & BPM success stories using our OFM11g technology. Make sure you talk about best practice, methodology and lessons learned maybe together with your customers. We are highly interested how you do use the complete stack e.g. ADF, OER, OSR, OSB, BPEL, BPMN, Webcenter, E2.0 and BI within your projects.

For additional call for papers please visit our wiki. For more information about our SOA Partner Community activities at OOW 2011 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?

March 8, 2011 Leave a comment

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:image

See you in Utrecht Jürgen Kress

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SOA online seminar by Griffiths Waite – adopt Fusion Applications patterns today

February 28, 2011 Leave a comment

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Our SOA Specialized partner Griffiths Waite developed a series of Oracle Fusion Middleware online seminars. Mark Simpson Oracle ACE Director gives an insight of the Oracle strategy, how Oracle is using Fusion Middleware to build Fusion Applications and how you can profit in your project from the Fusion Architecture.

Giving examples how customers can adopt use cases for Application Integration & Composite Application Portals & Application Modernization & Business Process Management. If you are interested make sure you watch the online seminar and take the SOA Maturity Assessment

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