Cloud Computing Partner Survey

December 13, 2010 Leave a comment

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Oracle offers a wide portfolio to build cloud solutions from hardware to software: virtualization, databases, middleware and applications. Oracle strategy is to build complete solutions and not to focus on the service market – Larry “We’re not eyeing services buys – Oracle’s products are highly differentiated. Oracle is reselling through services companies.”

You as a partner of Oracle can offer your core competence services like hosting or integration business, therefore our cloud strategy is a partner strategy. In a first step we would like to ask you to complete the Oracle cloud partner survey. In the next step we will organize a conference call to discuss details and a planed tour to the Oracle headquarters in the US.

If you want to learn more about Oracle cloud solutions please visit www.oracle.com/cloud
We are looking forward to accelerate our cloud partnerships!

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

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Share your Santa Clouse pictures and win great prices with the Enablement Advent calendar

December 10, 2010 Leave a comment

Like last year we want to give you the opportunity to share your Christmas picture with the community! Make sure you send us your Santa Clouse, Snowman or your Rudolph pictures! The best pictures will be awarded with an Oracle wool cap and published at our blog.

Thanks to our Enablement team you also have to opportunity to win great prices with our online Advent calendar:

and the Happy Holiday message from Judson Althoff

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

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eProseed (Belgium) wins the Oracle EMEA Middleware Partner of the Year Award 2010

December 8, 2010 Leave a comment

 

eProseed triple award winner of Oracle EMEA! Geoff you missed one…

Thanks for the excellent work in the SOA and BPM space and your efforts in the Specialization program. Great to see the benefits of Specialization which helps eProseed to get visibility by Oracle and to become preferred by customers!

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

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Why to become SOA Specialized? An interview with Torsten Winterberg from Opitz Consulting

December 1, 2010 Leave a comment

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We had the great opportunity to interview Torsten Winterberg, Director Strategy and Innovation – Head of Competence Center SOA and Oracle ACE Director from our SOA Specialized Partner Opitz Consulting.

Why did Opitz decide to become SOA Specialized? O_SpecPlat_SOA_clr
” Specialization was key for Opitz to become preferred by the customer and recognized by Oracle
The marketing, sales and education benefits are key for Opitz to grow our SOA business”

Can you describe the marketing activities with Oracle?
” With SOA Specialization Opitz used the Oracle Marketing Services for Partners (OMS4) to create a SOA enterprise architecture road-show. As part of this road-show we demonstrated jointly with Oracle our knowledge and skills to our joint customer base. We used the OPN marketing services to create SOA references cases which are key in a SOA solution sales process. Or SOA offering flyers are available at the Oracle Customer Visitor Centers. And our SOA services, events and website is promoted by Oracle google adwords campaigns as one of the SOA Specialization benefits. As a SOA Specialized partner we also present at the Oracle BPM11g launch events.”

How did you team with Oracle around the sales activities?
“The leads we generated by our joint marketing activities, we registered in the Oracle Open Market Model (OMM). As part of the OMM process we aligned our sales forces. Together with the Oracle Sales and Pre-Sales team we demoed the customer SOA suite by using the Oracle online advances demo systems.”

Did you get Oracle support to train your consultants in the Oracle SOA Suite?
“With the Enablement 2.0 SOA boot camps we did train our consultants as well as consultants from other partners as a delivery 2.0 partner. We certified our team by using the SOA sales, presales and implementation assessments available in the Oracle competence center. As part of our Opitz Oracle SOA training initiative we trained more than 30 Opitz consultants. As an ACE Director SOA/FMW I am also connected with the Oracle Productmanagement, so information is always fresh and fast to get.”

Why did the customer decide for the Opitz SOA offering?
“Key for the customer was that Opitz did proof SOA Specialization to the customer in the bid process by the SOA assessment certifications & Oracle SOA references. In a joint meeting with the customer Opitz and Oracle did proof the partnership. As a SOA Community partner we work with Oracle on a daily base and get support of the Oracle SOA product and development team by being a member of the SOA Partner Advisory Council.

SOA Specialization was key to grow our Oracle middleware revenue by more than 200% and our services business even more in the last fiscal year.”

What are the next steps for Opitz?
“As a Oracle platinum partner Opitz continues to specialize in additional middleware focus areas like Business Intelligence and Application Grid. The Specialization program will be key for us to differentiate from our competition and to generate more joint business with Oracle.

To summarize it with SOA Specialization we jointly win more happy customer and generate more joint business!”

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Torsten Winterberg
Opitz Consulting
Direktor für Strategie und Innovation, Leiter des Competence Centers SOA
Blog: http://torstenwinterberg.blogspot.com/

Make sure that you read our “Specialization Guide SOA & Application Grid How to become Specialized”. This ebook will support you in all the steps and show you the value of Specialization. Read more.

SOA & Application Grid Specialization Guide & SOA & Application Grid Specialization Checklist

For more information on SOA & Application Grid Specialization become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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IPT – first Oracle SOA Partner in Switzerland with focus in Integration

November 29, 2010 Leave a comment

IPT is our fist Swiss Partner who became SOA Specialized – congratulations! Our customer prefer SOA Specialized Partners and Oracle recognizes SOA Specialized Partners – listen to Thomas Schaller why SOA Specialization is key:

Customer who are looking for SOA Specialized Partners please visit the Solutions Catalog

Partner who want to become SOA Specialized please read the

  • SOA & Application Grid Specialization Guide
  • SOA & Application Grid Specialization ChecklistWant to record and publish your Oracle middleware success story? We offer a full service to create and publish your success, for details please login to http://partner.orcle.com and to go the marketing tab.For more information on SOA & Application Grid Specialization become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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    Get a free implementation assessment voucher to become an Oracle SOA Certified Implementation Specialist!

    November 25, 2010 Leave a comment

    For SOA Partner Community members we offer 50 free Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture 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 Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture 11g PreSales Specialist certificate – free of charge at the OPN Competency Center.

    To request the free voucher please send an e-mail with the screenshclip_image005ot to brigitte.felisaz@oracle.com including your Name, Company, E-mail, Country and the subject SOA free voucher!

    For details on the Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist and the Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture 11g PreSales Specialist, please read the SOA & Application Grid Specialization Guide. For support with your accounts please contact the Partner Business Center.

    For more information become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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    Oracle SOA Suite 11g Handbook published by Lucas Jellema

    November 23, 2010 Leave a comment

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    Lucas Jellema and Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director just published an superb book about Oracle SOA Suite 11g. This book is ideal if you are working on an SOA project or if you want to become trained to achieve the SOA implementation certification.

    Design and implement an agile service-oriented enterprise computing infrastructure using the detailed information in this Oracle Press guide. Written by an Oracle ACE director, Oracle SOA Suite 11g Handbook uses a hands-on case study to illustrate each programming, management, and governance concept. Get expert techniques for modeling and implementing complex business processes and deploying and securing Web services, while maximizing decoupling and code reuse.

    • Install Oracle SOA Suite 11g or migrate from a previous version
    • Design and develop composite applications using SCA and SDO
    • Model processes using BPEL, BPMN, and human task components
    • Connect components through mapping and filtering with Oracle Mediator
    • Apply the principles of event-driven architecture through complex event processing, the event delivery network, and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring server
    • Benefit from the power of Java through the Spring component and the interaction with Oracle
    • Validate, enrich, transform, route, and operate on data using the Oracle Service Bus
    • Deploy, test, and manage composite applications from the Oracle Enterprise Manager control console

    Lucas Jellema, an Oracle Ace Director (Fusion Middleware), is a consultant and expertise manager with a primary focus on the Oracle SOA Suite. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences as well as the author of many articles for both Dutch and international magazines and websites. Lucas has written over 400 articles on the popular AMIS Technology blog (http://technology.amis.nl/blog) and regularly develops and teaches training workshop on Oracle technology.

    Want to get the book? Visit Amazon.com For additional books on SOA please visit our wiki: http://wiki.oracle.com/page/SOA+Publications+Wiki Please feel free to add books you can recommend!

    For more information become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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    Watch Red Samurai our Award Winner 2010 talking out Fusion Middleware and SOA

    November 16, 2010 Leave a comment

    Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Award Winner 2010

    SOA Partner Community Award for Outstanding Contribution Across the World 2010

    Red Samurai Consulting is focusing on Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle SOA technologies. Primary goal is to help customers to benefit from Oracle Fusion by providing technical consulting and training. Red Samurai provides services for architecture development, technical issues solving, audit, mentoring and leading developers in Oracle Fusion projects.

    Red Samurai Consulting services are delivered to the customers by Andrejus Baranovskis, Oracle ACE Director. Andrejus’ primary goal in Oracle projects is to drive conversion to Oracle Fusion and Oracle SOA technologies.

    Want to record and publish your Oracle middleware success story? We offer a full service to create and publish your success, for details please login to http://partner.orcle.com and to go the marketing tab.

    For more information on SOA & Application Grid Specialization become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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    Specialization Guide – SOA & Application Grid – How to become Specialized

    October 26, 2010 Leave a comment

    You want to become Oracle SOA & Application Grid Specialized?

    Make sure that you read our “Specialization Guide SOA & Application Grid How to become Specialized”. This ebook will support you in all the steps and show you the value of Specialization. Read more

    Why Specialization? Specialized, Recognized by Oracle, Preferred by Customers.

    Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) welcomes you to explore OPN Specialized, the most significant evolution of the OPN program in more than a decade. The focus of the new program is on specialization, giving you the opportunity to gain the differentiation and competitive edge you need to stand out in the marketplace. Specialization is achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. OPN Specialized partners are recognized by Oracle, and preferred by customers.

    Join OPN Specialized:

    • Differentiate yourself through expertise in leading Oracle IT solutions
    • Get recognized by Oracle in your specialized services and solutions
    • Be preferred by customers seeking value-added solutions for their business

    For more information on SOA & Application Grid Specialization become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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    free exam vouchers to become SOA certified implementation Specialists – attend Oracle University training

    October 22, 2010 2 Comments

    FREE EXAM VOUCHERS TO BECOME ORACLE SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE CERTIFIED IMPLEMENTATION SPECIALISTS.
    Consultants who register and attend Oracle University’s SOA Suite 11g Implementation Boot Camp
    (view schedule) between the 1st November and the 30th November will receive a FREE Exam Voucher* enabling them to become an Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist.

    An Implementation Specialist will help your company on its path to an Oracle Specialized status, a key criteria required for a partner organization. Being OPN Specialized will raise your visibility in the market place and increase your access to the industry’s most challenging opportunities. Moreover, it will give your team the opportunity to gain differentiation, a competitive advantage and a solid understanding of SOA products.

    Listen to Mark Simpson SOA Practice Director at Griffiths Waite to understand why specialization is crucial for your organisation.

    Encourage your consultants to view the schedule and register now to receive their FREE voucher and become an Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist before the end of the year. Vouchers will be sent the week following attendance of the Boot Camp.

    If there is no In Class event in a country near you, why don’t they try a Live Virtual Class? These can be taken at European office hours but also at US office hours so that your consultants remain almost 100% billable on training days. The Oracle SOA Suite11g Implementation Boot Camp provides your consultants with knowledge on how to develop and implement solutions using SOA Suite 11g that will drive their customers’ organizations to make better decisions, take informed actions, and run more-efficient business processes.  Take advantage of this offer now – Boot Camps have a limited capacity.  Get in contact with your local Oracle University team for more details.

    For more information on SOA & Application Grid Specialization become a member in the SOA Partner Community please feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required)

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