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

 

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

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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

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!

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

    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

    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

    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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    we are proud – thanks to the SOA Partner Community

    what an Oracle OpenWorld 2010 for our EMEA SOA Partner Community! Was there an award, keynote, webcast, reception… without the community! Personally I did not make it to San Francisco – but I got the message over the ocean:

    eProseed Middleware Partner of the Year Geoff award 09.2010Winner: eProseed Belgium Gold OPN partner eProseed was recognized for its success in demonstrating a deep understanding of Oracle Middleware technology consistently delivering business value from Oracle solutions in customer implementations, and its commitment to specialization.  eProseed was the first OPN partner in EMEA to implement solutions using Oracle Business Process Management 11g and Oracle Application Integration Architecture 11g), and to offer partner training on these Oracle technologies.  The company was also recently crowned Oracle Benelux Industry Partner of the Year 2010.  Geoffroy de Lamalle, CEO, eProseed, said, said, “We are delighted to win this award.  As a niche market player Oracle middleware has been of great strategic importance to us.  Twinning it with our value-added management services has allowed us to deliver more business value more quickly to the customer and empower users.  As a result, we have built up a solid track record of delivering tailor-made projects on time, and on budget, and that enable our clients to increase their business agility.  It is great to be recognized for this.” OOW10_E20Awards_075

    Red Samurai Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Award Winner 2010
    For successful Oracle ADF 11g and Oracle WebCenter 11g implementation in Texas A&M University. And for innovative blogging approach started 5 years ago – technical blogs with sample applications !

    Judson Keynote Specialized Partner Showcase: Recognized – Opitzimage

    Rolf Scheuch CTO from Opitz and Christof Orth Oracle Fusion Middleware Sales Rep presented in Judson’s keynote a customer case why SOA Specialization is key to success.

    SOA Partner Advisory Council & Application Grid Partner Advisory Council

    Thanks to our product management team and our partners to share their roadmaps on to discuss directions of our SOA Suite 11g and Application Grid solutions. This workshops are key for both our partners and our product & development management team to get your feedback and improve the product. We are looking forward to host the next workshops in half a year in Europe!

    SOA Bob Rhubart, Architect Community Manager, talks to the Masons of SOA (OTN Live 2010) Oracle ADF Justin Kestelyn, OTN Senior Director, interviews Lucas Jellema (OTN Live 2010)

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    Was great to heave most of you over at our SOA Partner Community Reception at Gordon Biersch.

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    Thanks to the community – keep it rolling!

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    SOA Partner Community Awards 2010

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    Awards:

    Hard to decide, finally Clemens and I decided. Many additional great contributions like Lonneke SOA Enterprise Metholology Group, IPT for the great SOA Forum, Eric Elzinga for his super Blog, SIV for embedding our SOA as ISV,…. And the winners are:

    • SOA 11g Griffiths Waite: Mark Simpson for the SOA Suite 11g project at Wesleyan Insurance and Motability Operations, UK
    • BPM 11g eProseed: Geoffroy de Lamalle for the fist BPM11g project in Production at Herstal
    • OSB 11g trivadis: Guido Schmutz several OSB 11g project at Wirecard, Swiss Army, and Swiss RhB and Swiss Driver License
    • Specialization OPITZ CONSULTING Torsten Winterberg for the SOA Specialization: SOA Marketing brochures, Enterprise Architecture Roadshow, SOA Magazine Artikles, SOA Bootcamps, SOA internal training, SOA growth of Opitz business
    • Across the World 2010 Red Samurai Consulting Andrejus Baranovskis delivered SOA project in USA , Middle East, Africa and Europe – Asia is missing!
    • SOA Book Lucas Jellema – AMIS Mr. Lucas Jellema : great new SOA book
    • ·Web2.0 Contribution 2010 Edwin Biemond – Whitehorses: blog, twitter, wiki

    Thanks to the whole community for their contribution! Thanks to the whole product management and development team for the support and the great products!

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    Our most favorite chocolate award becomes a tradition, we would like to say a special thanks for the on-going support to make the community happen. This year this Oracle internal award, goes like every year before, to Becky Goodman. Thanks to her we send out every month, since years our SOA Partner Community Newsletter – make sure you read it! In the case you follow us on twitter, you know this year we will send you a box of chocolate from Brussels!

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    Best regards from Stuttgart Jürgen Kress

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    Oracle OpenWorld – ready to start

    Oracle OpenWorld & Java One and Oracle Develop are ready to start – do you attend – which session you should not miss?

    Find out at our wiki: http://wiki.oracle.com/page/SOA+%40+OOW+2010

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    Must-See Middleware Events at OpenWorld

    Interested in a specific Middleware focus area at Open World and Oracle Develop?
    Check out the Master FocusOn page:

    Architect Meet-Up

    Open to any and all architects attending JavaOne/Oracle Develop/OpenWorld, this casual meet-up is a chance to talk shop with your peers from across the Oracle Technology Network community. Join us for food, drink, and great  conversation. 5:00pm on Tuesday, Sept 21, in the Mason Street Tent. Learn more

    Partner Specialization assessments at OOW

    Don’t miss your chance to get CERTIFIED on site at Oracle OpenWorld!

    OOW at your iphone

    Download Oracle Now, a free mobile application, and stay connected to the latest Oracle news, events, video, and more.

    Community recommends you to visit:

    SOA Partner Advisory Council
    September 17th 2010 Oracle HQ
    Jürgen Kress & Product Management
    by invitation only please contact Juergen Kress

    Oracle Fusion Middleware Hasan Rizvi | Vice President, Development, Oracle
    Monday, September 20 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Moscone North, Hall D
    Hasan Rizvi | Vice President, Development, Oracle
    Oracle Fusion Middleware leads as the #1 middleware in the industry. With last year’s successful introduction of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers are building more-intelligent business applications while maximizing returns in IT. Today Oracle continues its innovations in business intelligence, business process management, enterprise content management, data integration, identity management, SOA, and application grid–providing customers a complete, integrated solution that maps to their critical business needs. In this session, you will hear about the benefits of Oracle Fusion Middleware firsthand from customers and also learn about all the recent innovations made available in Oracle Fusion Middleware.

    Thomas Kurian Keynote
    Tueday September 21st 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
    Thomas Kurian | Executive Vice President, Product Development, Oracle
    Your investments in Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel, JD Edwards, and other enterprise applications are core to your business. But to meet the demands of a dynamic and optimized enterprise, you need a strategic foundation that drives adaptability, productivity, and manageability across your applications. This session explores the core principles and technologies of the strategic foundation for Oracle Applications: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. You will learn how successful organizations are leveraging this foundation to enhance, extend, and evolve applications today while paving the way to Oracle’s next-generation applications

    Next-Generation Application Foundation
    Tuesday, September 21 | 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Moscone South, Room 102
    Hasan Rizvi | Vice President, Development, Oracle

    S313355 Developing Large Oracle ADF 11g Applications
    September 2010, San Francisco
    Andrejus Baranovskis Red Samurai Consulting
    This session will show how data passivation and activation should be managed in large applications and demonstrated different UI Shell templates for separate Oracle ADF applications integration. Based on personal experience from retail industry projects, the speaker will describe how Oracle ADF applications can be tuned for the best runtime performance and show how developers can apply Oracle ADF architecture best practices. There will also be multiple demos about Oracle ADF Task Flows and Libraries usage for application integration and reusability.

    WebLogic Partner Advisory Council
    September 22nd 2010
    Jürgen Kress & Product Management
    by invitation only please contact Juergen Kress

    Larry Ellison Keynote
    Wednesday September 22nd 2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
    Larry Ellison | CEO, Oracle

    S313445  ADF Enterprise Methodology
    Group
    Sunday, September 19th, 14:00-15:00
    Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3012
    + 2 Unconference Sessions
    Wednesday 22nd Sept 10:00-12:00
    Hotel Parc 55, 3rd Floor, Mason Room
    Chris Muir, Simon Haslam
    The “on schedule” session will run an array of speakers on ADF topics including:

    • Frank Nimphius, well known as one of the top JDev Product Managers presenting on ADF-Security-or-Bust
    • Kito Mann, a key JSF contributor presenting on JSF2.0
    • Andrejus Baranovskis one of the ADF communities leading bloggers and presenters demoing a new ADF production system
    • Aino Andriessen of the we-only-hire-geniuses-mold from Amis on the ultimate smackdown, Automated vs Manual Builds
    • Sten Vesterli, ODTUG’s 2009 best speaker, giving us some facts and myths about ADF Tuning

    The Unconference sessions will include:

    • Andrejus Baranovskis, Oracle ADF 11g and Oracle WebCenter 11g Production Demo
    • John Flack, ADF BC 10g and ADF Faces 10g to ADF BC 11g and Trinidad, Live!
    • Todd Hill & Ed O’Connor-GilesDemonstration of UW-Madison’s Scholarship Application
    • Gert LeendersIntegrating 3rd party tools/frameworks into ADF
    • Sten VesterliADF – How much do you really need to know?

    S314708 Transform Your Business with Oracle Application Integration Architecture
    Monday, September 20, 14:00 | Moscone West L3, Rm 3011
    Jaap Kramer, Accenture, Systems Analist

    Rene Ouwehand, C1000, IT Lead
    In a world of point-to-point integration, moving your business to use standardized methods for integration is an uphill battle. Additional challenges arise if your organization is new to Oracle Fusion Middleware. This session provides answers to the central questions of your organization: · What is an enterprise business object (EBO)? · Why do we need one? · How can you use EBOs in an optimal way? Based on an actual customer story at Schuitema, the presentation shares lessons learned and the benefits of using the Oracle Application Integration Architecture approach. It includes guidance tips for the organization AND the IT department.

    S316135 From Oracle Forms to a Service-Oriented Architecture with Oracle SOA Suite 11g
    Tuesday, September 21, 5:00PM | Marriott Marquis, Salon 9
    Edwin Biemond, Whitehorses, Architect

    Oracle ACE and Architect at Whitehorses in the Netherlands. Java Developer of the year 2009 by Oracle Magazin. Edwin is a (inter)national speaker and has a popular blog ( http://biemond.blogspot.com ) about ADF and SOA. I have worked for many years with JDeveloper, JHeadstart and in the past with Designer. I am an expert in ADF, JSF, messaging ( edifact / ebXML) , web services and tuning of the Application and Database server

    Melvin van der Kuijl, The Future Group, Oracle Consultant
    Many customers have a traditional, rigid architecture that isn’t agile enough to handle environmental change. Enhancements are very time-consuming and expensive. The time to market is above average but must be as short as possible. This session elaborates on how a customer successfully moved from a traditional Oracle Forms-based architecture to SOA with Oracle SOA Suite 11g. Using a top-down, business-driven approach, this company went from a canonical data model to a loosely coupled environment based on open standards such as WSDL, SCA, and BPEL. What were the drivers and challenges, where do you start, and–last but not least–what are the best practices? The presentation answers all these questions.

    S316877 Practical Insight on using Application Integration Architecture
    Thursday, September 23, 1:30pm | Moscone West L3 Room 3011
    Rajesh Raheja, Senior Director, Development, Oracle AIA
    Rohit Agarwal, Senior Principal Solution Architect, FMW A-Team
    This is a deep dive session that will walk through the basics of implementing an AIA based SOA integration. Based on customer experiences as well as working internally with various Oracle teams who develop pre-packaged AIA integrations, we will cover the implementation best practices as well as walk through an implementation scenario, show casing the methodology and tools involved in a typical AIA implementation.
    For other informative AIA sessions, refer to to this post.

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