Oracle OpenWorld 2010 preparation

August 9, 2010 Leave a comment

OOW 2010 will be hosted in combination with Oracle Develop and Java One – we expect a very large crowd in San Francisco. Please make your travel arrangements in time and safe on the OOW ticket!

To select the most interesting SOA activities, session, receptions we created a wiki:

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http://wiki.oracle.com/page/SOA+%40+OOW+2010

Please feel free to add your presentation!

SOA Partner Community Reception

For the forth time we will host our legendary SOA Partner Community Reception Tuesday September 21st 2010 at Gordon Biersch. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to

  • Network and exchange information with fellow Oracle EMEA Partners.
  • Meet with members of the Global Oracle Product Management team and Oracle EMEA Alliances and Solutions Partner Programs team
  • Learn more about Oracle Open World activities

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Registration: See details in our July edition of the SOA Partner Community Newsletter

1:1 Meetings

We are happy to arrange 1:1 meetings with our product management team during OOW and to discuss our partner & specialization plans for EMEA. Please contact us as early as possible to ensure us to find the best technical expert and logistics

Advisory Councils

For key partners with SOA Suite 11g or WebLogic references we will host the Advisory Councils. In this workshop we will discuss Oracle’s SOA & WebLogic product roadmap and experience from project implementations:

  • SOA Partner Advisory Council V – Friday September 17th 2010 HQ
  • WebLogic Advisory Council I – Thursday September 22nd 2010

For more information please contact Juergen Kress

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Promote your SOA & Application Grid Partner Specialization Success Story at Oracle Open World – be recognized at OOW 2010

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

Recognition is a key benefit of being Specialized. If you are a partner who has achieved Specialized status in the Oracle PartnerNetwork program, we want to promote your Specialized status with Oracle by turning your specialization success story into a customer reference.

In addition to an Oracle produced success story we want to highlight eligible partners at Oracle Open World in San Francisco this September 19-23. Selected partners will join us at Oracle Open World to talk about the benefits of being Specialized and how that has helped you in your business.

If you are interested in participating with us in these great promotional opportunities please complete this short Questionaire by August 6th. Don’t miss out on the chance to showcase your success and gain the valuable recognition you’ve earned – complete the online questionaire today.

For more information on Specialization please visit our OPN Specialized Webcast Series and become a member in our SOA Partner Community for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/ema/soa

Jürgen Kress, SOA Partner Adoption EMEA

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Oracle Middleware & Partners: The Next Chapter – Andrew Sutherland @ Virtual OPN Day 2010

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

You want to know the latest around Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, SOA Suite11g and BPM11g make sure that you watch Andrew Sutherland SVP Middleware EMEA video:

Oracle Middleware & Partners: The Next Chapter

You will get details what our customers are looking for, how we sell middleware and how we can support you!

You missed to attend the Oracle PartnerNetworks Days Virtual Event? Now you can watch all the presentations on-demand. There are three reasons why now is the best ever time to build your business with Oracle:

  • Software. Hardware. Complete.’ Oracle’s product and solution portfolio is unique in the industry, allowing you to offer your customers a truly comprehensive technology stack.
  • Specialization with Oracle enables you to differentiate and demonstrate the quality of your market offering.
  • Oracle continues to invest in a wide range of flexible tools and resources that enable you to develop your Oracle business independently.

The Oracle PartnerNetwork Days Virtual Event will show you how you can leverage these opportunities for maximum growth. As an Oracle partner, this on-demand event is one you simply can’t afford to miss!

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Service Oriented Architecture: An Integration Blueprint

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

clip_image002Our ACE Director Guido Schmutz and his colleagues published a new book about successfully implement your own enterprise integration architecture using the Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint:

  • Overview of Service Oriented Architecture: An Integration Blueprint
  • Discover and understand the structure of existing application landscapes from an integration perspective
  • Get to grips with fundamental integration concepts and terminology while learning about architecture variants
  • Fully comprehend all the individual layers and components that make up the Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint
  • Map and compare a variety of different vendor platforms to the blueprint
  • Packed with visual representations of the blueprint in order to help you fully understand its structure and implementation

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!

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SOA & Application Grid Specialization – Specialization Benefits – Step 6 of 6

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

Thanks for joining our series of SOA & Application Grid Specialization which can be the foundation of our joint success in the new fiscal year FY11! In this final edition we feature our Specialized Benefits for partners in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Specialization Middleware Award – Be Recognized

Make sure that you submit your SOA & Application Grid Specialization Award nomination by July 2nd 2010 to become recognized by customers and Oracle!

We are proud to announce the Partner Specialization Awards, a new annual awards program in Oracle EMEA which will recognize partners’ achievements in specialization and self-sufficiency.

Partner Specialization Awards are available to partners in EMEA who have demonstrated success with specialization and outstanding solution or service innovation.

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and commitment our partners bring to the table when they become
Specialized with Oracle. We’re looking for partners with a proven
track record in delivering winning, proven solutions that solve
customers’ most critical business challenges. Our Award winners
will be partners that have demonstrated tangible success, growth
in their Oracle business and outstanding Oracle solutions.”
Stein Surlien, SVP Oracle Alliances and Channels EMEA

Nominations are open to partners based in EMEA from 1st March to July 2nd 2010. Be recognized! Submit your nomination today!

· The winners of the Partner Specialization Awards will be announced on 19th September 2010 at the OPN Forum at Oracle OpenWorld.

Google Advertisements

For the Partners who become SOA & Application Grid Specialized we offer free Google advertisements to promote your Oracle SOA & Application Grid service offerings on your website or your SOA & Application Grid events. We will host the complete campaign management

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To create your Google campaign please send us:

  • Your campaign text: 3 lines of text each 35 letters
  • Your campaign link: direct link to the website you want to promote

A pre-requisite to participate in this free offering is that you are Specialized in SOA & Application Grid.

Oracle Partner Business Center

Whenever you need support with your SOA & Application Grid Specialization please don’t hesitate to contact your local Oracle Partner Business Center. Our experts are there to support you with all requirements and the application process:

Oracle Partner Business Centers

Or submit your questions via twitter @ORCLPartnerBiz.

Summary of our journey to SOA & Application Grid Specialization:

Step 1: Proof 2 transactions & OMM

Step 2: reference cases & marketing campaigns

Step 3: SOA Sales assessment & SOA Pre-Sales assessment & Support assessment / Application Grid Sales assessment & Application Grid Pre-Sales assessment & Support assessment

Step 4: Oracle Application Grid Certified Implementation Specialist & Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist

Step 5: Validate Speak to Partner Business Centers & Check competency status & submit your application

For more information on Specialization please get the Specialization Guide and attend our OPN Specialized Webcast Series

Thanks for your efforts to become Specialized!

Jürgen Kress

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SOA Community Booth & Watch Andrew Sutherland SVP Middleware @ OPN Virtual Event

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

to kickoff our Fiscal Year FY11 we invite you to attend our virtual Partner Network Day:

Dr.<br /> Andrew SutherlandMake sure that you watch the presentation from Dr. Andrew Sutherland, Senior VP, Middleware Business, Oracle EMEA – June 29th 2010 13:00 CET

Meet the SOA Partner Community at the virtual booth

For registration and details please visit : http://tinyurl.com/opnday2010

Oracle PartnerNetworks Days Virtual Event! New products. New specializations. New opportunities.

There are three reasons why now is the best ever time to build your business with Oracle:

  • ONE: ‘Software. Hardware. Complete.’ Oracle’s product and solution portfolio is unique in the industry, allowing you to offer your customers a truly comprehensive technology stack.
  • TWO: Specialization with Oracle enables you to differentiate and demonstrate the quality of your market offering.
  • THREE: Oracle continues to invest in a wide range of flexible tools and resources that enable you to develop your Oracle business independently.

The Oracle PartnerNetwork Days Virtual Event will show you how you can leverage these opportunities for maximum growth. As an Oracle partner, this live online event is one you simply can’t afford to miss!

REGISTER NOW!

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pre-defined SOA = AIA Knowledge Zone

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) and its pre-built, open and complete architecture for orchestrating agile, user-centric business processes across enterprise applications is ideal to build custom SOA solutions or integrate standard solutions like Siebel into SAP.

To support you as a partner best we created the AIA Knowledge Zone and AIA Specialization at the Oracle Partner Network (OPN). The Oracle PartnerNetwork will empower your company with exceptional resources to distinguish your offerings from the competition, seize opportunities, and increase your sales:

  • Deliver “out of the box” end to end integration to your customers – by leveraging pre-built solutions at the data, process and UI level delivering a more complete process solution to business end users. Access OPN Education Benefits to train your staff on Oracle’s AIA and SOA offerings.
  • Build, deploy, and sell more complete solutions – by leveraging Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Packs, providing a common integration framework, with pre-built components and methodologies that are designed to work together in a mix and match fashion. Build integrations for configurability and ultimately lower the cost of IT – build, extend, reuse and maintain integrations.
  • Increase your services margin and expand your capacity to close deals. Oracle Application Integration Architecture enables companies to optimize the value of their existing applications by enabling end to end business process solutions.
  • Reduce implementation risk and cost – by leveraging Oracle’s pre-built, sustainable integrations that enable rapid integration with existing business processes. Explore Application Integration Architecture for Partners initiative which provides partners several tools and methodologies for integrating with Oracle’s broad portfolio of applications
    NEW! Applications Integration Architecture Specialization!

    Be one of the very first to become an Oracle Applications Integration Architecture Specialist!
    Check out the Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Knowledge Zone and go to the Specialize tab to learn how you can become an AIA Specialized Partner.
    Go to the OPN Competency Center to access AIA Specialist Guided Leaning Paths and assessments!
    Register for the OU beta exam at the nearest Pearson VUE testing center.

    Oracle Application Integration Architecture 11g Essentials (1Z1-543) exam is available in beta version from now through July 10, 2010. Pass the exam to become an Oracle AIA Certified Implementation Specialist!

    As an incentive we are offering FREE beta exam vouchers to early-adopter Partners. As there are a limited number of free vouchers available, the requests will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

    For More Information

    Your feedback about Specialization – contact Us
    Please direct any inquiries you might have to Oracle Partner Enablement team at opn-edu_ww@oracle.com or tweet us @oraclepartners or post your comment in our Linkedin Oracle Partner Network group

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    SOA & Application Grid Specialization– Validate your Application – Step 5 of 6

    July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

    Thanks for joining our series of SOA & Application Grid Specialization which can be the foundation of our joint success in the new fiscal year FY11!

    Summery or our journey to SOA & Application Grid Specialization:

    Step 1: Proof 2 transactions & OMM

    Step 2: reference cases & marketing campaigns

    Step 3: SOA Sales assessment & SOA Pre-Sales assessment & Support assessment / Application Grid Sales assessment & Application Grid Pre-Sales assessment & Support assessment

    Step 4: Oracle Application Grid Certified Implementation Specialist & Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Certified Implementation Specialist

    Before you submit your application please validate the criteria:

    If you are certain that you meet all of these criteria Apply Now to become specialized. Your application can only be submitted by the Oracle Partner Network Administrator (PRN Admin) in your company! If you do not know this person please contact the Partner Business Centers to find out.

    PRM Specialize menu

    Select Middleware in the PRM Specialize menu

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    Select a Specialization:

    Select SOA and/or Application Grid

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    Enter reference information

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    Reference Criteria for Specialization

    • Project completed in the last 18 months

    • Project has to include products in the current or previous version of the Specialization products

    • Customer can be used for several references if each reference is an independent project

    • Same reference can be used for different Specializations if the products listed match the Specialization products

    • Internal implementations can NOT be used as reference

    • Complete information must be provided

    Customer Reference Documentation Data captured during enrollment

    • Customer Name, Industry, Country

    • Customer’s Contact Info

    – Name

    – Title

    – Phone

    – Email

    • Project Name

    • Project Completion Date

    • Oracle products and/or services related to this reference

    – specify the version

    • Business challenges for the customer

    • Describe the Oracle or joint solution implemented

    • Oracle Contact (If known): Email address

    Enter your transactions

    Transactions achieved in the last 12 months

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    Complete your Specialists

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    Notification & Status

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    If you need to get an Oracle Partner Network Account or you need support with the application please contact our Partner Business Centers.

    For more information on Specialization please visit our OPN Specialized Webcast Series and become a member in our SOA Partner Community for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/ema/soa

    Jürgen Kress, SOA Partner Adoption EMEA

    Thanks for your efforts to become Specialized

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    Specialized & Recognized by Oracle: Award season – make your submission for the OPN Specialization & OFM awards!

    July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

    OPN Specialization Award Submit your nomination EMEA Partner Specialization Awards2010

    As an Oracle Partner in the process to become SOA & Application Grid Specialized and working on SOA and Application Grid opportunities please make sure that you submit your OPN Specialization Award Submit your nomination. Prices include free Oracle Open World tickets, marketing budgets for joint campaigns and joint press release.

    “These awards will recognize the high-level of innovation, excellence
    and commitment our partners bring to the table when they become
    Specialized with Oracle. We’re looking for partners with a proven
    track record in delivering winning, proven solutions that solve
    customers’ most critical business challenges. Our Award winners
    will be partners that have demonstrated tangible success, growth
    in their Oracle business and outstanding Oracle solutions.”
    Stein Surlien, SVP Oracle Alliances and Channels EMEA

    Nominations are open to partners based in EMEA from 1st March to 2nd July 2010.

    Be recognized! Submit your nominations today

    Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Awards 2010

    As an Oracle Customer and Partner make sure that you submit your Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Awards nomination

    Does your company use Oracle Fusion Middleware innovatively?
    Nominate your organization today for a chance to be recognized for your cutting-edge solution using any of the following Oracle Fusion Middleware products:

    • Oracle Application Grid products
    • Oracle SOA Suite
    • Data Integration & Availability
    • Oracle Identity Management Suite
    • Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle Applications
    • Enterprise 2.0

    Prices include:

    • FREE pass to Oracle OpenWorld 2010 in San Francisco for select winners in each category. Honored by Oracle executives at awards ceremony held during Oracle OpenWorld 2010 in San Francisco.
    • Oracle Middleware Innovation Award Winner Plaque
    • 1-3 meetings with Oracle Executives during Oracle OpenWorld 2010
    • Feature article placement in Oracle Magazine and placement in Oracle Press Release
    • Customer snapshot and video testimonial opportunity, to be hosted on oracle.com
    • Podcast interview opportunity with Senior Oracle ExecutiveSubmit your nomination to Innovation-Middleware_us@oracle.com on or before August 6th 2010 to win Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Awards 2010.

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    SOA & Application Grid Specialization step 2 of 6 – References & Marketing Kits

    July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

     

    In our fist step to become SOA Specialized & Application Grid Specialized we highlighted our OMM to register your opportunities. We continue our path to specialization with our marketing offerings to create your reference cases and run joint marketing campaigns.

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    Oracle delivers a wide variety of services and solutions through our partners and we believe that those successes should be recognized and promoted. References are also required to become specialized.

    We showcase our partners’ capabilities in Oracle products and industries through partner success stories that are published on Oracle.com. For significant implementations, we may invite partners to participate in a press release or be interviewed in a podcast.

    To participate and take a further step to become specialized, please take a minute to complete the form and tell us about the successful project you have implemented. If your story is selected, we will contact you for an interview. Create your references

    The partner reference program

    • Enables partners to be recognized by both Oracle and our customers
    • Provides an opportunity for partners to showcase successes with their customers on Oracle solutions
    • Helps raise awareness of our partners’ capabilities, elevating them above their competition

    Time to submit a SOA and Application Grid reference request today

    To learn more about partner references, check out the following resources:

    Marketing Kits

    We have created OFM 11g marketing kit http://tinyurl.com/soamarketing (OPN account required) The marketing kit includes all the ppts and demos from our launch event.

     

    Oracle package includes:
    • Event templates like invitation, agenda ,confirmation follow up templates
    • OFM 11g presentations
    • Free usage of the Oracle Customer Visit Center
    • Condition: mandatory lead registration in the Oracle Open Market Model (OMM)

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    To download the material, please make sure that you select the campaign “Enterprise: Fusion Middleware 11g”:

    OFM 11g Oracle Marketing 4 Partners Package http://tinyurl.com/soamarketing (OPN account required)

    For more information on Specialization please visit our OPN Specialized Webcast Series

    And become a member in our SOA Partner Community for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/ema/soa

    Jürgen Kress, SOA Partner Adoption EMEA

    SOA Specialized Application Grid Specialized
    Proof 2 transactions with OMM Proof 2 transactions with OMM
    Create your 2 references Create your 2 references
    SOA Sales assessment 3, Oracle Application Grid Sales Specialist
    SOA Pre-Sales assessment 3 Oracle Application Grid PreSales Specialist
    Support assessment 1 Support assessment 2
    SOA Implementation assessment 4 Application Gridplementation assessment 4

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