"Oracle relies on partners to help achieve our business objectives and is committed to offering superior resources so they can take advantage of a rapidly growing market opportunity," said Doug Kennedy, Vice President of Worldwide Alliances and Channels at Oracle. "Our partners are an essential extension of our sales force. These new resources demonstrate Oracle's commitment to providing our partners with the resources they need to be effective."

More Than 500 Pre-Release Applications Training Courses Now Available Oracle is offering more than 500 pre-release training courses for Oracle(r) Applications. These courses are available to Certified and Certified Advantage Partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork and are offered at no cost. With these courses, partners will now have access to training on products prior to their release, helping ensure they are prepared to sell and implement solutions as soon as they become available.

The Oracle PartnerNetwork online training program illustrates Oracle's commitment to helping partners successfully implement Oracle products and increase customer satisfaction. Delivered on-demand through the Oracle PartnerNetwork portal, the training programs will provide new features summaries, updates on changes from previous releases, product demos and documentation for Oracle(r) E-Business Suite 12, PeopleSoft 9, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 and Siebel 8. Oracle plans to continue to develop and publish training resources for additional products in advance of their general availability.

Oracle Provides Partners with Tools to More Effectively Tackle SMB Market by Industry
New small and medium sized business (SMB)-tailored industry resources are available exclusively to Certified and Certified Advantage Partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork. Augmenting the wealth of industry-specific information already offered by Oracle, partners will now have access to sales and marketing resources to help them more effectively meet the needs of SMB customers in Oracle's strategic industries.

New SMB industry content is available within the Industry content pages on the Oracle PartnerNetwork portal. This new SMB-specific content provides partners with valuable resources used by Oracle's own direct sales team, ensuring that partners are equipped with the up-to-date tools to sell Oracle software and effectively compete in the SMB space. Links to customer presentations, product positioning documentation, sales kits and specialized training are designed to help partners understand the unique messaging, positioning, products and strategies for selling Oracle products into this market. Initially launched with 6 industry and sub-industry solutions, Oracle plans to offer up to 40 solutions in the future.

With this new SMB-Industry resource center, Oracle is offering its partners a market-ready strategy to tap the growing SMB market, as well as the ability to provide their customers with service, value and convenience. Some of those many resources include the following: * Sales Kits -- Include positioning guide, business drivers, market trends, customer presentations, collateral and customer success stories. * Sales Training - Covers industry drivers and trends, solutions and how to sell, value proposition and competitive posititioning.

Oracle Provides ISVs with Enhanced Development Resource Center
The Enhanced Development Resource Center on the Oracle PartnerNetwork portal provides a one-stop-shop for tools and information that ISV developers need to reduce risk and speed time-to-market for their Oracle-based solutions.

The expanded resource center is part of Oracle's ongoing commitment to make it easier for partners to build and deploy Oracle-based solutions. Direct input from Oracle's internal developers went into designing and populating the enhanced center. The center provides access to demo software and development tools; best practices and guidelines for migrating, integrating and embedding Oracle software; roadmaps to specific OTN content, and expert advice via Oracle Technology Network (OTN), forums and technical articles. Beyond simply consolidating valuable information into one place for developers, the site also features new content such as information on Oracle's embeddable family of products including Oracle Berkeley DB and Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database; certification and validation programs, and beta program information.

"The enhancements Oracle has made to the developer site on Oracle PartnerNetwork are great news for us," said Rainer Brueggemann, VP ERP Division, DataMAX SG. "Oracle has put some thought into what we as developers need and have made it easily accessible from one place, and what additional resources we need to take it to the next step, such as validation and certification."

About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 17,700 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels. Partners who are able to demonstrate the highest level of product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Advantage Partner level. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com

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