Oracle Accelerate applications solutions are provided by Oracle's partners with input and review from Oracle. This process requires partners to provide references and to demonstrate their ability to deliver these solutions to a customer's specific industry and geography. In addition to providing a history of success, Oracle requires partners to provide documentation of solutions and procedures to support their ease of use by the end customers.

To assist partners in developing their Oracle Accelerate applications solutions, Oracle provides additional industry and SMB/SMG-specific tools and training including: Oracle Business Accelerators, business process flows, recommended practices and supporting promotional materials and collateral and suggested pricing guidelines.

"Through Oracle Accelerate, we are committed to investing resources so that our partners have the tools and capabilities to easily bring low-cost, low-risk offerings based on Oracle applications to small and medium businesses and local governments," said Oracle Senior Vice President, Global SMB Business Unit Tony Kender. "The combination of Oracle's expertise with SMB customers and the industry experience of our partners enables us to help our partners deliver affordable solutions that address the business requirements of SMB and SMG customers."

New Resources to Support Partners Delivering Oracle Accelerate Solutions
As part of the global SMB Applications Business Unit established to support Oracle Accelerate, new resources and services have been added to assist Oracle partners to bring lower cost, higher value solutions to customers.
* Oracle Applications SMB Pricing Model - New SMB pricing for partners allows special discounts, flexibility for bundling of appropriate products for each solution and a streamlined process to provide the customer clear, easy-to-understand and predictable pricing.
* Oracle Accelerate Solutions Catalog - A new designation in the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Solutions Catalog that showcases Oracle Accelerate solutions provided by partners in online searches. Partners can be searched by geography, industry vertical and application product family.
* New Campaigns Collaboration - Oracle will help partners with Oracle Accelerate solutions locate and market to potential customers fitting the partners' unique solution profiles.
* Referral Fee Program - New Oracle SMB Applications referral program includes guidelines on how to identify software needs, a dedicated referral website, and incentives for top referrers.
* Partner Loyalty Program - A new Oracle Accelerate Partner Loyalty program, launching next fiscal year, will allow partners to qualify for increasing levels of training, and sales and marketing resources, and funding for partners promoting their Oracle Accelerate solutions.

Further information for companies and Oracle partners is available on the Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal at http://www.oracle.com/partners/home/bi/global/smb/unauth/oracle-accelerate.html

Partners Launch Affordable, High-Value Implementations
With the Oracle Accelerate program, Oracle is creating new channel opportunities for partners. The following partners have announced their own Oracle Accelerate applications solutions for the United States and Canadian markets, using Oracle Business Accelerators across their respective industries including: industrial manufacturing, professional services, consumer packaged goods and government.
* Amazing USA, formerly Axion Solutions - A subsidiary of Amazing Global Technologies Ltd., Amazing USA announces Oracle Accelerate for the Industrial Manufacturing, Industrial Products and Components industries utilizing Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
* Baytree Associates, Inc. - Announces Oracle Accelerate for the Professional Services, Management and Consulting industry leveraging the Oracle E-Business Suite.
* Business Technology Services, Inc. (BizTech) - Announces Oracle Accelerate for the Professional Services, Business Services industry leveraging the Oracle E-Business Suite.
* DAZ Systems, Inc. - Announces Oracle Accelerate and Consulting Services for the Consumer Packaged Goods and Non-Durable Goods industry based on the Oracle E-Business Suite.
* Solbourne - Announces Oracle Accelerate for Local Governments and Public Sector relying on the Oracle E-Business Suite.
* Syntax.net - Announces Oracle Accelerate for the Industrial Manufacturing, Products and Components industry utilizing Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
* Tier1 Innovation - Announces Oracle Accelerate for Public Sector and Local Government 3-1-1 utilizing Oracle's Siebel.

"We've been providing business and IT solutions to SMB customers since 1994 and we understand the time constraints and resource limitations of our clients in the professional and consulting services space," said Baytree Associates, Inc. Hal Hawisher, Baytree Principal. "With Oracle Accelerate, we'll be able to respond to client demand for quick, cost-effective deployments that offer the right mix of industry functionality and best-practices. That makes good business sense for our clients as well as our bottom line."

About Oracle Accelerate
Oracle Accelerate is Oracle's approach for helping Certified Partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork bring complete, easy to own, industry-focused solutions to small and medium businesses. Key to Oracle Accelerate solutions is the availability of pre-packed application bundles that can be quickly implemented by partners and provide a wide range of industry-specific functionality. Oracle Business Accelerators, the rapid implementation software provided to resellers as part of Oracle Accelerate, enable customers to realize immediate benefit from Oracle Applications. With Oracle Accelerate, customers can take advantage of Oracle's enterprise applications including integrated business flows across front office, back office, and industry-specific processes. Additionally, customers can benefit from automated upgrades, significantly reducing the complexity and risk associated with migrating to updated versions.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,000 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.

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