Resources for Partners
The foundation for partners' success with Oracle is Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), a worldwide partner ecosystem of more than 19,500 companies, a management portal, an interaction center for partner support, and a global business program. As a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork, partners have access to development, education, support, sales and marketing resources, as well as specialized Product Focus Areas and Initiatives to streamline their enablement on Oracle products and facilitate go-to-market opportunities, market expansion, and revenue growth. Membership in the Database Product Focus Area provides easy access to the most current information, tools and resources available to facilitate incorporating Oracle Database 11g and associated options in third-party solutions.

"We've worked closely with Oracle Development to ensure that a host of partner education and enablement programs for Oracle Database 11g are immediately available to our partner community, " said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Worldwide Alliances and Channels at Oracle. "A combination of online resources and physical events, including seminars, provides an introduction to new capabilities as well as deep technical training to help partners understand how to leverage these new features to drive more innovation into their solutions and services."

Oracle Database 11g Partner Enablement Programs Available Now
To support the growing partner ecosystem around Oracle Database 11g, several enablement opportunities are available immediately for Oracle PartnerNetwork members.

Oracle University Training Courses: Oracle University courses that provide training on the new functionality in Oracle Database 11g are now available in all geographic regions. OPN members receive a 25 percent discount off standard rates. Visit oracle.com/education for details.

Introductory Webcast Series: A webcast series entitled "Start Selling Oracle Database 11g" will be available for partners beginning July 18th. The same classes offered to Oracle internal sales teams, these sessions will be offered live and on demand to partners. Partners can register for this series on the Education page under Featured Training on the Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal at http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com/.

Oracle Database 11g Worldwide Partner Readiness Roadshow Series: In person, 2-day sales and pre-sales technical training sessions, delivered by the Oracle Platform Technology Solutions organization, are scheduled around the world to quickly bring partners up-to-date on the latest innovations available with Oracle Database 11g. A schedule of dates and locations for these events can be found on the Event Calendar on the Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal at http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com/.

Guided Learning Paths and Assessments: New Guided Learning Paths for Oracle Database 11g will be available in September to assist partners in determining what training is needed for an individual's specific role and focus area. Assessments test an individual's knowledge of the course material to help ensure the partner staff is enabled in the product area.

"Oracle Database 11g is proving to be particularly valuable to our partners, as they look to drive new, secure and compliant applications faster into the market," said Willie Hardie, vice president, Database Product Marketing at Oracle. "Oracle Database 11g provides an excellent opportunity for our partners to take advantage of new capabilities like Oracle Real Application Testing, Total Recall and Advanced Compression and maintain a competitive advantage in their solutions and services."

About Oracle Database 11g
Oracle Database is the only database designed for grid computing. With the release of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle is making the management of enterprise information easier than ever; enabling customers to know more about their business and innovate more quickly. Oracle Database 11g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers. Oracle Database 11g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes. It features automated management capabilities for easy, cost-effective operation. Oracle Database 11g's unique ability to manage all data from traditional business information to XML and 3D spatial information makes it the ideal choice to power transaction processing, data warehousing, and content management applications.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 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. These partners receive a higher level of service, support, training and certification from Oracle. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com/.

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