The Oracle Partner Leadership Program is designed to quickly and easily gather information from members of partner leadership and sales management teams. By synthesizing the data collected, Oracle gives Oracle Partner Leadership Program participants the ability to evaluate their firm's sales skills and leadership attributes relative to other successful Oracle partners, as well as other high tech professionals.

"A critical objective to achieve this fiscal year is helping our partners leverage the larger Oracle ecosystem to strengthen their business," said Oracle Senior Vice President, North America Alliances and Channels, Rauline Ochs. "The Oracle Partner Leadership Program is designed to highlight the specific business practices and skill sets that are driving a return on investment for some of our most successful Oracle partners. Additionally, based on the feedback we receive from partners we will be able to determine where there are gap areas and where we need to augment our enablement and development initiatives accordingly."

The Oracle Partner Leadership Program helps partners gain visibility into how their firm compares to the population of North America partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, to the Oracle PartnerNetwork population by business model (ISV, SI, Reseller) and to 1000 non-Oracle high tech respondents from past surveys done across the Industry. The Oracle Partner Leadership Program offers these North America partners additional benefits, including the ability to extend the survey to additional employees, request individual level results and obtain customized development plans for participating employees. Participants may also provide direct feedback to the Oracle Alliances and Channels executive team, which may help shape the future of Oracle's Partner enablement programs according to their firm's prioritized needs.

"The Oracle Partner Leadership Program has given us an opportunity to share our views and thoughts directly with Oracle on ways to strengthen our valuable relationship and has been a great self-evaluation development tool for our management team," said Fadel Partners Founder and CEO, Tarek Fadel. "We were pleased to be one of the first partners to participate in this program and expect it to yield strategic results that benefit our customers and enhance our selling strategies."

Oracle is making the Oracle Partner Leadership Program survey and firm-specific results available at no cost to any member of Oracle PartnerNetwork. Partners seeking "individual-level" results and tailored development plans may contact the survey firm, CMI, and leverage Oracle's highly discounted price that is being extended to all Oracle partners. More information about the Oracle Partner Leadership Program can also be found here: oracle.com/OPLP.

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 Certified Partner levels. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com.

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