OPN Benefits Table

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OPN Benefits and Resources	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Partner welcome kit
Access to secure OPN partner portal
Access to restricted Knowledge Zone content	1-Click and Oracle Database Appliance Knowledge Zones	Per all accepted Knowledge Zones	Per all accepted Knowledge Zones	Per all accepted Knowledge Zones
Partner newsletter
Oracle Partner Business Centers
Eligible for telephone-based partner management support¹
Dedicated Oracle Partner Business Consultants
Eligible to attend and exhibit at the Partner Forum and/or Lounge at Oracle OpenWorld²
Eligible for participation in Partner Advisory Boards²
Eligible to attend Executive Partner Forums²
Access to OPN Partner Community in Oracle Mix
Eligible to receive Partner Award¹
Assigned Global Alliance Manager
Global Oracle Executive Sponsor
Enablement Benefits & Tools	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Eligible for attendance at partner-only online seminars, selected events and workshops²
Access to Oracle University Knowledge Center (OUKC)
Access to partner-specific education through Guided Learning Paths available in the Competency Center¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Enablement 2.0 Boot Camps¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Discount on Oracle University products and services¹	20%	25%	25%	25%
Additional discount on Oracle University Learning Credits purchases completed within the first (30) days of OPN membership or renewal
Additional discount on Live Virtual Classes (LVC)¹
Free assessment/exam vouchers¹		2	6	6
Development Benefits & Tools	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Development licenses for technology programs	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
SOA-based Oracle Validated Integration¹		Fee-based	Included	Included
Resources to help you migrate to Oracle (tool kits, workbench & third-party migration providers)¹
Eligible to apply to Early Beta Programs
Marketing Benefits & Tools	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Eligible to publish partner led events to Oracle.com/events		If Specialized
Use of Oracle partner branding and logos¹
Eligible to be featured on Oracle.com¹
Marketing Kits¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Discount to advertise in Oracle publications (print and digital)¹
Discount for publishing white papers on oraclewhitepapers.com¹	20%	30%	40%	40%
Access to contact lists For Marketing Campaigns¹
Eligible for Marketing Development Funds (MDF)¹
Professional development of joint customer success stories¹
Eligible to be promoted in the Partner News section of Oracle Magazine¹
Public Relations support and guidelines¹			Joint press releases	Joint press releases
Eligible to exhibit at Oracle OpenWorld¹
Eligible for speaking opportunities at Oracle customer-facing activities¹
Sales Benefits & Tools	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Ability to Resell products authorized according to membership level, Knowledge-Zone acceptance, and achievement of reseller criteria¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Partner discount for reselling Oracle programs and services¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Sales Kits¹	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Register net new opportunities through the Oracle Open Market Model (OMM) Resale Initiative subject to the OMM policy¹
Earn rewards when you refer Oracle business through the OMM Referral Initiative subject to the OMM policy¹
Earn special recognition when you register Oracle opportunities via the Oracle OMM Non-commission Co-Sell Initiative¹
Offer Oracle Financing to customers¹
Demonstration licenses for technology and application programs in any Knowledge Zones in which partner has been accepted	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Visibility in Oracle PartnerNetwork Solutions Catalog¹			Priority placement	Priority placement
Access to leads through Oracle PartnerNetwork Solutions Catalog¹
Discount on Oracle programs licensed for internal use¹
Discount on CRM On-Demand programs licensed for internal use¹
Business practice and pricing training¹
International anti-corruption training¹
Support Benefits & Tools	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Oracle Solaris Updates and Patches
"My Oracle Support"	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Software updates and patches (applicable to technology and applications products only)	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Support Assistance from the Partner Business Center	1-Click products and Oracle Database Appliance
Ability to purchase Service Request Packages at special partner discounts¹ (applicable to technology and applications products only)
Service Requests (SRs) for use with development, demonstration and integration licenses¹
SRs through Enterprise Linux Basic Support service and Oracle VM Premier Support service to support the partner’s Linux and Oracle VM development systems¹
Discount on the price of Oracle’s Enterprise Linux support service for the partner’s Linux and Oracle VM development systems¹
Eligible for Oracle Collaborative Vendor Support Program (OCVS)¹
Discount on Advanced Customer Services for the partner's internal use¹	Linux and VM only
Personal access to the Advanced Customer Services partner team¹
Complimentary consultation on the benefits of ACS¹
Partner exposure on Advanced Customer Services internal web page¹
Co-marketing and lead generation support from Advanced Customer Services for mutual campaigns¹
Benefits & Tools Associated with Specialization, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready and Oracle Exastack Optimized	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
New Specialization, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, and Oracle Exastack Optimized notification and orientation communication¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Oracle Exastack Optimized logo		Oracle Exastack Optimized	Oracle Exastack Optimized	Oracle Exastack Optimized
OPN Specialized logo¹		Specialized	Specialized	Specialized
Oracle Exastack Ready logo		Oracle Exastack Ready	Oracle Exastack Ready	Oracle Exastack Ready
Oracle Validated Integration logo		Oracle Validated Integration	Oracle Validated Integration	Oracle Validated Integration
OPN Advanced Specialized Logo		Advanced Specialized	Advanced Specialized	Advanced Specialized
Promotion in newsletters, websites, advertising, etc.¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Priority placement in Oracle’s internal partner-finder system¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Partner Specialization, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, and Oracle Exastack Optimized announcements in internal newsletters¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Free assessment/exam vouchers¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Eligible for quote from Oracle executive for press release¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Access to Oracle meeting room facilities¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Access to Demonstration Services^{1, 4}		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Free Support service requests¹^, ³ (applicable to technology and applications products only)		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Free Support service requests through Enterprise Linux Basic Support And Oracle VM Premier Support service to support the partner’s Linux and Oracle VM development systems¹^, ³		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Product Release Readiness material¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized
Access to implementation methodologies¹		Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized	Specialized, Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle Exastack Ready, Oracle Exastack Optimized

The OPN Benefits listed above are available to OPN members subject to the terms of the OPN Policies, the OPN Agreement and any applicable addenda or amendments. Availability of benefits is subject to regional restrictions. In the event that this Benefits Table indicates that a benefit is to be made available in Oracle’s sole discretion, Oracle’s determination regarding the availability of such benefit is final.

U.S. and Canada: Partners in the U.S. and Canada may include transactions with public sector entities for the purposes of achieving Specialization status. However, transactions with public sector entities will not be included in determining any benefit associated with either Specialization or Oracle PartnerNetwork membership (other than Specialization status and use of the associated logo) that is based on the number of transactions, revenue amounts, or any other metric based on sales. Public sector entities include any government, legislature or decision making body, judiciary, court, instrumentality, department, or agency at any level (national, state, city, local, municipal or otherwise); entities managed, controlled or majority owned by government interests; public organizations or foundations of any kind (including political parties, political organizations, or political candidates); and any public international organization, such as, but not limited to, the International Red Cross, United Nations, or the World Bank; and public utilities, public higher education, public K-12 schools, or public healthcare business entities. Availability of Specialization Benefits and Tools is subject to the OPN Policies.

Oracle PartnerNetwork members are responsible for reviewing the Benefit Decommissioning Policy.

Oracle reserves the right to correct errors or omissions in the OPN Benefits table at any time and at Oracle's sole discretion.

Partners that have not migrated to OPN Specialized in November 2009 or later are eligible for benefits that can be accessed at http://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/@opnpublic/documents/webcontent/019737.pdf

FOOTNOTES:

This benefit is not available for OPN members that are United States government entities (including federal, state & local, public utility and higher educational entities).
OPN members that are United States government entities (including federal, state & local, public utility and higher educational entities) must provide proof of approval by their cognizant legal or ethics official to Oracle's Director of Political Compliance before accessing this benefit.
This benefit is not available to OPN members in the U.S. or Canada that have achieved Specialized status by meeting the business criteria using (a) transactions with public sector entities and/or (b) customer references from public sector entities in accordance with the OPN Policies.
Additional criteria must be met in order to access this benefit. Please review the criteria in the detailed description of the offering.