Oracle Communications Applications Knowledge Zone

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Why Oracle Communications?

Only Oracle Communications provides a complete solutions portfolio from carrier-grade servers, storage and IT infrastructure, to mission-critical business and operational support systems and service delivery platforms, unified communications solutions, business intelligence applications and retail point-of-sale solutions to the Java platform running more than three billion mobile devices worldwide.

As a partner we offer you the ability to:
- Achieve strong growth with a market leading brand in an expanding market
- Develop a complete solution for the customers that you engage with by aligning our solutions with critical parts of their business through approved integrations.
- Benefit from attractive software discount structures for approved resellers and Flexible financing options
- Expand your services opportunities through initiatives linked to Oracle Communications. Be a valued part of the ecosystem. Oracle invests heavily to ensure partner and customer success, allowing you to reduce your implementation risk and cost. Only Oracle can offer you.
- Interact with partner-friendly sales teams
- Differentiate your organization by becoming Specialized in one of our products
If you are interested in becoming a reseller of listed Oracle Communications offerings, visit and join the product focused Knowledge Zone below.
- Oracle Communications Unified Communications Suite (UCS) Knowledge Zone
Begin your path to Specialization today by exploring Oracle Communications products
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News & Information

New! Perhaps one of the most difficult skills for a consultant to learn is how to be a world class consultant. Many times, this skill is acquired through trial and error – at the client's expense. The Consulting Skills Boot Camp is a compilation of real world best practices and observations collected over decades of consulting and related experiences. This 5 day course is presented in an interactive setting as the students learn from each other as well as from the instructor. The Consulting Skills Boot Camp is designed to boost the effectiveness of anyone who is in a customer facing role. Please visit the Consulting Skills landing page, schedule (see applications tab) and registration page or contact kim.miller@oracle.com for more information.
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ORACLE PARTNERNETWORK AGREEMENT Demonstration Licenses for Application Programs
Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
Service Fulfillment Product Area
Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
Service Delivery Product Area
Current Partner Enablement Update
Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
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More Partner News

Local Information

EMEA Alliances and Solutions Corner
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Education

Enablement 2.0: Jumpstart your implementation skills via the Enablement 2.0 Boot Camps. These modular training programs are developed exclusively for partners and include key Oracle solutions such as Oracle Database Security Options, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and many others.
Competency Center: Leverage this unparalleled enablement resource to train your staff on how to develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. Within the Competency Center you will find:
- Guided Learning Paths: Role-specific training covering topics on related initiatives such as: Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Developer, Oracle Fusion Middleware Implementation Champion and many more.
Oracle University: Leverage the premier provider of training for Oracle technologies and products. We offer thousands of courses for learners around the world!
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Events

Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Solution Webcast Series 2009 (requires Oracle Communications Knowledge Zone membership)
Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

Tools
- Download Application Software
- Integration Best Practices webcast – (30 min) Learn the integration method that is most appropriate for your solution.
- Process Integration Packs for Communications
- Siebel Industry Solutions Kit: Siebel Communications
- Oracle Partner Sales Playbook for Communication
- Demo: Transformation from Legacy IN to Next Generation IN (NGIN) Infrastructure for Service Delivery and Real-Time Charging
- Demo: OSM 6.3 High Level Product Demonstration
- Demo: Network Intelligence Demo

Resources
- Development Benefits
- Support Benefits
- Oracle Support Service Request Packs
- Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
- Service Fulfillment Product Area
- Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
- Service Delivery Product Area
- Communications Resource Library
- Industry Leadership Presentation: Solutions for the Communications Industry
- Industry Leadership and Key Messaging Presentations: Communication Industry
- Webcast: New Product Launch Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (58 minutes)
- Oracle PartnerNetwork Solutions Catalog
- EMEA - Oracle Partner Community for Communications
- Oracle Validated Integration provides partner value and customer confidence through integration standards and best practices. Maximize your partnership by leveraging exclusive sales and marketing activities, datasheet on oracle.com, and use of the distinguished “Oracle Validated Integration” logo.
- Validation test services are available for three integration and extension approaches: Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA), service based, and native application integration
- Learn which is the right approach for your integrated solution
- Current Oracle Validated Integration partner solutions list
- Application Integration Architecture for Partners is the "one-stop" integration resource providing initiative members access to
  - Oracle Applications Integration Best Practices Guide solution design guidelines, product specific how-to guides, and training resources
  - Integration Development Services including technical and functional design review, development guidance, Oracle application installation, and validation testing
  - Oracle Applications product software licenses for building, documenting, supporting, maintaining and demonstrating your integration
  - Oracle Application Integration Architecture product software including a set of pre-built business processes, integration packs, enterprise business objects and services, and enterprise services repository
- Contact an Oracle Expert with your technical integration questions

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Distribution Rights

If you are interested in becoming a Reseller of any of the Oracle Communications Applications, visit and join the product focused Knowledge Zone(s) below:

Oracle Communications Unified Communications Suite (UCS) Knowledge Zone

News & Information

Refer leads to Oracle
ORACLE PARTNERNETWORK AGREEMENT Demonstration Licenses for Application Programs
Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
Service Fulfillment Product Area
Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
Service Delivery Product Area
Current Partner Enablement Update
Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available
More Partner News

Local Information

North America Mid-Size Applications Dashboard (secured for Gold, Platinum and Diamond Partners only)
EMEA Alliances and Solutions Corner
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Education

Enablement 2.0: Jumpstart your implementation skills via the Enablement 2.0 Boot Camps. These modular training programs are developed exclusively for partners and include key Oracle solutions such as Oracle Database Security Options, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and many others.
Competency Center: Leverage this unparalleled enablement resource to train your staff on how to develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. Within the Competency Center you will find:
- Guided Learning Paths: Role-specific training covering topics on related initiatives such as: Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Developer, Oracle Fusion Middleware Implementation Champion and many more.
Oracle University: Leverage the premier provider of training for Oracle technologies and products. We offer thousands of courses for learners around the world!
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Events

Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Solution Webcast Series 2009 (requires Oracle Communications Knowledge Zone membership)
Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

Tools

Resources
- Sales Benefits
- Marketing Benefits
- To find out how you can earn a Referral fee for referring Communications Applications business to Oracle, please click here
- Oracle Support Service Request Packs
- Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
- Service Fulfillment Product Area
- Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
- Service Delivery Product Area
- Communications Resource Library
- Industry Leadership Presentation: Solutions for the Communications Industry
- Industry Leadership and Key Messaging Presentations: Communication Industry
- Webcast: New Product Launch Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (58 minutes)
- Oracle PartnerNetwork Solutions Catalog
- EMEA - Oracle Partner Community for Communications
- Sales on OPN
- Oracle PartnerNetwork Sales Overview
- Oracle Partner Store (OPS): Book your online orders today!
- Oracle's Partner Resources to Create and Develop Pipeline

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News and Information	Local Information	Education

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News & Information

New! Perhaps one of the most difficult skills for a consultant to learn is how to be a world class consultant. Many times, this skill is acquired through trial and error – at the client's expense. The Consulting Skills Boot Camp is a compilation of real world best practices and observations collected over decades of consulting and related experiences. This 5 day course is presented in an interactive setting as the students learn from each other as well as from the instructor. The Consulting Skills Boot Camp is designed to boost the effectiveness of anyone who is in a customer facing role. Please visit the Consulting Skills landing page, schedule (see applications tab) and registration page or contact kim.miller@oracle.com for more information.
Refer leads to Oracle
ORACLE PARTNERNETWORK AGREEMENT Demonstration Licenses for Application Programs
Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
Service Fulfillment Product Area
Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
Service Delivery Product Area
Current Partner Enablement Update
Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available
More Partner News

Local Information

EMEA Alliances and Solutions Corner
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Education

Enablement 2.0: Jumpstart your implementation skills via the Enablement 2.0 Boot Camps. These modular training programs are developed exclusively for partners and include key Oracle solutions such as Oracle Database Security Options, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and many others.
Competency Center: Leverage this unparalleled enablement resource to train your staff on how to develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. Within the Competency Center you will find:
- Guided Learning Paths: Role-specific training covering topics on related initiatives such as: Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Developer, Oracle Fusion Middleware Implementation Champion and many more.
Oracle University: Leverage the premier provider of training for Oracle technologies and products. We offer thousands of courses for learners around the world!
Search here by keyword for upcoming Boot Camps and Partner classes within your country. For more advanced searches, choose detailed search criteria here in the upper right hand box!

Events

Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Solution Webcast Series 2009 (requires Oracle Communications Knowledge Zone membership)
Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

Tools

Resources
- Enablement Benefits
- Development Benefits
- Oracle Support Service Request Packs
- Oracle Communications - Partner Forum and Roadshow
- Service Fulfillment Product Area
- Billing and Revenue Management Product Area
- Service Delivery Product Area
- Communications Resource Library
- Industry Leadership Presentation: Solutions for the Communications Industry
- Industry Leadership and Key Messaging Presentations: Communication Industry
- Webcast: New Product Launch Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (58 minutes)
- Oracle PartnerNetwork Solutions Catalog
- EMEA - Oracle Partner Community for Communications

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Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery (Qualifying Specialization)

The Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery solutions.

Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery is an enterprise order management solution that enables Communications Service Providers to rapidly design and introduce offers, capture and fulfill orders efficiently and accurately, and provide end to end visibility across the entire order lifecycle. It’s a product-based and pre-integrated solution that allows Communications Service Providers to accelerate design and delivery of products, services, and bundles across multiple channels rapidly and accurately to improve customer satisfaction. Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery.

STEP 1: Join OPN
STEP 2: Join Knowledge Zone
STEP 3: Check Business and Competency Criteria
STEP 4: Track Competency Status
STEP 5: Apply Now

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Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 (Qualifying Specialization)

The Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 solutions.

Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, an industry-specific suite that resulted from the combination of Oracle and Portal Software, puts communications service providers in control of their business, empowering them to succeed in an increasingly competitive market while meeting changing consumer demands head-on. Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management offers a fully convergent, real-time enterprise revenue management application. This unified platform enables service providers to radically improve time to market of new services, build stronger brands, and lower operational costs by managing, monetizing, and maximizing each revenue stream for any customer type, service offering, partner relationship, payment method, business model, or geography.

Topics covered in the Specialization include: Revenue Management Lifecycle, Pricing Model and rating terminology, accounting and billing cycles, four tiers of the BRM architecture.

Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7.

STEP 1: Join OPN
STEP 2: Join Knowledge Zone
STEP 3: Check Business and Competency Criteria
STEP 4: Track Competency Status
STEP 5: Apply Now

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Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform 5 Specialization (Qualifying Specialization)

The Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform 5 Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform 5 solutions.

The Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform 5 is a family of open, standards-based, next-generation network and service delivery platform products designed to enable network operators, service providers, enterprises, and third-party developers to harness and monetize the power of the Web, telecommunications, social networking, and IT assets. Topics covered in this Specialization include: Oracle Communications Converged Application Server (Converged Java EE-SIP-IMS Application Container), Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper (service exposure and policy enforcement platform).

Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform 5.

STEP 1: Join OPN
STEP 2: Join Knowledge Zone
STEP 3: Check Business and Competency Criteria
STEP 4: Track Competency Status
STEP 5: Apply Now

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