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Why Partner with Oracle
The Oracle PartnerNetwork will empower your company with exceptional resources to distinguish your offerings from the competition, seize opportunities, and increase your sales.
The OPN Specialized program provides several reasons for partner organizations and individuals to focus on PeopleSoft.
Partner organizations have tremendous revenue opportunities when distributing, extending, and implementing PeopleSoft products.
- Oracle offers 4 types of distribution agreements
to meet the needs of different types of partners. - Once a customer has chosen PeopleSoft as their solution, they often need a partner with certified individuals to succeed in the implementation of the solution. By achieving Specialization, your organization will stand out in the OPN Solutions Catalog
and the implementation selection process. - If you are extending PeopleSoft solutions with your own solutions, differentiate your offerings through achievement of Oracle Validated Integration.
PeopleSoft is the recognized market leader, providing you with tremendous opportunity.
- Industry Analysts and Customers provide ongoing validation of the value realized by implementation of PeopleSoft products
- PeopleSoft 9.1 is one of the most robust and comprehensive releases in PeopleSoft’s history. It includes 21 new solutions, 1,350 new features, more than 28,000 pages enhanced with Web 2.0 capabilities, 300 new Web services and 200 industry-specific enhancements.
- Oracle has the only world-class, award-winning human capital management (HCM) solution for organizations of every size, region, and industry, and is the solution of choice for 9 of the top 10 Fortune 500, and 89 of the top Fortune 100. PeopleSoft and other Oracle solutions cover 140 Countries, 14,000 Customers, and 40 Million Workers.
Join the PeopleSoft Knowledge Zone for access to the latest news and information including readiness training or Opt-in to Communications.
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Oracle Validated Integration 
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Oracle Validated Integration establishes credibility with Oracle customers by providing them with confidence that the integration of your complementary solution with Oracle Applications or Oracle Fusion Middleware products:
- has been tested as functionally and technically sound
- is designed in a reliable, standardized way
- operates and performs as documented
In addition to gaining access to integration enablement resources, hundreds of partners have invested in Oracle Validated Integration to accelerate sales opportunities and attract new customers by leveraging exclusive Oracle Validated Integration go-to-market benefits (see Benefits tab).
STEP 1: Join OPN
STEP 2: Join Knowledge Zone
STEP 3: Check Benefits and Criteria
STEP 4: Apply for Oracle Validated IntegrationAs with Specialization, partners can use their Oracle Validated Integration achievement(s) to help meet qualifying criteria for advancement to Platinum and Diamond levels within OPN.
News and 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.
- New! View PeopleSoft HCM functionality on YouTube
- PeopleSoft Information Portal

- PeopleSoft Long Term Investment Plan and Roadmap

- PeopleSoft Enterprise News
- Current Partner Enablement Update

- Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter

- Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters-see what’s available
- More Partner News

Education
- Enablement 2.0 offers Oracle Partners training resources and tools to support specialized knowledge and ensure in-depth expertize on their chosen path to Specialization. Partners can make the most of the enablement benefits in their drive to extend market reach and expand revenue opportunities. Learn more about Enablement Benefits.
- OPN Competency Center
is an intelligent training tool that allows partners to manage their Oracle training with role-focused guided learning paths and measure their achievement toward Specialization:
- OPN Boot Camps are "jump start" training covering Oracle’s growing portfolio of product lines and solutions areas and has been built in addition to the standard curriculum offered by Oracle University.
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Implementation Boot Camp
- PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Implementation Boot Camp
- OPN Certified Specialist Certification identifies and endorses Oracle Partner individuals who achieve certification requirements. This Certification also contributes to company’s achievement towards OPN Specialized Program.
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
- PeopleSoft Application Developer I: PeopleTools & PeopleCode - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft Application Developer II: Application Engine & Integration - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9 HRMS Fundamentals - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9 General Ledger - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9.1 Payables - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9.1 Receivables - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- Featured Training
provides release-specific content for Partners to get started on learning the latest on Oracle product enhancements, features and functionalities.
- PeopleSoft 9.1 and 8.50 Release Information

- PeopleSoft Information Solutions Datasheets for Partners

- PeopleSoft Workforce Communications Information

- PeopleSoft 9.0 – Release Information

- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1 Documentation Home Page

- PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management 9.1 Release Notes

- PeopleSoft Feature Packs - A Short Video Presentation

- PeopleSoft 9.1 and 8.50 Release Information
Events
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!
Tools and Resources
- Tools
- Oracle Unified Method (OUM)
Learn More - PeopleSoft's Cumulative Feature Overview Tool
helps you plan application upgrades. Simply identify the products, the existing release, and the target implementation release. With a single click the tool produces a list of features developed between the two versions. - Integration Best Practices webcast – (30 min) Learn the integration method that is most appropriate for your solution.
- Hosted & Mobile PeopleBooks
- Documentation Home Pages and Enterprise Integration Point Maps

- Transfer of Information (TOIs)

- Business Process Maps & Entity Relationship Diagrams

- PeopleSoft Viewlets
- Oracle Unified Method (OUM)
- Resources
- Move efficiently through the IT lifecycle to quickly achieve measurable business results with Oracle Unified Method (OUM). Learn more.
- Read about the Development Benefits
and Support Benefits
for different OPN Specialized program membership levels within the OPN Benefits Table
. - PeopleSoft Enterprise Integration Points for 9.1 Diagrams site (Hosted HTML and PDF) allows you to view various levels of our Enterprise Integration Point Diagrams and search on specific criteria.
- 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
- Oracle Validated Integration Knowledge Zone is the "one-stop" integration resource providing members access to the Knowledge Zone
- 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 Application Integration Architecture product software
including a set of pre-built business processes, integration packs, enterprise business objects and services, and enterprise services repository
- Oracle Applications Integration Best Practices Guide
- Contact an Oracle Expert with your technical integration questions
- Leverage Oracle PartnerNetwork's benefits to plan the most powerful marketing campaign possible. Apply to receive the Event Kit: PeopleSoft R9 which is designed to assist you with the creation of your own PeopleSoft events.
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View the complete list of PeopleSoft Knowledge Zone products.
Check the criteria and apply now to distribute PeopleSoft Knowledge Zone products.
Recommended Training
Prior to executing a distribution agreement, Oracle strongly encourages its partners to confirm their understanding of Oracle's business ethics practices by taking the Anti-Corruption Training below and passing a short skill assessment.
- Access Oracle's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Training
(Education Program tab)
News and Information
- New! PeopleSoft 9.2 is here! Whether you are looking for documentation, release content, training and more - it's all at this convenient site.
- New! View PeopleSoft HCM functionality on YouTube
- PeopleSoft Long Term Investment Plan and Roadmap

- PeopleSoft News
- Current Partner Enablement Update

- Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter

- Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters-see what’s available
- More Partner News

- Go to market with Oracle

- Advanced Applications Pricing – Applications

- Oracle Current Global Promotions

- Oracle Partner Pricing and Business Practices Updates

- Comprehensive OPN Sales Tools & Resources
Price Lists and Updates
Education
- New! PeopleSoft 9.2 is here! Whether you are looking for documentation, release content, training and more - it's all at this convenient site.
- Enablement 2.0 offers Oracle Partners training resources and tools to support specialized knowledge and ensure in-depth expertize on their chosen path to Specialization. Partners can make the most of the enablement benefits in their drive to extend market reach and expand revenue opportunities. Learn more about Enablement Benefits.
- OPN Competency Center
is an intelligent training tool that allows partners to manage their Oracle training with role-focused guided learning paths and measure their achievement toward Specialization:
- Featured Training
provides release-specific content for Partners to get started on learning the latest on Oracle product enhancements, features and functionalities.
- PeopleSoft 9.1 and 8.50 Release Information

- PeopleSoft Information Solutions Datasheets for Partners

- PeopleSoft Workforce Communications Information

- PeopleSoft 9.0 – Release Information

- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1 Documentation Home Page

- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1 Release Notes

- PeopleSoft Feature Packs – A Short Video Presentation

- Managler Dashboard
- Talent Summary
- Org Chart Viewer
- Forms and Approval Builder
- Pivot Grid Overview
- Total Rewards
- Global Search
- PeopleSoft 9.1 and 8.50 Release Information
- Related Training
- Solutions Catalog Training Webcast
- featuring Tips, Tricks and Best Practices (46 minutes)
- Solutions Catalog Training Webcast
Events
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!
Tools and Resources
- Resources
- Move efficiently through the IT lifecycle to quickly achieve measurable business results with Oracle Unified Method (OUM). Learn more.
- Read about the Sales Benefits
and Marketing Benefits
for different OPN Specialized program membership levels within the OPN Benefits Table. - More PeopleSoft application information is available on oracle.com
- PeopleSoft for Midsize Companies
- Access Enterprise Application analyst reports where Oracle has distribution rights.
- Partner Success Stories describe the challenges faced and solutions implemented by a valued partner.
- The Customer Success Stories site features video, audio, and documents of customers describing their business value realized through the use of PeopleSoft products.
- Stop by the HCM Customer Café
where you will hear highlights that will captivate your current prospects and build credibility into your sales cycle. Each recording is approximately 10 minutes and downloadable.
Analyst Reports
Customer and Partner Success Stories
PeopleSoft Industry Solution Kits
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News and Information 
Education 
Events 
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OPN Member
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Specialized CompanyNews and Information
- New! PeopleSoft 9.2 is here! Whether you are looking for documentation, release content, training and more - it's all at this convenient site.
- 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.
- View PeopleSoft HCM functionality on YouTube
- PeopleSoft Long Term Investment Plan and Roadmap

- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1 Documentation Home Page

- PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.1 Release Notes

- PeopleSoft Feature Packs – A Short Video Presentation

- PeopleSoft Enterprise News
- Current Partner Enablement Update

- Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter

- Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters-see what’s available
- More Partner News

Education
- New! PeopleSoft 9.2 is here! Whether you are looking for documentation, release content, training and more - it's all at this convenient site.
- Enablement 2.0 offers Oracle Partners training resources and tools to support specialized knowledge and ensure in-depth expertize on their chosen path to Specialization. Partners can make the most of the enablement benefits in their drive to extend market reach and expand revenue opportunities. Learn more about Enablement Benefits.
- OPN Competency Center
is an intelligent training tool that allows partners to manage their Oracle training with role-focused guided learning paths and measure their achievement toward Specialization:
- OPN Boot Camps are "jump start" training covering Oracle’s growing portfolio of product lines and solutions areas and has been built in addition to the standard curriculum offered by Oracle University.
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Implementation Boot Camp
- PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Implementation Boot Camp
- OPN Certified Specialist Certification identifies and endorses Oracle Partner individuals who achieve certification requirements. This Certification also contributes to company’s achievement towards OPN Specialized Program.
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
- PeopleSoft Application Developer I: PeopleTools & PeopleCode - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft Application Developer II: Application Engine & Integration - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9 HRMS Fundamentals - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9 General Ledger - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9.1 Payables - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- PeopleSoft 9.1 Receivables - Exam | Exam Study Guide
- Featured Training
provides release-specific content for Partners to get started on learning the latest on Oracle product enhancements, features and functionalities.
Events
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!
Tools and Resources
- Tools
- Oracle Unified Method (OUM)
Learn More - PeopleSoft's Cumulative Feature Overview Tool
helps you plan application upgrades. Simply identify the products, the existing release, and the target implementation release. With a single click the tool produces a list of features developed between the two versions. - Oracle Application Integration Architecture offers prebuilt solutions at the data, process and UI level delivering a more complete process solution to business end users. All AIA components are designed to work together in a mix and match fashion and built for configurability, ultimately lowering the cost and burden on IT of building, extending and maintaining integrations. Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) offers flexibility to mix and match both new and existing software from various vendors by providing "best-fit" choice by providing our partners several tools and methodologies for integrating to and within Oracle's broad portfolio of applications.
- Hosted & Mobile PeopleBooks
- Documentation Home Pages and Enterprise Integration Point Maps
- Transfer of Information (TOIs)

- Business Process Maps & Entity Relationship Diagrams

- PeopleSoft Viewlets
- Oracle Unified Method (OUM)
- Resources
- Move efficiently through the IT lifecycle to quickly achieve measurable business results with Oracle Unified Method (OUM). Learn more.
- Contact an Oracle Expert with your technical integration questions
- Read about the Enablement Benefits
and Support Benefits
for different OPN Specialized program membership levels within the OPN Benefits Table.
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Knowledge Zone Community Member
Specialized Company
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Specialized Company- View the Specialization Guide for all launched and planned Specializations.
- View the Product Mapping to Specialization and set the filter to view products covered in a specific Specialization.
- Learn about Specializations and Advanced Specializations.
- View instructions on How to Utilize Worldwide and Associate Resources to Obtain Specialization or Oracle Validated Integration Status.
- New! Profile Badging Step by Step Guide
PeopleSoft 9.1 Human Capital Management (Qualifying Specialization)
The PeopleSoft 9.1 Human Capital Management (HCM) Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing PeopleSoft HCM modules.
PeopleSoft HCM solutions enable organizations to manage human resources on a global basis with a single system of record. Global Workforce Management modules provide the ability to forecast, deploy, track and manage labor while cutting costs and increasing productivity. Topics covered in the Specialization include: Human Resources, Global Workforce Management, Time and Pay, and Talent Management (Learning, Recruiting, Performance, Succession, and Compensation).
Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in PeopleSoft Human Capital Management solutions.
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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* Once your company has been approved for Specialization by following the steps above, you may also apply for Advanced Specialization if you have on staff 50 or more unique individuals who are Certified Implementation Specialists in this product set.
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PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x (Qualifying Specialization)
The PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing PeopleSoft PeopleTools modules.
PeopleSoft PeopleTools solutions include development tools, administration tools, analytic tools, integration tools, and lifecycle management tools. As the common platform and toolset for all PeopleSoft applications, PeopleTools provides simplicity (through self-service usability, activity guides, and visualization), increased productivity (through work centers, smart navigation, and mobile enablement), and lower cost of ownership (through virtualization, application data sets, and Fusion Applications interoperability). Topics covered in this Specialization include: Navigation, Architecture, Data Topics, Application Development, and PeopleCode.
Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in PeopleSoft PeopleTools solutions.
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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* Once your company has been approved for Specialization by following the steps above, you may also apply for Advanced Specialization if you have on staff 50 or more unique individuals who are Certified Implementation Specialists in this product set.
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PeopleSoft 9.1 Financial Management (Qualifying Specialization)
The PeopleSoft 9.1 Financial Management Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling, implementing and/or developing PeopleSoft Financial Management modules.
PeopleSoft Financial Management solutions allow customers to reduce period end close processing time, to maximize cash from financial operations, and to lower the cost of compliance and controls. The PeopleSoft Financial Management suite provides integration with expansion solutions such as Asset Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Oracle GRC, and Enterprise Performance Management. Topics covered in this Specialization include: General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Billing, and eSettlements.
Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financial Management solutions.
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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* Once your company has been approved for Specialization by following the steps above, you may also apply for Advanced Specialization if you have on staff 50 or more unique individuals who are Certified Implementation Specialists in this product set.
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- Oracle Fusion Middleware for PeopleSoft
This blog we will bring together experts from both PeopleSoft and Fusion Middleware to help you understand how to enhance and extend PeopleSoft applications using Fusion Middleware. - Oracle Apps Blog
Documents the daily experiences and learnings of Oracle Applications Consultants and Implementor's - Application Management Blog
Chung Wu, Director of Product Management at Oracle, shares how to manage applications and discusses recent developments.
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