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News and Information

• New cloud programs and specializations for partners
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available
• More Partner News

Local Information

• View and register here for the Oracle Cloud Builder Event coming to a city near you
• 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

• Using Oracle Technology For Your SaaS Business - Resources for Partners
• Partnering Strategies with Oracle Cloud Services - CloudExpo Keynote
• Learning
  • Oracle’s Cloud Strategy & Opportunities for Partners
  • Oracle Virtualization
  • Integrated Cloud Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • New Cloud Management Capabilities with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
  • Building blocks of Private PaaS & Java Cloud Strategies
  • Java Virtualization with Oracle Assembly Builder & WebLogic Suite Virtualization
  • Oracle Exadata for Cloud Computing
  • Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
• 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 Data Warehousing, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle's Acquired Weblogic/AquaLogic 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 the online Cloud Builder 2012 Sales and PreSales Guided Learning Paths
• 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

• Register and attend "Architecting for SaaS Growth" Keynote at SaaS U in Boston Oct. 24 – 26 by Kevin O'Brien, Oracle Senior Director, ISV & SaaS Strategy. View the event agenda for more details
• Cloud sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange
• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar
• Oracle @ SiiA - All About the Cloud 2012 event
• The Platform is Critical To Application Infrastructure (Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Global ISV/OEM Sales, Oracle Corporation) (video)
• Delivering Enterprise Grade Cloud Applications (Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Global ISV/OEM Sales, Oracle Corporation) (slides) (video)

Tools and Resources

• Tools
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder (OVAB)
  • Oracle Virtualization Center and Oracle VM Templates
  • Oracle Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
  • Oracle Cloud
• Resources
  • The Oracle Reference Architecture – Cloud Foundation Architecture  describes architectural characteristics and expectations of Cloud from a business and operational perspective. Architectural principles, standards, concepts, and a conceptual view for Cloud architecture are also provided.
  • The Oracle Reference Architecture – Cloud Infrastructure  focuses on Cloud from a provider view and covers the capabilities for public and private clouds, a discussion of Cloud architectures, and provides key architecture views to jumpstart a Cloud architecture initiative.
  • Inside the Oracle Cloud Resource Model API
  • Oracle Cloud Resource Model API
  • Architectural Strategies
  • Development Benefits
  • Support Benefits
  • 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.
  • Oracle Exastack Remote Lab - remotely accessible environments for qualifying OPN members to test and tune their applications on Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux or Oracle VM. View a one-minute demo
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Overview for ISVs Learn More
• Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - a shared and elastically scalable platform for consolidation of existing applications and new application development and deployment. Learn more
  • Oracle PaaS Blueprints provide guidelines for mapping customer requirements to PaaS architectures and product offerings.
  • Oracle Cloud and PaaS review
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - a complete selection of computing servers, storage, networking fabric, virtualization software, operating systems, and management software. Learn more
  • White Paper: Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Management - Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's complete cloud lifecycle management solution. It is the industry's first complete solution including self-service provisioning balanced against centralized, policy-based resource management, integrated chargeback and capacity planning and complete visibility of the physical and virtual environment from applications to disk. Learn more
• Cloud Integration - includes Oracle SOA and Oracle Data Integration products to provide a unified approach to loading and replicating data, as well as integrating transactions and business processes to ensure that organizations retain optimal control, fast time-to-market, and flexibility within their infrastructure. Learn more
• Cloud Security - Provides a comprehensive set of solutions to mitigate threats across your databases and applications that you can rely on to deploy private clouds, public clouds, or outsource. Learn more
• Cloud Webcast Series - Private Cloud focus
  • Performance & Availability in the Cloud
  • Security in the Cloud
  • Fusion Middleware in the Cloud
  • Manageability in the Cloud
• Download the Cloud Integration whitepaper - The paper includes three technical examples of cloud integration with Oracle Fusion Applications and more.

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News and Information

• New cloud programs and specializations for partners
• Oracle Cloud and Platinum Services Oracle Executive Strategy webcast replay Guidelines for resale of Oracle support offerings are available here
• Cloud Quick Reference for Partners
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available
• More Partner News

Local Information

• Cloud sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange
• 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

• Using Oracle Technology For Your SaaS Business - Resources for Partners
• Partnering Strategies with Oracle Cloud Services - CloudExpo Keynote
• Learning
  • Oracle’s Cloud Strategy & Opportunities for Partners
  • Oracle Virtualization
  • Integrated Cloud Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • New Cloud Management Capabilities with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
  • Building blocks of Private PaaS & Java Cloud Strategies
  • Java Virtualization with Oracle Assembly Builder & WebLogic Suite Virtualization
  • Oracle Exadata for Cloud Computing
  • Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
• 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 Data Warehousing, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle's Acquired Weblogic/AquaLogic 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 the online Cloud Builder 2012 Sales and PreSales Guided Learning Paths
• 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

• Register and attend "Architecting for SaaS Growth" Keynote at SaaS U in Boston Oct. 24 – 26 by Kevin O'Brien, Oracle Senior Director, ISV & SaaS Strategy. View the event agenda for more details
• Cloud sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange
• Oracle @ SiiA - All About the Cloud 2012 event
• The Platform is Critical To Application Infrastructure (Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Global ISV/OEM Sales, Oracle Corporation) (video)
• Delivering Enterprise Grade Cloud Applications (Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Global ISV/OEM Sales, Oracle Corporation) (slides) (video)
• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

• Tools
  • Oracle Demonstration Services for Partners:  Oracle Demonstration Services provides demonstration environments to qualified members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork. - For details and enrollment process, click here.
  • Sales on OPN
  • Oracle's Partner Resources to Create and Develop Pipeline
  • Oracle Cloud

• Resources
  • Oracle sponsored eBooks:
    • Cloud Architecture for Dummies
    • Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure for Dummies
    • Server Virtualization for Dummies
  • Licensing for Cloud
  • SaaS for ISVs - Datasheet
  • SaaS for ISVs - FAQ
  • Cloud Overview
  • Oracle Cloud Computing Strategy
  • Sales Benefits
  • Marketing Benefits
  • 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.
  • Cloud Applications - Learn more
  • Cloud Platforms - Learn more
  • Cloud Infrastructure - Learn more
    • White Paper: Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
  • Cloud Management - Learn more
  • Cloud Integration - Learn more
  • Cloud Security - Learn more

	News and Information Local Information Education Events Tools and Resources

OPN Member     Knowledge Zone Community Member      Specialized Company

News and Information

• New cloud programs and specializations for partners
• Cloud Quick Reference for Partners
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available
• More Partner News

Local Information

• View and register here for the Oracle Cloud Builder Event coming to a city near you
• 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

• Using Oracle Technology For Your SaaS Business - Resources for Partners
• Partnering Strategies with Oracle Cloud Services - CloudExpo Keynote
• Learning
  •  Oracle’s Cloud Strategy & Opportunities for Partners
  •  Oracle Virtualization
  •  Integrated Cloud Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  •  New Cloud Management Capabilities with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
  •  Building blocks of Private PaaS & Java Cloud Strategies
  •  Java Virtualization with Oracle Assembly Builder & WebLogic Suite Virtualization
  • Oracle Exadata for Cloud Computing
  • Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
• 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 Data Warehousing, Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle's Acquired Weblogic/AquaLogic 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 the online Cloud Builder 2012 Sales and PreSales Guided Learning Paths
• 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

• Cloud sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange
• Oracle @ SiiA - Delivering Enterprise Grade Cloud Applications (Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Global ISV/OEM Sales, Oracle Corporation) (slides) (video)
• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

• Tools
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder (OVAB)
  • Oracle Virtualization Center and Oracle VM Templates
  • Oracle Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
  • Oracle Cloud

• Resources
  • The Oracle Reference Architecture – Cloud Foundation Architecture  describes architectural characteristics and expectations of Cloud from a business and operational perspective. Architectural principles, standards, concepts, and a conceptual view for Cloud architecture are also provided.
  • The Oracle Reference Architecture - Cloud Infrastructure  focuses on Cloud from a provider view and covers the capabilities for public and private clouds, a discussion of Cloud architectures, and provides key architecture views to jumpstart a Cloud architecture initiative.
  • The Cloud Candidate Selection Tool – Guiding Cloud Adoption offers a comprehensive cloud evaluation framework to help IT organizations determine which applications, services, modules, components, and more are appropriate for deployment to either a public or private cloud.
  • The Cloud Computing Maturity Model – Guiding Success with Cloud Capabilities offers a comprehensive cloud maturity model based on collective experience and best practices to benchmark yourself against others in your industry, gauge progress on your initiatives.
  • Architectural Strategies
  • The Platform is Critical To Application Infrastructure - SIIA interview, Chris Baker, SVP Oracle Worldwide ISV & OEM Sales
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Overview for ISVs Learn More
• Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - a shared and elastically scalable platform for consolidation of existing applications and new application development and deployment. Learn more
  • Oracle PaaS Blueprints provide guidelines for mapping customer requirements to PaaS architectures and product offerings.
  • Oracle Cloud and PaaS review
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - a complete selection of computing servers, storage, networking fabric, virtualization software, operating systems, and management software. Learn more
  • White Paper: Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Management - Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's complete cloud lifecycle management solution. It is the industry's first complete solution including self-service provisioning balanced against centralized, policy-based resource management, integrated chargeback and capacity planning and complete visibility of the physical and virtual environment from applications to disk. Learn more
• Cloud Integration - includes Oracle SOA and Oracle Data Integration products to provide a unified approach to loading and replicating data, as well as integrating transactions and business processes to ensure that organizations retain optimal control, fast time-to-market, and flexibility within their infrastructure. Learn more
• Cloud Security - Provides a comprehensive set of solutions to mitigate threats across your databases and applications that you can rely on to deploy private clouds, public clouds, or outsource. Learn more
• Creating a Self-Service Dev/Test Cloud case study whitepaper
• Cloud Webcast Series - Private Cloud focus
  • Performance & Availability in the Cloud
  • Security in the Cloud
  • Fusion Middleware in the Cloud
  • Manageability in the Cloud
• Download the Cloud Integration whitepaper - The paper includes three technical examples of cloud integration with Oracle Fusion Applications and more.

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