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Oracle Exastack Ready

OPN members may participate in Oracle Exastack Ready based on their support for Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud; and, in doing so demonstrate to customers that their applications are available on the latest major release of these products.

Oracle Exastack Ready provides qualifying OPN members with competitive differentiation, customer recognition, specific branding and promotional benefits, and the ability to leverage Oracle Exastack Ready applications to advance to Platinum or Diamond level in OPN.

OPN members that have achieved an Oracle Exastack Ready status may display the Oracle Solaris Ready, Oracle Linux Ready, Oracle VM Ready, Oracle Database Ready, Oracle WebLogic Ready, Oracle Exadata Ready or Oracle Exalogic Ready logos to show that they have tested their applications, and their applications support Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and their component products.

Oracle WebLogic Ready

As part of the Oracle Exastack Ready program, Oracle WebLogic Ready is focused on application support for the latest major release of Oracle WebLogic Server.

STEP 1: Join OPN
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STEP 3: Review Eligibility Criteria
STEP 4: Apply Now

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• Logo Usage Guidelines
• Oracle Exastack Ready Solution Brief Guidelines – As per the Oracle WebLogic Ready Criteria, a partner must publish a solution brief on the partner’s product website and OPN Solutions Catalog profile within 30 days of acceptance notification
• Oracle Exastack Ready Press Release Template

News & Information

• New! (1Z1-599) Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Essentials Exam is available in beta testing as of April 21^st, 2012.
  You can get a free voucher for this exam by sending an email to opn-edu_ww@oracle.com. The free vouchers will be given out on a first come first served basis.
• New! Certified Specialist Exams Now Available in Korean and Simplified Chinese!
• Oracle announces availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
  
  Oracle recently announced Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, the latest release of the #1 application server for conventional systems, engineered systems and cloud environments.
  
  As the center piece of Oracle’s Cloud Application Foundation, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is now certified for the full Java EE 6 platform specification, which enables high developer productivity.
  Improved integration between Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can auto detect and correct database node failures to help drive higher performance and simplify management.
  As part of Oracle WebLogic Suite, Oracle Traffic Director delivers 3-4x performance boost to applications running on WebLogic, compared to traditional web-based architectures.
  Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder enables simplified configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of multi-tier applications onto standards-based virtualization platform.
  • Read the Press Release!
  • Invite your customers for an on demand Launch Event with Oracle Senior Vice President Hasan Rizvi!
  • For more information on Oracle WebLogic 12c, go to http://www.oracle.com/weblogic!
  • The product will be available here for download!
• Webcast: Oracle WebLogic: Empowering Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Thousands of Datacenters Worldwide
• Partner News
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available (You may be asked to register). Scroll down to the e-newsletter section, and check the boxes for newsletters you'd like to receive.

Local Information

• Register for the Oracle WebLogic Partner Community
  The goal of the WebLogic Partner Community is to provide you with the latest information on Oracle's offerings and to facilitate the exchange of experience within community members.
• 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.
• Competency Center: Leverage this unparalleled enablement resource to train your staff on how to develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. Search criteria here in the upper right hand box!
  • New! Oracle WebLogic ISV Developer Guided Learning Path

Events

• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

• Technical Enablement
  • Upgrade Paths to WebLogic, Harness The Power of Exalogic for Partner Applications eSeminar
• Tools
  • Application Grid Online Resource Kit
• Resources
  • Development Benefits
  • Support Benefits

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Distribution Rights

If you are a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork at the Gold, Platinum or Diamond level with a valid Oracle Full Use Program Distribution Agreement, you may distribute the programs that have been identified as available for resale within the Database and Middleware Knowledge Zones. If you are a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork at the Silver level with a valid Oracle Full Use Program Distribution Agreement, you may distribute the programs that have been identified as available for resale within the 1-Click Technology Knowledge Zone. Click the "Apply" link below to review and apply for the Oracle Full Use Program Distribution Agreement. If Oracle accepts your application for the Oracle Full Use Program Distribution Agreement then we will notify you

• View a complete list of programs included in the Database and Middleware Knowledge Zones that are available for resale.
• View a complete list of programs included in the 1-Click Technology Knowledge Zones that are available for resale.

If you are member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork at the Gold, Platinum or Diamond level and you would like to distribute programs that are not available in the Database and Middleware Knowledge Zones you must apply for and be accepted into Knowledge Zone that includes the applicable programs and have written confirmation from Oracle that you have met the resell criteria for the applicable Knowledge Zone.

Partners interested in distributing Oracle programs and/or services to public sector end users must have a current Oracle distribution agreement and will need to sign a Public Sector Addendum. Please contact the Oracle Partner Business Center or your Account Manager for further information.

Apply for the Oracle Full Use Program Distribution Agreement

Learn about distributing Oracle products under the Application Specific Full Use Program Distribution Agreement or Embedded Software License Agreement.

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 Partner Anti-Corruption Training

News and Information

• New! (1Z1-599) Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Essentials Exam is available in beta testing as of April 21^st, 2012.
  You can get a free voucher for this exam by sending an email to opn-edu_ww@oracle.com. The free vouchers will be given out on a first come first served basis.
• Oracle announces availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
  
  Oracle recently announced Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, the latest release of the #1 application server for conventional systems, engineered systems and cloud environments.
  
  As the center piece of Oracle’s Cloud Application Foundation, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is now certified for the full Java EE 6 platform specification, which enables high developer productivity.
  Improved integration between Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can auto detect and correct database node failures to help drive higher performance and simplify management.
  As part of Oracle WebLogic Suite, Oracle Traffic Director delivers 3-4x performance boost to applications running on WebLogic, compared to traditional web-based architectures.
  Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder enables simplified configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of multi-tier applications onto standards-based virtualization platform.
  • Read the Press Release!
  • Invite your customers for an on demand Launch Event with Oracle Senior Vice President Hasan Rizvi!
  • For more information on Oracle WebLogic 12c, go to http://www.oracle.com/weblogic!
  • The product will be available here for download!
• Access Application Grid overview to learn how Oracle makes application grid computing possible.
• Learn about the products that compose Application Grid:
  • WebLogic Server
  • Coherence
  • JRockit
  • Tuxedo
  • Enterprise Manager
• WebLogic Server
  • Explore the WebLogic Server resource center.
  • Get started with WebLogic Server.
  • Download the software.
  • Find out what's new in WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.4)
  • View the documentation library.
• Coherence
  • Coherence 3.7 is now available.
  • Check the release notes to see what's new.
  • Download the software.
  • Learn how to install it.
  • Study the Developer's Guide.
  • Review an overview of general Coherence concepts and features.
  • Explore specific features that Coherence provides.
  • Learn the differences among the three editions of Coherence.
  • Access the documentation library for current and past Coherence releases.
• Partner News
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available (You may be asked to register). Scroll down to the e-newsletter section, and check the boxes for newsletters you'd like to receive.

Local Information

• Register for the Oracle WebLogic Partner Community
  The goal of the WebLogic Partner Community is to provide you with the latest information on Oracle's offerings and to facilitate the exchange of experience within community members.
• 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's Acquired WebLogic/AquaLogic and Coherence 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:
  • Oracle Applications Server Guided Learning Paths Role-specific training for Oracle Application Grid covering topics such as:
    • Oracle Application Grid PreSales Specialist
    • Oracle Application Grid Sales Specialist
    • Oracle Application Grid Technology Support Specialist
• 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

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Application Assessment Program Enroll for a free half-day assessment to get a health check for your web applications. Oracle experts specializing in application grid products will conduct the assessment and provide recommendations to reduce hardware, improve web application performance and availability, and achieve better business agility.
• Application Grid Webcast - Oracle's vision for next-generation application servers and infrastructure
• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

• Tools
  • Migrate and Modernize your Applications and Data
  • Certify your applications on Oracle Enterprise Linux
  • Application Grid Online Resource Kit
  • Development Tools
  • Oracle WebLogic Suite Resource Kit


• Resources
  • Sales Benefits
  • Marketing Benefits
  • Sales on OPN
  • Oracle Partner Store (OPS): Book your online orders today!
  • Oracle WebLogic Application Server on Oracle.com
  • Oracle WebLogic Application Grid on Oracle.com
  • Oracle WebLogic Server on Oracle.com
  • Oracle® Application Server Certification Information 10g Release 3 (10.1.3)
  • Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) Standards Supported
  • Comprehensive OPN Development Tools & Resources
  • Product Documentation 
  
  
  White Papers
  • Achieving Business Agility with Application Grid
  • Oracle WebLogic Suite: A Middleware Foundation for Application Grid
  • Data Grids and Service-Oriented Architecture
  • Achieving the Impossible: Unlimited Application Scalability
  • Application Grid: The Ideal Platform for IT Consolidation

	News and Information Local Information Education Events Tools and Resources

OPN Member     Knowledge Zone Community Member      Specialized Company

News and Information

• New! (1Z1-599) Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Essentials Exam is available in beta testing as of April 21^st, 2012.
  You can get a free voucher for this exam by sending an email to opn-edu_ww@oracle.com. The free vouchers will be given out on a first come first served basis.
• New! Certified Specialist Exams Now Available in Korean and Simplified Chinese!
• Oracle announces availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
  
  Oracle recently announced Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, the latest release of the #1 application server for conventional systems, engineered systems and cloud environments.
  
  As the center piece of Oracle’s Cloud Application Foundation, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is now certified for the full Java EE 6 platform specification, which enables high developer productivity.
  Improved integration between Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can auto detect and correct database node failures to help drive higher performance and simplify management.
  As part of Oracle WebLogic Suite, Oracle Traffic Director delivers 3-4x performance boost to applications running on WebLogic, compared to traditional web-based architectures.
  Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder enables simplified configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of multi-tier applications onto standards-based virtualization platform.
  • Read the Press Release!
  • Invite your customers for an on demand Launch Event with Oracle Senior Vice President Hasan Rizvi!
  • For more information on Oracle WebLogic 12c, go to http://www.oracle.com/weblogic!
  • The product will be available here for download!
• Access Application Grid overview to learn how Oracle makes application grid computing possible.
• Learn about the products that compose Application Grid:
  • WebLogic Server
  • Coherence
  • JRockit
  • Tuxedo
  • Enterprise Manager
• WebLogic Server
  • Explore the WebLogic Server resource center.
  • Get started with WebLogic Server.
  • Download the software.
  • Find out what's new in WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.4)
  • View the documentation library.
• Coherence
  • Coherence 3.7 is now available.
  • Check the release notes to see what's new.
  • Download the software.
  • Learn how to install it.
  • Study the Developer's Guide.
  • Review an overview of general Coherence concepts and features.
  • Explore specific features that Coherence provides.
  • Learn the differences among the three editions of Coherence.
  • Access the documentation library for current and past Coherence releases.
• Partner News
• Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Subscribe to a variety of Oracle Newsletters – see what’s available (You may be asked to register). Scroll down to the e-newsletter section, and check the boxes for newsletters you'd like to receive.

Local Information

• Register for the Oracle WebLogic Partner Community
  The goal of the WebLogic Partner Community is to provide you with the latest information on Oracle's offerings and to facilitate the exchange of experience within community members.
• 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's Acquired WebLogic/AquaLogic and Coherence 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:
  • Oracle Applications Server Guided Learning Paths Role-specific training for Oracle Application Grid covering topics such as:
    • Oracle Application Grid Implementation Specialist
    • Oracle Application Grid 11g Essentials (1Z0-523)
      This exam is part of the Oracle Application Grid Implementation certification.
      Pass this exam and you will gain credit towards meeting the Oracle Application Grid e Specialization Criteria!
    • Oracle Application Grid 11g Essentials – Exam Study Guide
      Access this study guide to get the training information meant to help you pass the above exam!
• 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

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Application Assessment Program Enroll for a free half-day assessment to get a health check for your web applications. Oracle experts specializing in application grid products will conduct the assessment and provide recommendations to reduce hardware, improve web application performance and availability, and achieve better business agility.
• Application Grid Webcast - Oracle's vision for next-generation application servers and infrastructure
• 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.  These demonstration environments allow partners to leverage the competitive advantages of Oracle’s technology and applications products.  Oracle Demonstration Services currently offers demonstration environments for the broad range of Oracle Technology products, as well as for Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne products.
    
    

    - For details and enrollment process, click here

  • How to Access Software & Technical Support
  • Migrate and Modernize your Applications and Data
  • Certify your applications on Oracle Enterprise Linux
  • Application Grid Online Resource Kit
  • Development Tools
  • Oracle WebLogic Suite Resource Kit


• Resources
  • Enablement Benefits
  • Development Benefits
  • Oracle WebLogic Application Server on Oracle.com
  • Oracle WebLogic Application Grid on Oracle.com
  • Oracle WebLogic Server on Oracle.com
  • Oracle® Application Server Certification Information 10g Release 3 (10.1.3)
  • Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) Standards Supported
  • Comprehensive OPN Development Tools & Resources
  • Product Documentation 
  
  
  White Papers
  • Achieving Business Agility with Application Grid
  • Oracle WebLogic Suite: A Middleware Foundation for Application Grid
  • Data Grids and Service-Oriented Architecture
  • Achieving the Impossible: Unlimited Application Scalability
  • Application Grid: The Ideal Platform for IT Consolidation

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• Learn how to differentiate your business in the marketplace by becoming Oracle Exastack Ready.
• 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 Exastack Ready Status.

Oracle Application Grid (Qualifying Specialization)

No longer qualifying after March 6, 2014

The Oracle Application Grid specialization provides the foundation for application grid, Next-Generation Application Infrastructure. The application grid approach to middleware infrastructure allows a set of applications to meet peak demand and improve overall performance by sharing resources. It also allows for rapid application deployment and automated dynamic adjustments – enabling greater efficiency, competitiveness, and simplification in your IT environment.

To make application grid computing possible, Oracle brings together key industry-leading technologies: Oracle WebLogic Server 11g for Java EE, Tuxedo for C/C++/COBOL, Coherence in-memory data grid, JRockit Java runtime solutions, and Enterprise Manager for automated management.

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Blogs

• WebLogic Suite 11g Launches Today! (Application Grid)
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• WebLogic Server, JMS, Store-and-Forward and the C API (Brett Lomas' Blog)
• Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3 and Oracle RAC (WebLogic Server)

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Wikis

• Oracle WebLogic 11g R1 Administration Server (Eric Marcoux)
• A Simple Job Scheduler Example - WebLogic Server Clustered Timer (James Bayer)
• ADF 11g fail over within a WebLogic 10.3 Cluster (Pas Apicella)
• Build your own WebLogic 10.3 cluster (Edwin Biemond)
• High Available WebLogic Cluster (Edwin Biemond)
• Oracle WebLogic 11g R1 Managed Servers and Clusters (Eric Marcoux)
• How to create a distributed WebLogic domain? (Maxence Button)
• Working with two WebLogic domains on the same machine (Maxence Button)

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