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Why Partner with Oracle in SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers
The Oracle PartnerNetwork will empower your company with exceptional resources to distinguish your offerings from the competition, seize opportunities, and increase your sales.
Oracle's SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers are designed to deliver the highest levels of performance, scalability, and availability for mission-critical applications. Powered by Oracle Solaris, the SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers, which comprise the high-end category, provide partners with a highly-differentiated platform that can be used to drive a broad range of partner services – from installation and implementation, to consolidation and migration services.
The high-end class of SPARC Enterprise servers also provide:
- Strong market opportunity. The market opportunity for SPARC Enterprise servers is one of the largest in the enterprise market. The market includes the existing SPARC Enterprise installed base, the large Oracle software installed base, and customers running legacy IBM POWER and HP PA-RISC and Itanium-based systems.
- Partner services revenue. In addition to the services derived from customer projects, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides Specialized partners with exclusive access to the installation and implementation tools and resources used by Oracle’s services teams.
- Market differentiation through innovation. Whether it’s the server’s unique design that delivers a high level of investment protection for customers, built-in virtualization, the ZFS file system, observability with DTrace, or Predictive Self Healing, the features of the M-Series servers make it easier sell and differentiate your solutions.
- Best platform for Oracle software. Why run Oracle software on the SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers? It’s better, faster, and cheaper.
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Scalable, Mainframe-class Computing for the Open Systems Market
For 24/7 mission-critical services, the high-end Oracle SPARC Enterprise Server running Oracle Solaris Operating System (M8000 & M9000) delivers extensive expansion and virtualization capabilities as well as mainframe-class RAS. Customize it with mix-and-match configurability using the latest high-performance SPARC64 VII quad-core and SPARC64 VI dual-core processors.Example Applications
- OLTP and BIDW databases
- ERP, SCM, CRM deployments
- High floating point applications
- Compute-intensive scientific/engineering application serving
- Applications requiring large shared memory spaces
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Check the criteria and apply now to distribute SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers products.
Distribution rights cover the SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers, along with the External I/O Expansion Unit. Also included are Oracle Solaris, Oracle Solaris Cluster, Sun Rack, Sun data center Switches, StorageTek HBAs, and networking cards and adapters.
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You are authorized to resell/distribute Xsigo products if you have resell rights to one of the following Knowledge Zones: x86 Servers, Blade Servers, T or M-Series Servers, Desktop Virtualization, or NAS, SAN, Flash, or Tape Storage.- The Xsigo Sales Kit can be found on the Oracle Networking Technologies Sales Kit page.
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- Xsigo Systems VAD/Reseller Partner Update Webcast: Get Ready to Sell Xsigo Systems Products with Oracle (November 13, 2012)
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- The Xsigo Sales Kit can be found on the Oracle Networking Technologies Sales Kit
- On Demand Webcast Replay: How to Manage Your Data Center with Oracle Virtual Networking (April 30, 2013)
Learn how to improve infrastructure performance, significantly reduce costs and complexity, and simplify storage and server connectivity with Oracle Virtual Networking products. View a demonstration of the Oracle Fabric Manager and find out how the Oracle Fabric Interconnect, the core of the data center fabric solution, simplifies data center management by dynamically connecting any server to any network and storage. - New Hardware Technical Resource Center
The Oracle Hardware Technical Resource Center provides Sales Engineers and Sales Consultants access to critical technical product information for Oracle servers and storage. Resources include detailed product specifications, configuration rules and flowcharts, technical FAQs, interoperability, and technical sales tools.
Registration is required. Already registered? Access the Resource Center.
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- 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!
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- M-Series High-End Servers Guided Learning Paths: Sales , Presales
- OPN Marketing Kits Demo (3:38 min) - Oracle marketing kits are your one-stop resource for proven demand generation tools that will help you accelerate sales, boost service, and grow your customer base.
- 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. Within the Competency Center you will find:
- Guided Learning Paths: Role-specific training for Sales, PreSales, and Implementation Consultant.
- 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!
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- Hardware Partner Training Resources A collection of supporting material and presentations from global and regional training sessions.
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Partner Installation of Oracle Hardware
Oracle provides Specialized partners with the methodologies, resources, and tools to deliver their own hardware installation services. Based on Oracle's Enterprise Installation Services (EIS) methodology, installations performed by Specialized partners are recognized by Oracle for the purposes of support and product warranty.
Specialization is mandatory for a partner to be recognized as qualified to install the products defined by that specific Specialization.
Partners that perform installations are required to accept the Oracle Installation Service Addendum. Partners are also required to report installations to Oracle.
The Specializations include:
- SPARC Enterprise Entry-Level and Midrange M-Series Servers
- SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers
- SPARC T-Series Servers
- Oracle Solaris Cluster
- Pillar Axiom 600 Storage System
- Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems (ZFS Storage Appliance)
- Sun Flash Storage
- Sun Storage 6000 Arrays
- StorageTek Tape Libraries *
Step 1: Accept the Oracle Installation Service Addendum
Step 2: Access Oracle Enterprise Installation Standards (EIS)* StorageTek Tape Libraries require the StorageTek Tape Libraries Specialization PLUS meeting additional requirements. More information is available on the StorageTek Tape Storage Knowledge Zone.
Product Information
- SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers Sales Kit
- Oracle Technology Network – SPARC Enterprise Servers
Access technical resources, firmware updates, and documentation on OTN.
News
- On Demand Webcast Replay: How to Manage Your Data Center with Oracle Virtual Networking (April 30, 2013)
Learn how to improve infrastructure performance, significantly reduce costs and complexity, and simplify storage and server connectivity with Oracle Virtual Networking products. View a demonstration of the Oracle Fabric Manager and find out how the Oracle Fabric Interconnect, the core of the data center fabric solution, simplifies data center management by dynamically connecting any server to any network and storage. - Oracle Virtual Networking Partner Sales Playbook (PDF) - Learn about Oracle Virtual Networking product positioning and functionality. This playbook equips you to sell, identify and qualify opportunities, pursue specific sales plays, and deliver competitive differentiation. Find out where you should plan to focus your resources, and how to broaden your offerings by leveraging the OPN Specialized enablement available to your organization.
- Oracle Solaris 11 Launch
- Hear directly from Mark Hurd and John Fowler on the benefits and value of Oracle Solaris 11, from helping customers build their infrastructure with Oracle Solaris 11 to accelerating their deployment of internal, public, and hybrid cloud applications. Learn more.
- Partner News
- Current Global PartnerNetwork Newsletter
- Current Partner Enablement Update
- InDepth Newsletters – Inside news and original content you won't find anywhere else, delivered to your inbox each quarter, on Oracle applications and technology solutions.
- Subscribe to RSS news feeds Learn more about RSS feeds – find out what they are and how they might be useful to you!
- Oracle Magazine Feature Casts
- OPN PartnerCasts Check out these podcasts designed especially for Oracle partners.
Local Information
- 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
- Sun Training Courses
- Featured SPARC Enterprise Servers Training for Partners
- 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.
- OPN Partner Awareness Series (learn how to leverage the OPN Program and Portal)
- Access the Education Tools & Resources section of the Oracle PartnerNetwork portal to find more training resources!
- 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 for Sales, PreSales, and Implementation Consultant.
- 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!
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SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers Specialization
(Qualifying Specialization)This Specialization focuses on Oracle’s SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers, which are designed for high-volume, mission-critical computing. Based on the symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architecture and SPARC64 VII+ quad-core processors, and coupled with the powerful Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System, these high-end servers provide the benefits of traditional mainframes without the complexity, cost, and vendor lock-in. This Specialization recognizes partners that have demonstrated through testing their firm’s ability to:
- Identify sales opportunities for SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers
- Position SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers with their customers
- Implement SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers
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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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