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Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized

Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized applications run faster and more reliably – providing increased performance to their end users.

Customers can be confident when choosing an OPN member’s Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized application, knowing it has been tuned on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster with a goal of delivering the optimum speed, scalability and reliability.

Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized provides OPN members with:

Access to Oracle Exastack Experts

• Engage Oracle technical resources and access dedicated lab environments to test and tune software applications on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster.

Credibility

• Achieving Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized shows that an OPN member’s application has met the OPN member’s proof of value goals for performance and scalability on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster.

Competitive differentiation

• Enables customers to readily identify OPN member's applications that have been tested and tuned for optimum performance on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster.
• Provides OPN members the opportunity to display the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized logo in their respective collateral and web sites to show that they have tested and tuned their application for optimum performance on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster. 

Learn more about Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized benefits and criteria

STEP 1: Join OPN
STEP 2: Join Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Knowledge Zone
STEP 3: Review Eligibility Criteria
STEP 4: Apply Now (PRM Administrator)

If you are not the PRM Administrator and do not know who is for your company, please contact your local Partner Business Center.

Download Oracle SuperCluster Optimized Logo: Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized

• Logo Usage Guidelines
• Review Press Release Guidelines
• Oracle Exadata Optimized/Oracle Exalogic Optimized/Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Optimized– press release template (DOC)

Oracle Exastack Optimized Labs

• Oracle Exastack Optimized Labs provide qualifying OPN members with direct access to Oracle technical resources and Oracle Exastack Lab environments for tuning and optimization of their application on Oracle SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Ready

OPN members that have achieved Oracle SuperCluster Ready may display the Oracle SuperCluster Ready logo to show that they have tested their applications, and their applications run on an Oracle SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

STEP 1: Join Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Knowledge Zone (PRM Administrator)
STEP 2: Review Eligibility Criteria
STEP 3: Apply Now (PRM Administrator)

If you are not the PRM Administrator and do not know who is for your company, please contact your local Partner Business Center.

Download Oracle SuperCluster Ready Logo: Oracle SuperCluster Ready

• Logo Usage Guidelines
• Review Press Release Guidelines
• Oracle Exadata Ready/Oracle Exalogic Ready/Oracle SuperCluster Ready Press Release Template (DOC)

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	Distribution Rights News and Information Local Information Education Events Tools and Resources

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Distribution Rights

Distribution rights cover the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, Exadata Storage Servers and Software, Exadata Storage Expansion Racks, Oracle Solaris Cluster, Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software, Sun Network 10GbE Switch 72p, select HBAs, and cable and transceivers.

View the complete list of SPARC SuperCluster Knowledge Zone products.

Check the criteria and apply now to distribute SPARC SuperCluster products.

News & Information

• New! SPARC SuperCluster Software Enhancements (December 2012)
  The latest update offers layered, zero-overhead virtualization for mission-critical applications.  Read the press release and review the configuration guides, technical presentations, and FAQs at the Hardware Technical Resource Center (One time registration required).
• New! Oracle Platinum Services Now Available
  Learn how Oracle Platinum Services, the highest level of support in the industry, can provide your Oracle Premier Support customers with remote fault monitoring including faster response times and patch deployment services – at no additional cost. Visit the Oracle Platinum Services web page for more information.
• New! HCC Demonstration Video
• New! Demonstration Video of RMAN backup to a ZFS Backup Appliance with Snapshots and Clones

SPARC SuperCluster Announcement

• Watch the replay from the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster launch with Larry Ellison and John Fowler.

SPARC SuperCluster vs. IBM

• The SPARC SuperCluster runs Oracle software and Java applications twice as fast as IBM's fastest computer. Learn more.

Oracle Optimized Solutions for SPARC SuperCluster

• Oracle Optimized Solutions are application-to-disk reference architectures that can be used to drive new opportunities into existing accounts. These solutions are designed to address your customer's most critical application and infrastructure needs – such as mission-critical database.
• Sized for various workloads, these solutions are flexible and can be used for new deployments, competitive takeouts, application upgrades, and consolidation opportunities. Learn more

SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 3D Demo

• Take an in-depth visual tour of the hardware components of the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. View now.

HP Takeout Sales Kit

• Help Oracle software customers reduce TCO and improve performance by moving from legacy HP 9000 (PA-RISC) or Integrity (Itanium) servers to Oracle systems using the HP Takeout Sales Kit, which includes training, marketing kits, and sales tools. Access the sales kit

Additional Information Resources

• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Partner News
• OPN PartnerCasts

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

• New! Engineered Systems: Data Center Connectivity training
• 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.

View All Boot Camp Schedules | Request a Boot Camp

Events

• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

Other Product Resources

• SPARC SuperCluster Sales Plays (PDF) and Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Warranty Support Information for Oracle Hardware
• Worldwide Configuration Guides
• My Oracle Support Center
• Sun System Handbook

	Distribution Rights News and Information Local Information Education Events Tools and Resources

OPN Member     Knowledge Zone Community Member      Specialized Company

Distribution Rights

Distribution rights cover the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, Exadata Storage Servers and Software, Exadata Storage Expansion Racks, Oracle Solaris Cluster, Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software, Sun Network 10GbE Switch 72p, select HBAs, and cable and transceivers.

View the complete list of SPARC SuperCluster Knowledge Zone products.

The SPARC SuperCluster resell criteria and application process will be posted soon.

News & Information

SPARC SuperCluster Announcement

• Watch the replay from the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster launch with Larry Ellison and John Fowler.

SPARC SuperCluster vs. IBM

• The SPARC SuperCluster runs Oracle software and Java applications twice as fast as IBM's fastest computer. Learn more.

Oracle Optimized Solutions for SPARC SuperCluster

• Oracle Optimized Solutions are application-to-disk reference architectures that can be used to drive new opportunities into existing accounts. These solutions are designed to address your customer's most critical application and infrastructure needs – such as mission-critical database.
  Sized for various workloads, these solutions are flexible and can be used for new deployments, competitive takeouts, application upgrades, and consolidation opportunities. Learn more

SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 3D Demo

• Take an in-depth visual tour of the hardware components of the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. View now.

HP Takeout Sales Kit

• Help Oracle software customers reduce TCO and improve performance by moving from legacy HP 9000 (PA-RISC) or Integrity (Itanium) servers to Oracle systems using the HP Takeout Sales Kit, which includes training, marketing kits, and sales tools. Access the sales kit

Additional Information Resources

• Current Partner Enablement Update
• Partner News
• OPN PartnerCasts

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

• New! Engineered Systems: Data Center Connectivity training
• 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.

View All Boot Camp Schedules | Request a Boot Camp

Events

• Oracle PartnerNetwork Events Calendar
• Oracle Global Events Calendar

Tools and Resources

Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Sales Kit

The SPARC SuperCluster Sales Kits includes a wide range of critical sales tools and product resources to help you efficiently move customer through the different stages of the sales cycle. Access now

Other Product Resources

• Warranty Support Information for Oracle Hardware
• Worldwide Configuration Guides
• My Oracle Support Center
• Sun System Handbook

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• 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 Optimized Status

SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 (Qualifying Specialization)

This specialization focuses on SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

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