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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.

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Distribution Rights

This Knowledge Zone was formerly called the Sun Chip Multithreading Servers Knowledge Zone.

Distribution rights cover servers based on the SPARC T4 and SPARC T5 processors. 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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• New! Global Systems Community Newsletter for Oracle Operating Systems, Virtualization, and Servers
• 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.
• New! Enhance SPARC T5 and M5-32 Server solutions with Oracle Storage
  • Oracle Storage Delivers Superior Performance, Database Integration and Faster Data Access for Oracle’s SPARC T5 and M5 Servers
  • Sun ZFS Storage Appliance for SPARC T5/M5 Servers Customer Presentation (PDF)
  • New ZFS Product Battle Card (PDF)
  • Selling Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliance With Oracle’s SPARC T5 Servers
  • Top Five Reasons to Sell  Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliance with Oracle’s SPARC T5 Servers (PDF)
• New Hard Partition Available for Oracle Software Licensing: Oracle VM Server for SPARC
  • Oracle VM Server for SPARC (formerly Logical Domains) is now recognized as a hard partition for the purpose of Oracle software licensing. When configured with CPU whole cores, customers can take full advantage of Oracle’s virtualization technology while optimizing their Oracle software licensing costs.

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• 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.
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• T-Series Servers Guided Learning Paths: Installation, Implementation
• 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.
• 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 T5-Based Servers (Qualifying Specialization)

This qualifying Specialization launched March 26, 2013.

The SPARC T5-Based Servers Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling and implementing SPARC T5-Based servers.

SPARC T5-Based servers with Oracle Solaris are an enhancement to the existing product line, and are optimized for Oracle enterprise software.. Oracle’s new SPARC T5 product family expands the current T-Series product family offering improvements over SPARC T4 performance leadership like 2.5X throughput improvement, 30% Clock frequency increase, and 4X increase in overall scalability.

Topics covered in this Specialization include hardware installation, setup, and configuration.

Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in SPARC T5-Based server-based 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 - Coming soon!

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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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SPARC T4-Based Servers (Qualifying Specialization)

This qualifying Specialization launched July 5, 2012.

The SPARC T4-Based Servers Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling and implementing SPARC T4-Based servers.

SPARC T4-Based servers with Oracle Solaris are optimized for Oracle enterprise software. With a 5x increase in single-thread performance over the SPARC T2 and T3-based servers, large memory capacity, massive I/O performance, built-in virtualization, and extreme reliability, availability and security, the SPARC T4-Based servers also serve as an efficient platform for consolidating and virtualizing mission-critical workloads.

Topics covered in this Specialization include hardware installation, setup, and configuration.

Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in SPARC T4-Based server-based 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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SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers (Qualifying Specialization)

No longer qualifying after July 5, 2013.

Partners attaining the SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers Specialization will qualify for benefits associated with this Specialization until July 5, 2013. After July 5, 2013, the SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers Specialization will no longer qualify for the Specialization Benefits, however specialized partners will retain their SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers Specialization until the version of the product reaches End of Service Life (EOSL). Partners are encouraged to meet the criteria and apply for the most current versions of product Specializations. Learn more about Product Version Specializations.

The SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers Specialization recognizes partner organizations that are proficient in selling and implementing SPARC T2 and T3-Based Server solutions.

Oracle's SPARC T-Series servers combine the multi-core, multi-thread UltraSPARC T-Series processors with the power and flexibility of the Oracle Solaris Operating System. Ideal for multi-threaded commercial and technical applications, these systems deliver up to 256 simultaneous compute threads per server, optimize utilization with built-in virtualization technology, and reduce operating costs with its superior power and space profile. In addition, systems powered by the UltraSPARC T2 or T2 Plus system on a chip processors have multithreaded 10 Gb Ethernet networking (UltraSPARC T2 only), PCI Express I/O expansion, and floating point and cryptographic processing units integrated on the chip.

Topics covered in this Specialization include: identifying sales opportunities for SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers, positioning SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers with customers, and installing and configuring SPARC T2 and T3-Based servers.

Oracle partners who achieve this Specialization are differentiated in the marketplace through proven expertise in SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers.

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 Please note, when applying for the “SPARC T-Series Servers Specialization”, please select “Sun SPARC Enterprise T-Series Servers Specialization” after you click on the “Apply Now” link

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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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