Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications

Benefits: Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications

Oracle Exastack Ready provides OPN members with competitive differentiation through access to product-specific logos and related promotional opportunities. Qualifying OPN members receive additional benefits as follows:

• Formal recognition from Oracle and brand awareness for applications with product relevant logos, including Oracle Solaris Ready, Oracle Linux Ready, Oracle VM Ready, Oracle Database Ready, Oracle WebLogic Ready.
• Opportunity to differentiate and promote their applications through partner-issued press release and collateral announcing their attainment of Oracle Solaris Ready, Oracle Linux Ready, Oracle VM Ready, Oracle Database Ready, or Oracle WebLogic Ready status.
• Opportunity to promote their application through partner created Oracle Exastack Ready Solution Brief.
• Preferred search listing in the OPN Solutions Catalog (including advanced search capability for sorting / filtering for Oracle Exastack Ready).
• Benefits & Tools Associated with Oracle Exastack Ready Status 
• Oracle Exastack Ready status may be counted toward attaining Platinum level OPN Specialized membership. View details here.

OPN members who achieve an Oracle Exadata Ready, Oracle Exalogic Ready, Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Ready status receive additional benefits including:

• High visibility with Customers and Oracle Field Sales Organization
• Highlighted on OPN Solutions Catalog
• Supporting quote from Oracle Executive for partner-issued press release
• Formal recognition from Oracle and brand awareness for applications with product relevant logo
• Opportunity to differentiate and promote their applications with an Oracle branded data sheet

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Eligibility Criteria: Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications

• You must be an OPN member at the Gold level or higher.
• Your PRM Administrator must have membership in the applicable OPN Knowledge Zones (Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle Server Virtualization, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle SPARC SuperCluster). We recommend that at least one employee declares an interest in the applicable Knowledge Zone for the purposes of receiving communications.
• Your PRM Administrator must complete the Oracle Exastack Ready online application for software applications.
• You must provide an active URL that describes your application and verifies that your application is generally commercially available to commercial customers. Your "application" is defined as an application software product that supports one or more Oracle Exastack Ready products. For Oracle Exastack Ready benefits including upgrade to Platinum level, your application product will be recognized at the application suite or product family level, and not at the individual application or module level.
• You must provide an active URL that states the name of your application and the major release number (version X.x) that supports the latest major release (PDF) or version of the applicable Oracle Exastack Ready software program. Example: Partner application XYZ version 2.0 supports Oracle Database 11g R2.
• You must have a published and current OPN Solutions Catalog profile for both your company and your application. Click here to view your current profile.
• Within 30 days of acceptance notification, OPN members who have been accepted into the Oracle Exastack Ready Program are required to post a solution brief to their product website and OPN Solutions Catalog profile that outlines the benefits of their application running on the corresponding Oracle Exastack Ready software program.
• You must provide ongoing technical support services for your customers. To best resolve customer issues, it is highly recommended, but not required, that OPN members complete MVSP Support Training Guided Learning Path (GLP) and obtain OCVS (Oracle Collaborative Vendor Support Program) membership.
• You agree to update your application to work with the applicable Oracle Exastack Ready software program within 12 months of your product's next major release and within 12 months of Oracle's release of a new major release or version of the applicable Oracle Exastack Ready software program.

To achieve Oracle Exadata Ready status and access related benefits, the following additional criteria must be met:

• You must achieve Oracle Database Ready status per the criteria outlined above.
• You must achieve either Oracle Solaris Ready or Oracle Linux Ready status per the criteria outlined above.
• You must provide 1 reference from a customer or verify your application is supported and has been successfully installed with an Oracle Exadata Database Machine at your facility, a customer site, an Oracle facility, or at an Oracle approved test facility.

To achieve Oracle Exalogic Ready status and access related benefits, the following additional criteria must be met:

• You must achieve Oracle WebLogic Ready status per the criteria outlined above.
• You must confirm your application supports Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 P/S3 (10.3.4).
• You must achieve either Oracle Solaris Ready or Oracle Linux Ready status per the criteria outlined above.
• You must provide 1 reference from a customer or verify your application is supported and has been successfully installed with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Machine at your facility, a customer site, an Oracle facility or at an Oracle approved test facility.

To achieve Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Ready status and access related benefits, the following additional criteria must be met:

• You must achieve Oracle Database Ready and Oracle Solaris Ready status per the criteria outlined above.
• You must provide 1 reference from a customer or verify your application is supported and has been successfully installed with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster at your facility, a customer site, an Oracle facility, or at an Oracle approved test facility.

The following partner products are NOT eligible to participate in Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications:

* If you are a hardware vendor, please refer to Oracle Exastack Ready for Hardware Vendors.

In addition to the excluded product types above, qualifying software applications must connect/integrate to Oracle Database using a published Oracle API or SDK documented on oracle.com.

If you have any questions, chat with a partner expert now or email OracleExastack_ww@oracle.com.

Meet the requirements? Apply for Oracle Exastack Ready

Oracle Exastack Labs and Enablement Resources

Oracle Exastack lab environments and related technical enablement resources are available for OPN members to further their knowledge of Oracle Exastack offerings and qualify their applications for Oracle Exastack Optimized.

Boot Camps and Guided Learning Paths (GLPs), tailored specifically for ISVs, are available for Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle SPARC SuperCluster, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, Oracle Database, and Oracle WebLogic Server. More information about these GLPs and Boot Camps (including delivery dates and locations) are posted on the OPN Competency Center and corresponding OPN Knowledge Zones.

Learn more about Oracle Exastack labs and ISV specific enablement resources.

OPN Member     Knowledge Zone Community Member      Exastack Approved

Resources: Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications

Getting Started

• Navigate through the Oracle Exastack Program's Quick Start Guide (PDF)
• Apply for Oracle Exastack Ready for Software Applications (PRM Administrator)
• How to Apply for Oracle Exastack Ready (5 min Tutorial)
• If you are a hardware vendor, please refer to Oracle Exastack Ready for Hardware Vendors

Next Steps, once you have achieved an Oracle Exastack Ready status

Got questions? Contact the Oracle Partner Business Center for assistance.

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