Why Partner with Oracle

Success. Better Together.

The foundation for partners' success with Oracle is Oracle PartnerNetwork, a community of over 19,500 partners worldwide, a management portal, an interaction center for partner support, and a global business program. Through partnership with Oracle, you will gain access to Oracle's premier products and solutions for additional growth opportunities, education, technical services, highly specialized go-to-market engagement, with support from across all lines of business within Oracle.

The promise of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) is to simplify and consolidate offerings from multiple Oracle product groups, delivering a best-of-breed program with increased levels of support and engagement based on your increased investment and commitment to Oracle. Oracle PartnerNetwork welcomes all partners, regardless of size and market reach. We are constantly changing in an effort to ensure that our offerings simplify partners' business processes, are aligned with customers' needs, and are at the forefront of the industry. For a low annual fee of $1,995 (plus tax), you can gain access to the tools and resources you need to support your entire business cycle.

Together, we hold the competitive power of shared technologies and solutions for faster results and high customer satisfaction.

Membership Levels

Oracle PartnerNetwork incorporates three membership levels. As you progress to higher levels within the program, Oracle’s commitment to you increases by providing additional marketing and sales engagement opportunities, higher discounts, and enhanced benefits and resources. See detailed benefits and resources by membership level. Learn more about the partner levels and upgrading your membership.

Partner
Certified Partner
Certified Advantage Partner
Partner is the "discovery" level. The Partner level enables you to introduce your unique solutions or services to the Oracle economy while building your Oracle competency. Partners have access to software within selected Product Focus areas as well as many other web-based resources designed to enhance your value proposition, broaden your opportunity and extend your reach in the marketplace. Certified Partner - As your business grows with Oracle and you prove your skills in delivering Oracle solutions, you may apply for an upgrade to Certified Partner level. You will receive an increased level of personal interaction, promotion and benefits from Oracle. Certified Advantage Partner is our highest membership level. Certified Advantage Partners consistently demonstrate their commitment to Oracle. You will receive the highest level of recognition, engagement and dedicated account management when you reach this level.

Partner Categories

Oracle embraces all types of partners delivering resources and benefits that align with your business model and relationship with Oracle. Oracle's four distinct Product Focus and Specialization Areas address these different partner models and allow simplified access to information based on your interests. Included are selling and marketing resources, training and certification resources, technical resources and support, development resources, and business discounts and rewards that help partners, regardless of size or market reach, create unique solutions across the broad spectrum of Oracle platforms and applications.

  • Content Providers create, buy, adopt, and deliver data and information services or other intellectual content that is integrated with Oracle products to deliver to their customers a more complete horizontal or industry specific solution.
  • Education Providers provide instructor-led training courses utilizing Oracle's curriculum and instructors approved by Oracle University.
  • Hardware and Infrastructure Providers provide a wide range of products, technologies, and services upon which Oracle products run.
  • Hosting Service Providers include managed and utility services providers for business and consumers, and deliver services over a network for an externally managed facility in a one-to-many, service fee-based model running on Oracle's products.
  • Management Consultants provide professional consulting and/or marketing services to customers, resulting in a recommendation of Oracle products and solutions.
  • Oracle Application ISVs develops and owns proprietary applications that integrate with Oracle's Applications to create comprehensive industry solutions. These applications may or may not run on Oracle technology and are distributed and supported directly or through other channels.
  • Oracle Technology ISVs develop and market packaged applications based on Oracle Technologies. These solutions can be distributed directly by the ISV or through other channels.
  • Professional Associations are industry, trade and other professional, membership-based organizations, seeking to seize new business opportunities.
  • Service Partners provide support, professional consulting and/or marketing services, to customers who already work with Oracle products. These companies may or may not recommend Oracle products.
  • System Integrators provide consulting, integration, and/or implementation services with Oracle products and solutions.
  • Value-Added Resellers (VAR) give complete, Oracle-led, business solutions and value-added services to their customers.

Product Focus and Specialization Areas

As you join Oracle PartnerNetwork, you are invited to register in one or more Product Focus and Specialization Areas. Once your interests are identified in the Enrollment Form, Oracle PartnerNetwork seamlessly personalizes and customizes content and communications relevant only to you. Note: Declaring any of the Applications family of products as a Product Focus area does not automatically grant participation until approved.

Visit this list of Product Focus Areas and begin by selecting one for more information. You will be taken to an overview page that describes the initiative and any requirements for participation.

Join Now

Oracle PartnerNetwork’s operating premise incorporates three major goals:
  • Increase our partners’ revenue and profits.
  • Align our technologies to meet customers’ and partners’ business needs.
  • Simplify our partners’ experience with Oracle through relevant communications and streamlined processes.

Oracle PartnerNetwork offers the skills, benefits and incentives you need, today and in the future. Join Now.

Note: Your ability to receive the benefits for applications programs (E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World, and Siebel) or a subset of the applications programs, is subject to Oracle's approval based on the criteria in the Oracle PartnerNetwork Policies. For PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World, and Siebel products, the benefits described herein as being provided to members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork are available to you only if you: 1) have executed an Oracle PartnerNetwork Agreement in a country, or with an Oracle subsidiary in a country, other than those countries listed at this link; 2) are approved by Oracle into the PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World, and Siebel product focus; and 3) are located in any country other than one of the countries listed at this link.

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