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Further providing partners the enablement resources they need to learn and grow with Oracle, Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) hosted its inaugural Oracle Applications and Industry Partner Summit last week in Arizona.
Welcoming more than 350 senior sales and practice leaders from 80 leading System Integrators from across North America, the event offered partners the strategies and resources they need to extend their service and solutions offerings and drive enhanced revenue and customer opportunities with Oracle technology.
The event, which will take place annually, featured commentary from Oracle customers, partners, and top Oracle executives:
Keith Block, Executive Vice President, Oracle North America
Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President, Product Development
Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President, Industries Business Unit
Block shared Oracle’s strategy and momentum and explained why there has never been a better time to partner with Oracle. He also shared his perspective on the competitive landscape and insight from global customers.
Kurian shared upcoming roadmaps for Oracle Applications and discussed how partners can capitalize on new opportunities around Oracle’s Fusion Application and Cloud offerings.
Singh outlined Oracle’s comprehensive go-to-market strategy across numerous industries and explained the opportunity for partners to jointly collaborate with Oracle for industry success.
In addition, the summit highlighted joint partner opportunities for increased industry-specific selling and provided industry specific break-out sessions offering ideas and best-practice strategies across 12 unique industries.
OPN is dedicated to expanding and improving its partner enablement offerings. Since the inception of the OPN Specialized program:
More than 47 applications or industry-specific Specializations from industries have been made available to partners.
1,800 partners have achieved nearly 6,000 Oracle Application or industry Specializations.
More than 59,000 Industry and Application Boot Camp Training days have been conducted with 12,200 taking place in FY12 alone.
More than 11,000 Individual Certified Implementation Specialists have achieved Application/Industry-specific accreditations.
