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The Oracle + Sun Welcome Events start this week in New York City and wrap up in Perth, Australia on May 4th. We'd list off all of the cities we're visiting but then you might confuse this blog entry with a recap of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire". Suffice it to say, we are covering the globe to bring you the message about what the combination of Oracle and Sun means to you.

Did you think we forgot about you? Hardly. We've been very busy working on the integration of Sun with Oracle. Well, that and winning America's Cup, but we'll talk about that one on another day. Today we wanted to answer all of your burning questions regarding the Sun acquisition. Legal Entity Combination occurred this week for the US and Canada and we want to get Sun partners started on their move to OPN Specialized.

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Partners interested in Cloud Computing will want to attend this Worldwide series of events - click below to see when Oracle will be in a city near you.

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You've been working hard at getting Specialized and you deserve a bit of a Sun-day break. Oracle finalized the Sun deal and we held our launch event yesterday. Take a breather from your Specialization regime and learn a little bit more about Oracle's plans for Sun partners.

Want more information? Larry Ellison talked about the plans for Sun and specifically addressed the plans for partners.

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At the very least, our ears are burning. The analysts are talking, and the first reviews are in on OPN Specialized. We're pleased with the launch and all the efforts undertaken to offer our partners the best program possible. The analysts seem to think we're on the right track as well.

Hi there. Your personal OPN Specialized trainer here. Checking in on your New Years resolution of getting Specialized. Not quite sure if you are signed up for this specialization thing? Sometimes it is hard to get motivated, so put on a little "Eye of the Tiger" and check out what Nick Kritikos had to say to The VAR Guy about some trends he is seeing with IT spending and how specialization is key.

Wrote a guest blog on the VAR Guy over the holidays.

I wanted to give partners ideas to leverage their Oracle skills with 6 SaaS & Cloud plays. Read the full posting here: http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/12/28/six-saas-and-cloud-plays-for-oracle-partners/

Happy New Year Everyone!

It's the first work day of the new year - what are your resolutions? Swearing off chocolate? Hitting the gym? To stop using text messages as your primary form of conversation? Getting Specialized? While we can't help you with the first few we can get you started with getting Specialized - consider us your personal Specialization trainer!

Happy Holidays from the entire Oracle PartnerNetwork team! We hope you are able to enjoy the season with your friends and family.

If you would like to donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank click here and in the donor type box select company 250 or more employees > Oracle Corporation.

Happy Holidays,

The OPN Communications Team

Wow! What a busy whirlwind 8 weeks (!!) it has been since Oracle Openworld 2009 where we announced the new Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialized program.

Since then the systems have been moved into production, the portal has been completely updated, guided learning paths have been refreshed, certifications have been published, and on December 2-3 we officially launched the new OPN Specialized program.

One great way for ISVs to get customer visibility is to utilize the OPN Solution Catalog. There are new capabilities to the Solution Catalog including posting YouTube videos. Watch the video below with Lydia Smyers to learn more.

We held our launch for OPN Specialized yesterday and it was quite the event. With over 4500 of you joining us live we got into some of the details of the new program and answered your questions as they came in via Twitter, Facebook and chat.

Join us today as we launch OPN Specialized with Judson Althoff, Penny Philpot, Nick Kritikos with special guests Stein Surlien, Manny Marrero, Ted Bereswill and George Wong.

We've been busy preparing for this event; listen in as Judson talks to you from backstage.

Enjoy the show,

The OPN Communications Team

Frevel & Fey has closed a number of opportunities this year using Oracle's Remarketer Program. Their company provides solutions for the media business and are based in Munich, Germany. Historically, they have worked with Ingram Micro Germany as their regional Value Added Distributor.

For more information on Frevel & Fey please visit their site.

Join us for a one-hour virtual event as Judson Althoff, Penny Philpot and Nick Kritikos discuss the OPN Specialized program, its benefits and how you can specialize. In addition, you will hear from regional OPN leaders on the impact OPN Specialized will have on you. The event begins with our EMEA partners at 7:00 AM PT and concludes with our APAC partners at 7:00 PM PT.

Don't forget - registering to attend the event enters you into our drawing for a $250 USD American Express gift certificate!

As of December 1st, 2009, Oracle's SQL Developer Data Modeler has been added to the 1-Click set of products. Currently, the 1-Click products list includes:

Oracle's Remarketer Program now boasts over 70 participating Value Added Distributors worldwide. Included in that number are AXOFT, FORS and RDTEX of Russia.

The OPN Specialized message is making its way around the globe. With stops in Macau and Paris the next destination is your desktop. Join us on December 2nd as we launch OPN Specialized with a live event streaming throughout the day.

Can't wait that long, then listen in as Judson shares his views of the Paris OPN Day and what partners had to say there.

Want it straight from the horse's mouth? Judson had a chance to talk with Occam about what OPN Specialized means to them.

Register for the live launch of OPN Specialized:

Join us for a one-hour virtual event as Judson Althoff, Penny Philpot and Nick Kritikos discuss the OPN Specialized program, its benefits and how you can specialize. In addition, you will hear from regional OPN leaders on the impact OPN Specialized will have on you.

Partners or anyone else looking to hear Oracle's official thoughts on cloud computing should read this recent interview with Richard Sarwal, SVP Product Development for Oracle Enterprise Manager. It is a quick and insightful read.

For those looking to go into more depth on the private clouds - take a look at the whitepaper: Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware.

3 recent SOA topics for partners to take a look at.

1) Check out the recently published SOA Manifesto. David Chappell, vice president and chief technologist for SOA at Oracle, has great coverage on his blog.

2) SOA Suite recently became available on Amazon EC2. For more info, take a look at the SOA Suite Team Blog.