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June 27 2014

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REPLAY AVAILABLE: ORACLE GLOBAL PARTNER KICKOFF Missed kickoff? Oracle’s Global Partner Kickoff is now available on-demand. Browse through the individual segments featuring Oracle Sales and Product leaders of your choice or relive the entire event to stay current on FY15 direction. Watch now! LIVE WEBCAST: FY15 OPN INCENTIVE PROGRAM VAR UPDATE – JULY 2   In FY15, the OPN Incentive Program will continue rewarding partners for selling multiple layers of the Oracle stack into the broad market, registering their business and selling Oracle Support. We are making exciting enhancements to the program to dramatically shorten the amount of time it takes us to make rebate payments and simplify the way that you earn the Oracle on Oracle rebate. Join this live webcast to learn more.   NEW RESOURCE CENTER FOR SPECIALIZED PARTNERS   OPN is committed to the Specialized partner community. Going into FY15, we are announcing a new exclusive Resource Center which includes a Specialization Marketing Kit, updated presentations and collateral to help you position the value of being an Oracle Specialized partner. Also check out the supporting video that can be shared with your customers promoting the value of being Specialized! NEW EXAM IN BETA TESTING: ORACLE FUSION CRM – SALES 2014 IMPLIMENTATION ESSENTIALS   This new exam is designed for individuals who possess a strong foundation and expertise in implementing Oracle Sales Cloud solutions. Request your free exam voucher now! ANNOUNCING ORACLE’S ZFS STORAGE OS 8.2   New enhancements to Oracle’s ZFS Storage ZS3 Series provide a fast, efficient way to accelerate virtual machine (VM) deployment and monitoring, while virtually eliminating boot storms. Additionally, cloud capabilities have been extended in ZFS Storage OS 8.2 adding the OpenStack Cinder driver for simplified cloud provisioning and orchestration, and integrated RESTful management APIs to enable customers to use common methods to deploy public and private clouds and provide IT as a service. ORACLE VIRTUAL COMPUTE APPLIANCE X4-2 DEP INITIATIVE   Oracle is pleased to announce that, for a limited time, Oracle VADs and VARs may purchase the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X4-2 for demonstration purposes at a significantly reduced price. Check the announcement for more details.

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