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Further enabling its valued global partner community to learn, grow and profit, Oracle today announced it will host its third annual Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) global kickoff event on June 28, 2011.

The live, virtual session will provide partners with specific sales strategies, messages and opportunities that will enable them to successfully plan and engage in the OPN program for Oracle fiscal year 2012.

Hosted by Judson Althoff, Oracle Senior Vice President of Worldwide Alliances and Channels and Embedded Sales, and top regional Oracle Alliances and Channels executives, the event will give partners deeper insight into Oracle’s vision and plans for the upcoming year.

It will also deliver information on how to increase revenue opportunities through service offerings, programme updates to help ISVs and OEMs grow their businesses, and strategies on how to leverage Oracle technology to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Oracle president, Mark Hurd and other top Oracle product development executives from around the globe, will discuss Oracle’s strategic product focus areas for fiscal year 2012 and how partners can utilise Oracle’sextensive applications-to-disk product portfolio, including Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic, to expand customer opportunities and business growth.

“Oracle partners are an important contributor to Oracle's success and an invaluable asset to our customers around the globe,” said Judson Althoff, Oracle senior vice president of Worldwide Alliances and Channels and Embedded Sales.

“Oracle technology combined with our partners’ expertise is an unbeatable force in the market, and Oracle is committed to providing partners the tools and knowledge they need for us to win and grow together. The global partner kickoff arms partners with the insight and strategies they need to be competitive and successful in the coming fiscal year,” he said.