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ORACLE CLOUD

“ We are continually releasing new capabilities ”

JÜRGEN KRESS DIRECTOR PRODUCT MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION AND DIGITAL ASSISTANT , ORACLE CLOUD sessions to its partners . In these three-day workshops , up to 200 people learn about the product in live virtual classes , which has resulted in more than 6,000 certified Oracle Application Integration experts since 2020 .
Kress explains , “ We have small and innovative partners like KNEX , which are among the first movers to connect and extend Oracle SaaS with OIC . They customised Oracle SaaS to run a winery , replicated this customer success , and now offer an industry solution . We work with all Global System Integrators ( GSI ’ s ) who deploy international projects . For example , Capgemini and the Heathrow Airport project , Infosys , who presented one of their projects at our last customer success webcast , or Accenture with more than 500 experts . Independent Software Vendors ( ISVs ) such as Charles Taylor , which offers insurance solutions , leverage OIC to connect with Oracle SaaS . With OIC , Charles Taylor gets access to the Oracle SaaS installed base and customers benefit from tailored industry solutions .”
“ Partners such as Flexagon , which offers a DevOps solution , FlexDeploy , for Oracle Cloud infrastructure services . FlexDeploy is a DevOps and automation platform that enables fast and efficient packaging , testing , and development of code and configurations . It ’ s a complimentary tool that was initially developed on Oracle SOA Suite and now supports the latest OCI architecture . Available through the Oracle Marketplace , FlexDeploy is available to any OCI customer .” Asked about OIC ’ s global partner model , Kress shared , “ To summarise our partner strategy , the secret is that we train and certify partners to deliver successful projects and replicate their
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