Deloitte Recognized as a Diamond Level Partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork

By ORACLE
Friday, September 30, 2011

Deloitte Member Firms Acknowledged for Expertise in Delivering Customer Value Across Oracle’s Extensive Application-to-Disk Product Portfolio

Redwood Shores, Calif. – September 30, 2011

News Facts

Oracle today announced that Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/oracle) * has been named a Diamond level partner, the highest ranking available in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) (www.oracle.com/partners/index.html) Specialized program.
The Diamond level status in OPN formally recognizes Deloitte member firms’ breadth and depth of services across the entire stack of Oracle Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle servers and storage.
Deloitte member firms throughout the world provide access to over 10,000 Oracle-focused practitioners as well as to thousands of professionals with capabilities in tax, finance, human resources, risk, and business consulting.
Deloitte’s unique blend of multi-disciplinary capabilities distinguishes it as one of the few professional service organizations that can provide an extensive, global perspective across the full spectrum of business issues faced by multinational enterprises.
As the Marquee sponsor of Oracle OpenWorld 2011, Deloitte’s achievement of Diamond status further demonstrates its strategic commitment to strengthening its relationship with Oracle and delivering business value to joint clients.
Deloitte member firms’ globally recognized Oracle practices have achieved 28 Specializations across Oracle Applications, technology and hardware stack; spanning key Oracle product areas such as the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle’s JD Edwards, Oracle’s Siebel CRM, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle’s PeopleSoft, and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.
Deloitte also has five Advanced Specializations in Oracle E-Business Suite Financial Management, Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management, Oracle’s Siebel CRM, Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture and Oracle’s PeopleSoft PeopleTools.

Supporting Quotes

“Deloitte member firms have long been an important Oracle global service provider in the applications and technology marketplace,” said Andy Bailey, senior vice president, Strategic Alliances, Oracle. “It’s achievement of Diamond status reflects its ongoing commitment to covering the full breadth of the Oracle product portfolio, including its early focus on tapping the potential of the Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Exastack offerings to deliver increased value and efficiencies to joint customers around the globe.”
“Deloitte’s excellent relationship with Oracle has been a key factor in our ability to distinguish ourselves as a global leader and our Diamond achievement is another confirmation of our standing in the marketplace,” commented Nidal Haddad, global Oracle alliance leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. “Deloitte’s capabilities have been recognized by the numerous awards we’ve received for Deloitte member firms’ Oracle-related client work, and now the OPN Specialized program extends our qualifications even further by acknowledging particular skills and competencies at the highest level in OPN.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) (www.oracle.com/partners/032191.htm)
OPN Diamond Level (www.oracle.com/partners/en/opn-program/opn-details-by-levels/diamond/index.html)
Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/oracle)
Deloitte and Oracle (solutions.oracle.com/partners/deloitte)
Judson Althoff blog (blogs.oracle.com/judsonalthoff/)
Connect with the Oracle Partner community at OPN on Facebook (www.facebook.com/oraclepartners) , OPN on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1935017) , OPN on YouTube (www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2CF00D9A9A734772) and OPN on Twitter (twitter.com/oraclepartners)

*As used in this press release, “Deloitte” means Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle’s products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit: www.oracle.com/partners.

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Contact Info

Jessica Moore
Oracle
+1.650.506.3297
jessica.moore@oracle.com (mailto:jessica.moore@oracle.com)

Sanuber Bilguvar Grohé
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Tel: +1.212.492.3942
sgrohe@deloitte.com (mailto:sgrohe@deloitte.com)