OPN EMEA Partner Specialization Awards Pay Tribute to Partners that Differentiate Themselves

Dubai, UAE - 14th April 2010

News Facts

·Oracle today named winners of its OPN EMEA MEA

·Partner Specialization Awards.

·The awards reflect partners' success in Oracle's recently launched Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized program which aims to enable partners in establishing industry recognition by following a formal process to become specialized in key Oracle solution areas.

·OPN EMEA Partner Specialization Awards are available to partners with one or more product specialization who have demonstrated innovation in the following categories:

·         Technology Partner of the Year

·         Applications Partner of the Year

·         ISV Partner of the Year

·         Midsize Partner of the Year

·         Industry Partner of the Year

·         Value Added Distributor of the Year

·         Accelerate Partner of the Year

·         Winners were commended for demonstrating their commitment to delivering industry-leading Oracle products and solutions to create value for customers in MEA

Winner Details

Hightech Payment Systems

Hightech Payment Systems (HPS) is a publicly-listed company with offices in Casablanca, Dubai and Paris providing state-of-the-art Card Management Systems to +90 sites processing +200 institutions in +50 countries worldwide.

With PowerCARD™ software solutions, we offer a fully integrated system designed in modular architecture covering all aspects of Payment Systems including  ATM Switch, POS Switch, Card Management Switch (debit, charge, credit, prepaid, payroll, co-branded, corporate, purchase, Islamic etc), Merchant Management and Mobile Payment Solution.

Specialisation : Payment Solution and Card Industry

Supporting Quotes

·         Stein Surlien, Senior Vice President, Oracle Alliances and Channels EMEA, said: "I offer my sincerest congratulations to all winners. They have demonstrated an outstanding level of innovation, excellence and commitment in becoming specialized with Oracle technology and in delivering for customers winning, proven solutions that solve their most critical business challenges.  All award winners have demonstrated tangible success, enthusiasm and pride in their Oracle solutions. We are proud to be involved with these partners and wish them the greatest success for the future."

Supporting Resources

·         Oracle PartnerNetwork

·         OPN Specialized Main Page

·         OPN Specialized OPN Data Sheet

·         Oracle Remarketer, Silver, Gold and Platinum Data Sheets

·         OPN Specialized Training

·         List of Specializations

·         Oracle PartnerNetwork at Oracle OpenWorld

·         Judson Althoff Blog

·         Connect with the Oracle Partner community at OPN on Oracle Mix, OPN on Twitter, OPN on Facebook, OPN on LinkedIn and OPN on YouTube.

 

About the 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 products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle 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 http://www.oracle.com/partners.

 
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For more information, please contact:
Aly Rifaah
Oracle Middle East
Tel: +9714 390 9000
Email: ali.eltahtawi@oracle.com

© Press Release 2010