SmartDog™ Services Achieves Platinum Partner Status in Oracle PartnerNetwork With the Completion of Five Oracle PartnerNetwork Specializations

AUSTIN, Texas, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartDog Services, LLC, a leading provider of services for the Oracle community, is pleased to announce today that it has achieved Platinum Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). By attaining Platinum Level membership, Oracle has recognized SmartDog Services for its in-depth expertise and excellence in delivering Oracle E-Business Suite Financial Management; Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management; Oracle Linux; Oracle Enterprise Manager; and Oracle Real Application Clusters and for uniquely addressing the challenges of joint customers including Broadway Across America, Whirlwind and Wood Group.

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"Achieving Platinum Level Status is an honor that our company has made a commitment to achieve and maintain," says Scott Elequin of SmartDog Services. "By achieving OPN Specialization, this process assures clients of our expertise through solution-specific education and testing and by the endorsements of companies who have actually experienced a benefit from our proficiency in those same areas."

"Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Level status differentiates the Oracle partners who have invested the time and resources to develop significant expertise in our products and solutions," says Andy Bailey, senior vice president, Alliances and Channels, Oracle. "SmartDog's long-standing commitment to this program signifies their commitment not only to Oracle, but to our mutual clients."

As a Platinum Level Partner, SmartDog Services receives the highest level of engagement, commitment and benefits available to OPN partners. Platinum members receive dedicated virtual account management support to build joint development plans and help broaden specialization areas and revenue opportunities.  Additional benefits include priority placement in the OPN Solutions Catalog, one free application integration validated by Oracle, joint marketing and sales opportunities, discounted training and more. For more information about the benefits of becoming an Oracle Platinum level partner, please visit: http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm

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 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 http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About SmartDog Services

SmartDog Services, www.smartdogservices.com, is the leading provider of consulting services for Oracle and is known in the marketplace as the "Oracle customer's best friend."

From full-scale implementations to ongoing support, companies benefit from our proprietary diagnostics which enable our experts to quickly identify improvement opportunities in the software and proactively implement these improvements.

Named SMB TOLA Partner of the Year by Oracle in 2010 for the fourth year in a row, SmartDog Services is an Oracle Platinum Partner. Our consultants are US-based, full-time employees of SmartDog Services and offer an average of more than ten years of Oracle experience on each of their resumes.

Visit our web site to see a full list of our awards and accolades and a sampling of customer endorsements.

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Contact: Chadwin Barley of SmartDog Services, LLC, +1-512-589-3251, [email protected]

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