Oracle Magazine - January/February 2011

Simba Technologies Announces MDX Provider for Oracle OLAP

Oracle partner Simba Technologies has released MDX Provider for Oracle OLAP 2.0, a product that natively and securely connects Microsoft Excel Pivot Table cross-tab and dashboard functionality with Oracle OLAP data.

MDX Provider for Oracle OLAP 2.0 sup-
ports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft
Excel 2010 and permits drillthroughs within
Excel to the originating Oracle data. Other
features of MDX Provider include visual
slicers for improved dimensional filtering
of complex data sets, and sparklines that
enable cell-level formatting with embedded
microcharts. MDX Provider for Oracle OLAP
2.0 integrates with Excel Services 2010 and
Excel Services 2007 to store and share work-
books on Microsoft SharePoint. It supports
Oracle Database 11g Releases 1 and 2.
simba.com
HCL and Oracle Improve Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Integrity

Pythian Completes Oracle PartnerNetwork Specializations

The Pythian Group, an Oracle Platinum
Partner, has achieved four specializations
under the Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialized
Program: Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real
Application Clusters, Oracle Database per-
formance tuning, and Oracle Linux. Pythian
met rigorous business and technical com-
petency criteria to achieve these specializa-
tions, and demonstrated experience, exper-
tise, and success with planning, deploying,
and managing Oracle products in complex,
large-scale environments.
Pythian has been an Oracle partner since
1999 and has provided services across the
entire Oracle technology stack.
pythian.com
Oracle and Capgemini Group Team Up for Application Testing

Partners Go Platinum

Four Oracle partners achieved Platinum
Partner status or announced Oracle special-
izations within their Platinum status:
New Platinum Partner Birlasoft has
Centers of Excellence in Oracle E-Business
Suite, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise and
Siebel Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) applications, and Oracle CRM On
Demand solutions. The company runs global
delivery centers in China and Mexico and
serves clients in banking and financial ser-
vices, insurance, and manufacturing with
industry-specific application development
and management, quality assurance, and
managed infrastructure services.

Enkitec is one of the first Oracle partners in North America to achieve Platinum specialization status within multiple categories. Enkitec now holds specializations in Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Database security, Oracle data warehousing, Oracle Linux, Oracle Database performance tuning, and Oracle Real Application Clusters.

Systems integrator Hexaware Technologies achieved the Platinum Partner level in recognition for the more than 500 projects it has delivered across Oracle product lines including Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise and Siebel CRM, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, and Oracle’s Hyperion performance management applications. The company’s core expertise includes development support, integration, implementation, and testing services.

New Platinum Partner Mitel, a provider of unified communications software solutions, was recognized for its expertise and excellence in delivering integrated voice and data virtualized desktop solutions. The Mitel Unified IP Client for Sun Ray voice-enables Oracle’s Sun Ray clients, providing access to telephony and desktop applications via a Java card. Mitel Communications Director, the company’s core call-control software, runs on Oracle Sun Fire x86 clustered systems and Storage Tek tape and library storage solutions.