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Database
Middleware
Applications
Server & Storage Systems
Engineered Systems
Industries
Non-Qualifying Specializations
Retired Specializations
Qualifying Specializations
As dates are confirmed they will be added to this guide. The dates are referring to Oracle's Fiscal Year:
FY17 – Q1 = June 1, 2016 – August 31, 2016
FY17 – Q2 = September 1, 2016 – November 30, 2016
FY17 – Q3 = December 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017
FY17 – Q4 = March 1, 2017 – May 31, 2017
Plans are subject to change at Oracle's sole discretion.
Database ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Oracle Database 12c............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Oracle Database Performance and Tuning .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Oracle Database 11g Security Scheduled to be retired starting with May 1st, 2017 ...................................................................................... 15
Oracle Database 11g Data Warehousing Scheduled to be retired starting with May 1st, 2017 ................................................................... 16
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Quality Management 11g Scheduled to be retired starting with May 1st, 2017 .......................... 16
Oracle Spatial 11g ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
MySQL 5 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Middleware................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Oracle SOA Suite 12c ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7 ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
Oracle Essbase 11 .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Oracle Cloud Application Foundation.................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Oracle Identity Governance Suite 11g .................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Oracle Access Management Suite Plus 11g ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g ................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Oracle WebCenter Sites 11g.................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Oracle GoldenGate 12c .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Oracle Data Integrator 12c ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Oracle Data Integration 11g ................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Oracle Application Integration Architecture 11g .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12c .............................................................................................................................................. 19
Oracle Application Development Framework 12c ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Java Platform, Micro Edition 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Applications ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Siebel CRM 8 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Oracle Commerce 11 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Oracle Policy Automation ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Oracle CRM On Demand........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Oracle GRC: Oracle Fusion GRC Solutions......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Financial Management ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Human Capital Management ............................................................................................................................. 23
Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Supply Chain Management ............................................................................................................................. 23
Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Projects .............................................................................................................................................................. 23
PeopleSoft 9.2 Human Capital Management ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
PeopleSoft 9.1 Human Capital Management ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
PeopleSoft 9.2 Financials ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
PeopleSoft 9.1 Financial Management ................................................................................................................................................................. 24
PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management 9.2 ..................................................................................................................................... 24
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Financial Management ..................................................................................................................................... 24
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Distribution 9.2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 25
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Distribution ......................................................................................................................................................... 25
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Configurable Network Computing 9.2................................................................................................................... 25
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 CNC .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Manufacturing ................................................................................................................................................... 25
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Projects .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Agile Product Lifecycle Management 9.3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Oracle Value Chain Planning – Demantra Demand Management 7.3 ............................................................................................................. 26
Oracle Global Trade Management 6.2.................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 ............................................................................................................................................................... 26
Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management 11.1.2 ................................................................................................................................... 27
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11 ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Oracle Customer Hub and Oracle Data Quality................................................................................................................................................... 27
Primavera Contract Management 14 .................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 8 ................................................................................................................................. 27
Primavera Portfolio Management 9 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Oracle User Productivity Kit 11 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Oracle Accelerate for Midsize Companies ........................................................................................................................................................... 28
Oracle Unified Method 5 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Project Lifecycle Management ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Industries ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Product Level Specializations .................................................................................................................................. 34
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 .......................................................................................................................... 34
Oracle Communications 7 Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery .................................................................................................................. 34
Oracle Communications Order and Service Management Server 7 ................................................................................................................. 34
Oracle Communications Hyperconnected Enterprise ......................................................................................................................................... 35
Oracle Communications Virtualized Core Network System ............................................................................................................................... 36
Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 12 ............................................................................................................................................................ 37
Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking 12 .................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Oracle Revenue Management and Billing 2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Oracle Financial Crime and Compliance Management 8 ................................................................................................................................... 37
Oracle Funds Transfer Pricing and Profitability Management 8 ........................................................................................................................ 38
Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 9 ............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 10 ........................................................................................................................................................... 38
Oracle Documaker ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Oracle Insurance Insight 7 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Oracle Argus Standard Edition 7 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Oracle Argus Enterprise Edition 7 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Oracle Argus Enterprise Edition 8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub 2........................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management 13.2 Scheduled to be retired starting with March 30th, 2017 ................................. 39
Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization 13.3 Scheduled to be retired starting with March 30th, 2017 .............................. 40
Oracle Retail Pricing 13.2 Scheduled to be retired starting with March 30th, 2017 ........................................................................................ 40
Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management 13.2 Scheduled to be retired starting with March 30th, 2017 ................................................. 40
Oracle Retail 13.3 Supply Chain Management Scheduled to be retired starting with March 30th, 2017 .................................................... 41
Oracle iStore 12 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing 2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 41
Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2 .......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 41
Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway 2 .................................................................................................................................................................. 42
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Platform as a Service
Implementation Specialist 2 Oracle Mobile Cloud Service 2016 Certified Developer (1Z0-346)
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Infrastructure as a Service
Software as a Service
Coming soon
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 1
Competency Sales Specialist 2 FY17Q3 Oracle Eloqua and Content Marketing Cloud Service 2017 Sales Specialist
Criteria – coming soon!
Solution Manager Specialist 2 Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service 2017 Solution Manager Specialist
Support Specialist 1 General Product Support Specialist v4.0
Implementation Specialist 2 Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service 2017 Certified Implementation
Specialist (1Z0-349)
Applicable Now
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 1
Competency Sales Specialist 2 Oracle Eloqua and Content Marketing Cloud Service 2013 Sales Specialist
Criteria PreSales Specialist 2 Oracle Eloqua and Content Marketing Cloud Service 2013 PreSales
Specialist
Support Specialist 1 General Product Support Specialist v4.0
Implementation Specialist 3 Oracle Eloqua and Content Marketing Cloud Service 2013 Certified
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MySQL 5 Active
Business Customer References 2
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Sales Specialist 1 MySQL Sales Specialist
PreSales Specialist 1 MySQL PreSales Specialist
Support Specialist 1 General Product Support Specialist v4.0
Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.6 Database Administrator
OR
Competency
Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.6 Developer
Criteria
OR
Implementation Specialist 1 Oracle Certified Associate, MySQL 5.0/5.1/5.5
OR
Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.0 Developer
OR
Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.0 Database Administrator
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Applications
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Oracle VM 3 Active
Business Customer References 2
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Sales Specialist 2 Oracle VM 3 Sales Specialist
Competency PreSales Specialist 2 Oracle VM 3 PreSales Specialist
Criteria Support Specialist 1 General Product Support Specialist v4.0
Implementation Specialist 2 Oracle VM 3.0 for x86 Certified Implementation Specialist (1Z0-590)
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Engineered Systems
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Automotive Active
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Competency
Industry Specialists 3 Automotive Industry Specialist
Criteria
Chemicals Active
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Competency
Industry Specialists 3 Chemicals Industry Specialist
Criteria
Communications Active
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Competency
Industry Specialists 3 Communications Industry Specialist
Criteria
Healthcare Active
Business Customer References 3
Criteria Number of Transactions 5
Competency
Industry Specialists 5 Healthcare Industry Specialist
Criteria
Utilities Active
Business Customer References 1
Criteria Number of Transactions 2
Competency
Industry Specialists 3 Utilities Industry Specialist
Criteria
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Non-Qualifying Specializations
Oracle SOA Suite 11g October 1, 2016 Qualifying Version: Oracle SOA Suite 12c
Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 11 August 31, 2016 Qualifying Version: Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 12
Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking 6 August 31, 2016 Qualifying Version: Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking 12
Qualifying Version: Oracle Communications Hyperconnected
Enterprise Communications August 1st, 2016
Enterprise
Network Session Delivery and Control Qualifying Version: Oracle Communications Virtualized Core
August 1st, 2016
Infrastructure Network System
Qualifying Version: Oracle Business Process Management Suite
Oracle Unified Business Process Management 11g July 1, 2016
12c
Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 2.3 April 1, 2016 Qualifying Version: Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.1
Pillar Axiom 600 Storage System March 1, 2016 Qualifying Version: Oracle FS1 Series Systems
Qualifying Version: Oracle Application Development Framework
Oracle Application Development Framework 11g December 1, 2015
12c
Oracle Communications Service Delivery Qualifying Version: Oracle Communications Virtualized Core
December 1, 2015
Platform 5 Network System
Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g November 6, 2015 Qualifying Version: Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c
Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning August 1, 2015 Qualifying Version: Oracle Database Performance and Tuning
SPARC Enterprise High-End M-Series Servers July 15, 2015 Qualifying Version: SPARC M6-32 and SPARC M5-32 Servers
SPARC Enterprise Entry-Midrange M-Series
July 15, 2015 Qualifying Version: SPARC T5-Based Servers
Servers
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 July 1, 2015 Qualifying Version: Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
Oracle Enterprise Taxation Management 2 July 1, 2015
Oracle Database 11g May 1, 2015 Qualifying Version: Oracle Database 12c
Golden Gate 10 May 1, 2015 Qualifying Version: Oracle Data Integration 11g
Oracle Argus Suite 6 November 14, 2014 Qualifying Version: Oracle Argus Standard Edition 7
Exadata Database Machine
April 1, 2014 Qualifying Version: Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Models X2-2 and X2-8
Oracle Application Grid 11g March 6, 2014 Qualifying Version: Oracle Cloud Application Foundation
Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation 10 September 13, 2013 Qualifying Version: Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation 11g
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g August 9, 2013 Qualifying Version: Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
SPARC T2 and T3-Based Servers July 5, 2013 Qualifying Version: SPARC T5-Based Servers
Java Platform, Standard Edition 5/6 June 29, 2013 Qualifying Version: Java Platform, Standard Edition 7
Specializations to be retired
Retired Specializations
Oracle HCM: Oracle Fusion HCM Solutions August 31, 2016 Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud
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