Posted by Vanessa Simmons on Oct 7, 2010
After over a hundred hours of hard work, Pythian has achieved multiple specializations under our Platinum membership level of the Oracle PartnerNetwork’s OPN Specialized program. We’re proud to be recognized by Oracle as a value-added services partner.
We’d like to shout out a big thank you to Pythian’s dedicated team of database experts who continue to demonstrate and prove why Pythian is trusted by so many clients for Oracle database and applications infrastructure support and consulting services. And, we’d like to give an even bigger thank you to our valuable customers, for your ongoing partnership and confidence in our company.
Check out our shiny new badges of honor, below:
But there is no rest for the wicked. Stay tuned for more news as we announce the next round of specializations.
Posted by Vanessa Simmons on Sep 19, 2010
Oracle Recognizes Pythian as a Value-Added Partner for Core Database Expertise and Outstanding Consulting Services
PYTHIAN NEWS: As Announced today at Oracle OpenWorld 2010, San Francisco, CA.
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The Pythian Group, Inc., a leading provider of remote database infrastructure services, and a Platinum member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it has achieved four specializations under the OPN Specialized Program. By attaining “specialized status” Pythian has demonstrated and met rigorous business and technical competency criteria for core Oracle solutions including Oracle Database 11g, Database Performance Tuning, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and Oracle Linux. Through specialization Pythian demonstrates solid experience, expertise and success with planning, deploying and managing Oracle products in complex and large-scale environments, providing added value to Oracle end-customers.
Pythian has been an Oracle partner since 1999, providing services across the entire Oracle technology stack since the company’s inception. Pythian consulted on the implementation of Oracle Exadata at LinkShare Corporation, the first in New York. The company’s DBA and senior consulting resources serve over 140 clients worldwide, including FOXSports Interactive, and have been engaged in many Oracle-related projects. In addition; Pythian is the outsourced database services team for Grasshopper, known as the virtual phone system for entrepreneurs.
“We have worked with Pythian for a number of years at FOXSports Interactive and view this specialization as a further commitment to the Oracle expertise they provide,” said Sheli Reynolds, Vice President, Engineering.
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Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Apr 13, 2010
Chief Corporate Architect at Oracle, been at Oracle since 1986, technology and architecture decisions, responsible for all open source at Oracle. Company-wide initiatives on standards management and security — http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2010/public/schedule/detail/12440.
Where MySQL fits within Oracle’s structure.
Oracle’s Strategy: Complete. Open. Integrated. (compare with MySQL’s strategy: Fast, Reliable, Easy to Use).
Most of the $$ spent by companies is not on software, but on integration. So Oracle makes software based on open standards that integrates well.
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