We are attending Siebel 8 Courses from Oracle University

In order to offer an updated and 360 degrees consultancy, we have started attending all the Oracle Siebel 8 available courses (Transfer of Information series) through Oracle University affiliation.
We feel the importance of being continuously updated on the latest technologies because this enable us to support professionally our customers and it helps foreseeing the strategy and direction of the vendor, Oracle, in this case.
Being trained by Oracle itself on the Siebel 8 version is dramatically important. This is, in fact, the first release that is entirely supported and "signed" by Oracle; and this is visible.
If the passage from 7.5 to 7.7/7.8 introduced new functionalities (above all on the web application side) and some different concepts (as bringing the Workflows design into Tools), Siebel 8.0 brings brand new integrated technologies (let's think about all the Business Rules Enginy and Haley metadata repository) as well as new logical layers in the architecture (i.e. the Siebel Management Server), together with a strategic approach that is quite different from the original Siebel.
With a complete Overview of all the Siebel 8.0 enhancements it's quite easy to understand the new Oracle strategy towards the Oracle Fusion platform and it's also understood that the upgrade that many customers (willing or not) will have to face, won't be painless.

Our Oracle "knowledge update" is covering the following courses:

- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Application Deployment Manager Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Connector for SAP R3 Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Data Quality Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Test Automation Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Server Sync Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Security Enhancement Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Search Configuration and Execution Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Search Administration Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Search - Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Integration Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Scripting Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Rules Engine Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Remote Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel MS Office Integration Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Diagnostic Tool Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Handheld and Wireless Functional Overview;
- Siebel CRM Integration Pack for Oracle Order Management Functional Overview (Part1 and Part2);
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Customer Order Management - Web Services Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Pricing Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Life Sciences Marketing Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Insurance Claims Module Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Case management Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Installation and Configuration Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Multiserver Installation Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Marketing Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Universal Customer Master - Privacy Management Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Portfolio Management Process Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Forecasting Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Territory Management Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Tools Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Upgrade Technical Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Task-Based UI Functional Overview;
- Siebel 8.0: Siebel Partner Relationship Management Functional Overview.