QikServe Becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork Gold Level Partner
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Posted on February 2, 2016 at 4:14:01 AM
QikServe Becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork Gold Level Partner
EDINBURGH, Scotland, February 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
QikServe [http://www.qikserve.com ], the mobile order and payment specialist, today
announced that it has achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork
[http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm ] (OPN). By attaining Gold Level
membership, Oracle has recognized QikServe for its commitment to establish Oracle related
knowledge in delivering a robust, enterprise-ready mobile order and pay solution complete
with personalized loyalty and marketing capabilities. Â Â
As a Gold Level Partner, QikServe is fully integrated into Oracle Hospitality's point
of sale (POS) platform, meaning customers who use Oracle's POS solution can quickly deploy
a fully-branded mobile order and payment service for their diners. QikServe's patented
"Waiter in your Pocket" app lets guests order and pay for their food and drinks straight
from their smartphones for either pick-up, delivery or eat in-store dining. A major
feature of the app is that it automatically captures customer data which can then be used
by the operator to power highly targeted marketing campaigns. Â Â
Diners can order exactly what, when and how they want using their mobile device. All
they need to do is scan an in-store QR code that prompts the download the customer-branded
QikServe app. Once logged into the application, guests can open their check, add to their
order, customize their meals and pay together or separately if eating as a group. Â Â
"Partnering with Oracle Hospitality has opened up an exciting mobile opportunity for
the industry's operators," says Ronnie Forbes, Chief Executive Officer, QikServe. "Feeble
mobile solutions with no back-end infrastructure are a thing of the past, along with
hospitality solutions that don't have or support a mobile component. Together with Oracle
Hospitality, we're focused on providing operators with a complete end-to-end customer
journey driven, supported and enhanced by seamlessly integrated, leading-edge cloud,
mobile and social technologies."
Greg Kieran, Senior Manager, Sales Consulting EMEA Oracle Hospitality, comments on the
partnership; "QikServe has been selected as an Oracle Hospitality Gold Partner based on
the capability and breadth of its product offering, outstanding agility, excellent service,
and because its solutions add great value to the Oracle Hospitality suite of Products. In
addition, QikServe is today the only team outside of Oracle Hospitality with the skillset
capable of implementing the Oracle Hospitality eCommerce Cloud Service, globally. We are
now able to take new prospects from contract to launch in under two weeks!"
With its Gold status, QikServe receives the benefit of being able to start developing
specializations that will allow it to grow its business, increase its expertise, reach
higher levels of customer retention, and create differentiation in the marketplace. Gold
members also become eligible to resell all Oracle Technology products and can apply to
resell Oracle Applications and Industry Solutions. In addition, QikServe receives access
to Oracle account representatives and My Oracle Support updates for all products,
discounts on training, limited free assessment/exam vouchers, reduced rates on the
purchase of Oracle licenses for internal use, discounts on advanced customer services and
more. For more information about the benefits of becoming an OPN Gold level partner,
please visit: http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm
About QikServeÂ
QikServe's "Waiter in your Pocket" app allows customers to order and pay straight from
their mobile phone. Founded by Daniel Rogers and Ronnie Forbes in 2011, QikServe has
forged commercial relationships with Oracle Hospitality (formally MICROS) and PayPal and
its proven technology has been adopted by leading hospitality operators across UK, Europe
and the US.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork Â
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.
Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
QikServe
CONTACT: Danny Sullivan +44(0)-772-497-4255, danny@sullivancomms.eu
EDINBURGH, Scotland, February 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
QikServe [http://www.qikserve.com ], the mobile order and payment specialist, today
announced that it has achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork
[http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm ] (OPN). By attaining Gold Level
membership, Oracle has recognized QikServe for its commitment to establish Oracle related
knowledge in delivering a robust, enterprise-ready mobile order and pay solution complete
with personalized loyalty and marketing capabilities. Â Â
As a Gold Level Partner, QikServe is fully integrated into Oracle Hospitality's point
of sale (POS) platform, meaning customers who use Oracle's POS solution can quickly deploy
a fully-branded mobile order and payment service for their diners. QikServe's patented
"Waiter in your Pocket" app lets guests order and pay for their food and drinks straight
from their smartphones for either pick-up, delivery or eat in-store dining. A major
feature of the app is that it automatically captures customer data which can then be used
by the operator to power highly targeted marketing campaigns. Â Â
Diners can order exactly what, when and how they want using their mobile device. All
they need to do is scan an in-store QR code that prompts the download the customer-branded
QikServe app. Once logged into the application, guests can open their check, add to their
order, customize their meals and pay together or separately if eating as a group. Â Â
"Partnering with Oracle Hospitality has opened up an exciting mobile opportunity for
the industry's operators," says Ronnie Forbes, Chief Executive Officer, QikServe. "Feeble
mobile solutions with no back-end infrastructure are a thing of the past, along with
hospitality solutions that don't have or support a mobile component. Together with Oracle
Hospitality, we're focused on providing operators with a complete end-to-end customer
journey driven, supported and enhanced by seamlessly integrated, leading-edge cloud,
mobile and social technologies."
Greg Kieran, Senior Manager, Sales Consulting EMEA Oracle Hospitality, comments on the
partnership; "QikServe has been selected as an Oracle Hospitality Gold Partner based on
the capability and breadth of its product offering, outstanding agility, excellent service,
and because its solutions add great value to the Oracle Hospitality suite of Products. In
addition, QikServe is today the only team outside of Oracle Hospitality with the skillset
capable of implementing the Oracle Hospitality eCommerce Cloud Service, globally. We are
now able to take new prospects from contract to launch in under two weeks!"
With its Gold status, QikServe receives the benefit of being able to start developing
specializations that will allow it to grow its business, increase its expertise, reach
higher levels of customer retention, and create differentiation in the marketplace. Gold
members also become eligible to resell all Oracle Technology products and can apply to
resell Oracle Applications and Industry Solutions. In addition, QikServe receives access
to Oracle account representatives and My Oracle Support updates for all products,
discounts on training, limited free assessment/exam vouchers, reduced rates on the
purchase of Oracle licenses for internal use, discounts on advanced customer services and
more. For more information about the benefits of becoming an OPN Gold level partner,
please visit: http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm
About QikServeÂ
QikServe's "Waiter in your Pocket" app allows customers to order and pay straight from
their mobile phone. Founded by Daniel Rogers and Ronnie Forbes in 2011, QikServe has
forged commercial relationships with Oracle Hospitality (formally MICROS) and PayPal and
its proven technology has been adopted by leading hospitality operators across UK, Europe
and the US.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork Â
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.
Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
QikServe
CONTACT: Danny Sullivan +44(0)-772-497-4255, danny@sullivancomms.eu