The growing demand for solutions that facilitate collaboration presents a significant business opportunity for partners selling Cisco Unified Communications solutions. To help you address this opportunity, the Cisco Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program is available as an optional program (not a part of Advance Unified Communications Specialization). With the Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program, Advanced Unified Communications partners who choose to participate can provide innovative collaboration solutions for their customers to help them increase profitability.
Announcement: Retirement of Cisco Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program
Announcement Date: August 14, 2011
Retirement Date: November 14, 2011
Program End Date: November 14, 2012
Cisco Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program Requirements
To attain Cisco Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program status, partners must undergo the required training program and pass its mandatory exams.
The Cisco Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Partner classification is available to partners in the following defined job roles:
- Account Manager
- Systems Engineer
- Field Engineer
Program requirements are as follows:
Account Manager (AM): Cisco MeetingPlace Sales Specialist
Responsible for Unified MeetingPlace sales methodology and customer engagement
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Systems Engineer (SE): Cisco MeetingPlace Design Specialist
Presales engineer; responsible for Unified MeetingPlace solution planning and design
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Lab equipment is recommended for the Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program. Cisco recommends the purchase of call-control-based conferencing and the Cisco conferencing and collaboration lab configuration for internal training and proof-of-concept demonstrations. To provide flexible options in fulfilling the Authorized Unified MeetingPlace Program lab recommendation, a variety of options are available.
