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Multinational Certification

Multinational Certification recognizes partners that have expertise in selling, deploying and supporting Cisco architectural solutions across multiple countries within a given Cisco GEO territory. A partner that achieves the required number of Silver and Gold Certifications within the GEO will be recognized as a Multinational Certified Partner for that GEO. To qualify, a partner must have a multinational resale agreement in place. Please contact your Cisco partner account manager for more information.

Effective May 1, 2012, Cisco updated the Multinational Certification Program to reflect sub-regional certification options within the new Cisco GEO territories. The sub-regions allow a partner to choose specific areas in which they will hold the certifications to maintain multinational status.

The following represents the options for which a partner can maintain a multinational status. Each sub-region has a required number of Gold and Silver Certification badges which must be achieved and maintained in order to hold the Multinational status.

AMER

1. US and Canada, 1 Gold and 1 Silver AND/OR
2. LatAm 1 Gold and 2 Silver

EMEAR

1. Europe 2 Gold and 2 Silver
2. MEAR (Europe East, Middle East, Africa & Russia) 1 Gold and 2 Silver

   Note: if a partner achieves Multinational Certified status using both #1 and #2 options above, the partner will be recognized as Multinational Certified in the entire region of EMEAR

APJC

1. Asia Pacific, OR
2. Greater China, OR
3. Asia Pacific plus Japan, OR
4. Greater China plus Japan, OR
5. Asia Pacific plus Greater China

Global Certification

Global Certification recognizes partners with expertise and resources to plan, design, implement and operate Cisco networking solutions across the globe. To be Global Certified, a partner must have a global resale agreement and satisfy certification requirements across three continental regions as outlined below.

Global Commerce

The Cisco Global Commerce Specialization recognizes partners that have a global presence and proven capability in providing consistent commerce and product logistics services to global customers. This recognition is based on demonstrated practices and capabilities in global order management, invoicing, product delivery logistics, and negotiating global customer agreements.

As a Cisco Global Commerce Specialized Partner, you can maximize credibility with global customers by leveraging your global presence. (Note: Global Commerce Specialization is a prerequisite for Global Certification)

In order to apply for this specialization, partners must meet the following prerequisites:

• Have a global resale agreement in place with Cisco Systems
• Qualify as a Cisco Silver or Gold Certified Partner in at least one country in each Cisco theater or continent
• Have an established legal presence in at least 20 countries

Multinational Specialized Partners

• US & Canada
• Europe
• Emerging/LATAM
• APAC
• Japan

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