This specialization helps partners meet a wide range of customer needs, for organizations of all sizes. It focuses on data center networking market opportunities that require advanced product knowledge and the ability to deploy solutions over multiple sites and geographies.

Benefits

Achieving this specialization can boost your company's credibility with customers. It helps you deliver an advanced, IP-based data center networking solution that spans the distance from the customer premises to the network core.

• Elevates partners' core competencies, recognizing expertise in data center networking infrastructure.
• Allows partners to appear on Cisco's Partner Locator list as a "go-to" partner for storage networking.
• Access to Partner Enablement resources.

Note: Advanced DCSN and DCNI Specializations are both required for Cisco partners to qualify to sell Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS).