- What it is
- This Cisco promotion offers the opportunity for all Gold Certified and Master Specialized Partners to send one individual to one of the following training activities at Cisco's cost:
Enterprise Networks Unified Access Essentials
Enterprise Networks Core and WAN Essentials
Business Value Practitioner Certification
Software Adoption Workshop
Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies (IMINS)
Where applicable, Cisco will also fund the cost of an exam voucher to allow participants one opportunity to sit and pass the certifying exam. Students who do not pass the exam on their first attempt will need to fund the cost of any additional exam attempts.
- What is the objective of the promotion?
- Accelerate partner business results, through focused, highly relevant training and certification programs.
Enhance partner abilities to identify and understand evolving customer business strategies, as context for selling high-value technology solutions.
Help customers transform and thrive, as partners use expertise gained through Cisco's market-leading training and certifications programs.
- What are the requirements and rules for this promotion?
- The promotion is open to all valid Gold Certified Partners and Master Specialized Partners as of 28 April 2015.
Partners will be asked in late May 2015 to enroll & register for the promotion. Information sessions for qualifying Partners will be conducted in early June. To ensure that all partners receive their first preference from the available suite of offerings, Partners must make their course selection before 17 July 2015. The training schedule will be fixed, seats are limited and will be allocated based on a first come first serve basis, so to ensure you dont miss your preferred option please take action on the enrollment request as quickly as possible.
Once your nominated participant commences under this program, they must complete the courses and the associated exams. Substitutions are not permitted.
Courses will be delivered between September 2015 and April 2016.
- Which courses are currently associated with the promotion?
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Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture Specialization
Enterprise Networks Core and WAN Essentials
o Exam ENCWE 500-452
Enterprise Networks Unified Access Essentials
o Exam ENUAE 500-451
Business Value Specialist/Practitioner*
Understanding Cisco Business Value Analysis Fundamentals
o Exam BTUBVAF 810-420
Applying Cisco Specialized Business Value Analysis Skills
o Exam BTASBVA 810-421
*Passing the two exams above qualify a candidate for the Cisco Business Value Specialist Certification and is a pre-requisite to enrolling in the Business Value Practitioner Program
Executing Cisco Advanced Business Value Analysis and Design Techniques
o Exam BTEABVD 840-423
Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies
o Exam IMINS 200-401
Software Lifecycle Management Workshop
With software becoming an increasingly vital role in the world of IT solutions, there is a tremendous opportunity for you to stand out from your competition by building a Software Lifecycle practice. By ensuring your customers adopt, achieve their business objective and maximize the value of their investments with Cisco software solutions they've purchased, you can capture incremental sales of products, open the door to significant professional services engagement, and secure software renewals for years to come.
Cisco is investing in you so that you can build a high-value, high-margin Software Lifecycle Advisor Practice to address these customer challenges. Whether or not you have started to invest in a practice, we have training, tools and enablement to help you develop your adoption services and build your Software Lifecycle Advisor practice.
By becoming a Cisco Software Lifecycle Advisor, we can help you build a new lifecycle service revenue stream, secure incremental product and professional services sales, significantly increase renewal rates, and deliver a new level of strategic value that expands your market. Take advantage of the training offered through this program.
- Who will deliver the training?
- Cisco is providing a dedicated closed schedule of classes in each region through Cisco authorized Learning Partners. As an existing Gold Partner or Master Specialized Partner, you will be contacted directly by email commencing late May inviting your organization to enroll.
After enrollment and nomination by your organization, a range of dedicated classes will be offered for your nominated student. Classes will be offered in virtual and face to face sessions depending on your location.
If you are an existing Gold or Master Specialized Partner and your organization hasn't been contacted by 1 July 2015, please contact your Cisco PAM or send an e-mail to the program management team at ps15-promo-support@cisco.partner-training.com.
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