Integrator
Why partner with Cisco?
Boost your revenue with incentives:
- We offer performance incentives when you build a customer solution, such as a hackathon, that’s based on Cisco’s software platform.
- We offer referral incentives when you recommend Cisco software and build incremental business with customers.
Get to market quickly with:
- Proof-of-concept software and licenses to create demos or use cases
- DevNet, which offers tools and a sandbox environment for many offers
- Not-for-resale licenses to test software development ideas in your own lab
- Developer briefings about the latest opportunities
- White papers featuring customer success stories
- Software product roadmaps that tell you what’s coming so you can plan customer implementations
- Software evangelists (where available) to provide subject-matter expertise and sales assistance for large opportunities
- Partner Locator listings that give you visibility to customers and Cisco sales reps
- Cisco partner ecosystem events for networking with other partners
Is it for you?
Should you become a Cisco integrator?
Great question. Here’s a snapshot of what you look like as a Cisco integrator:
- You help customers meet challenges by combining your integration services with the right software and solutions. And you get high-margin revenue for your integration services.
- Your customers want customized software solutions, and you have the expertise to deliver them. You create applications yourself, or you customize them. It all depends on the outcome your customer wants.
- You’re an expert in agile software development. Your brand means you create the right solutions for your customers.
- You’re a DevOps trusted advisor. Your customers trust you to be the bridge between software development and IT.
Do you qualify?
Is your practice a good fit?
A suitable practice includes the following:
- Practice: You have succeeded in establishing a demand for your software integration services.
- People: You have a business development manager, developer, solutions architect, and delivery engineer. (A software-product-specific, role-sharing option is available.)
- Process: Your agile software development methodology is proven. You may have published code on developer social networks such as GitHub.
- Customer references: You have customer references that attest to your application integration expertise.
Let us see that you have what it takes
Show us that you’re an expert in the following Cisco software products. (Certifications, specializations, or Authorized Technology Provider designations provide credit.)
Have you received an email invitation?
The integrator program is currently available by invitation only. Please contact your account manager for consideration.
Power of the Partner Ecosystem
Learn how Digital Solutions Integrator partner IGNW, and Presidio, unlocked that power for the University of Portland, enhancing their digital strategy by utilizing existing technology while also future-proofing their infrastructure for years to come.
“The value they are adding, the information they are bringing that we would not have reached on our own... There is a tremendous power in the three of them working together.”
Curt Penderson, CIO at University of Portland
Cloud Control at Your Control
“There’s this lingering hesitation about partnering with other partners,” says Andy Fleck, it can feel at first that we might be stepping on each other’s toes. But if we each focus on what we’re best at, everybody wins.”
Andy Fleck, Head of Cloud Management for Engage ESM
Clear speed and security
With faster integration, quicker network processes and cut IT costs, Metsi was an easy choice for the financial powerhouse.
“After our pilot, they were ready to adopt and expand on our solutions—including ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite for the added security of a private cloud.”
Metsi, Cisco Integrator Partner
A new collaboration. A new way of collaborating.
VBrick’s partnership with Cisco has helped bring video to collaboration—good news for places like Moffit Cancer Center.
“Patient-doctor videos are exploding, and being able to use them with Spark to collaborate helps expand how patients can use them.”
Brian Dreyer, Product Management Director, VBrick
Ready to take the next step?
The integrator role is available by invitation. Questions? Contact your local partner account manager.