Partner Certifications
Show customers you can help them succeed
Select, Premier, and Gold partner certifications reflect the breadth of your skills across certain technologies. With their focus on hybrid IT and business transformation, certifications can help you increase profitability. Gaining certifications shows customers the areas in which you can help them become digital leaders. You can also gain Multinational and Global certifications.
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Certification – Integrator benefits
Each certification level offers you a wealth of benefits, including incentives, digital marketing campaign assets, sales enablement, and recognition in the Partner Locator.
How do individual career and specialist certifications relate to partner certifications and specializations?
Which level works best for you?
Each of the three primary levels of certification has its own benefits and requirements.
Select certification
- Get your Select logo
- Access marketing tools
- Become eligible for Cisco channel incentives
Premier certification
- Qualify for Cisco channel incentives
- Become eligible to be a Global Partner Network certified agent
Gold certification
- Access highest level of Cisco channel incentives
- Become a Global Partner Network host
- Access Solution Showcase and Cisco Powered Services Catalog
- Receive the Cisco Certified Partner kit
Multinational Certification
Multinational Certification is automatically granted if you hold the required set of Gold and Premier certifications within one or more Cisco geographic subregions. It expands the reach of your Gold discount within every region for which you have Multinational Certification. You also are recognized as a Multinational Certified Partner in the Partner Locator.
Global Gold Certification
If your business spans the entire globe, our highest level of certification may be right for you.
How to get and keep a certification
Review the requirements to see that you qualify. Apply and agree to the terms and conditions. After achieving approval, ensure that you maintain the requirements. Renew your certification annually. (Partner admin must apply and renew).
