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Certification Benefits
Each certification level offers you a wealth of benefits including incentives, digital marketing campaign assets, sales enablement, and more.
New partnership logos make their debut
Meet the new logos. Show your connection to Cisco by using the new online tool to customize your partnership logo with your credentials.
What’s new in programs
With the new Master Specialization format, you can earn extra incentives, get priority access to our teams, and have a prominent position in our Partner Locator.
Differentiate your business
Validate and build your expertise in specific architectures and solution areas. We offer a range of options that will enable you to help customers become digital leaders.
Select
If you are looking for a place to start, Select may be for you. This entry-level certification is flexible enough to work for a variety of business models. It recognizes and rewards your achievement of any of the Architecture, Express , or Small and Midsized Business Specializations.
Premier
You have achieved Express Foundation, Express Collaboration, or any one of the Cisco Advanced Technology or Architecture Specializations. Get rewarded for your technical competency by becoming a Premier Certified partner.
Gold
You provide broad expertise across enterprise networks, collaboration, data center, and IP next-generation networks. As a Gold partner, you demonstrate a measurably high level of customer satisfaction. And, you provide lifecycle services to your customers.
Multinational
You have become an expert in selling, deploying, and supporting Cisco solutions that empower customers to transform their businesses. And you do so across multiple countries within a given Cisco geographical region.
Global Gold
You have the expertise and resources to plan, design, implement, and operate Cisco networking solutions anywhere in the world. Expand your customer base by allowing your sales teams to reach across the globe.
Here’s how it works
Interested in getting a Cisco partner certification? Here’s how:
- Become a registered partner and sign the Cisco Indirect Channel Partner Agreement (ICPA).
- Complete your company profile and align your employees to your company with their CSCO testing number in Partner Self-Service.
- Complete the requirements for the certification you choose
- Apply for your certification and accept the terms
Apply for or renew a certification
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