Cisco Channel Partner Program
Fast Lane takes you to your Cisco Partnership!
Broaden your skills across multiple technologies and deepen your skills within a specific technology area. Certifications and specializations grant credentials to resellers based on your Cisco expertise to help you better market your Cisco capabilities.
- Expand Your Value, Boost Your Revenue
- Enhance Expertise and Profits
- Earn Credentials to Increase Market Share
Based on your individual business goals and strategy, we support you choosing the most appropriate options of Cisco´s Channel Partner Program. In close contact with your management we analyze your qualification gaps and needs to build a perfectly tailored training plan to ensure you have the requested certifications and qualifications for your desired Cisco partnership.
- Overview
- Certifications
- Express
Specializations - Advanced Technology
Specializations - Advanced Architecture
Specializations
Channel Partner Program Overview
Cisco rewards partners for adding value to Cisco products and delivering a positive customer experience. Certifications and specializations measure criteria such as customer satisfaction and presales and postsales support capabilities—critical factors in becoming a trusted partner.
The Channel Partner Program focuses on a partner's ability to deliver intelligent networks and technology architectures built on integrated products, services, and software platforms. The program offers training in the latest Cisco solutions and architectures in addition to valuable branding resources.
How do certifications and specializations relate to one another?
Channel Partner Program certifications are similar to academic degrees. Some specializations are prerequisites for becoming certified while others provide specialized knowledge of certain technologies. Certification levels reflect a partner's technology skills breadth. The higher your level of certification, the more credentials and resources you need to meet the requirements.
Benefits to Becoming Certified and Specialized:
- Market recognition and branding: Cisco partner certification recognizes your technology expertise, specializations, and individual career certifications.
- Validation and credibility: As one of the world's strongest brands, the Cisco name lends added credibility to companies that achieve Cisco Certified Partner status.
- Quality standards: An objective third party conducts annual audits that help protect the integrity and value of Silver and Gold Certified Partners and Master Specialized Partners, ensuring the inclusion of only the most qualified partners in our program.
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Certifications
Certification reflects a breadth of skills across certain technologies and is based on your organization's ability to support customers within a single country or country grouping. Country-level certifications range from entry to highest level: Select, Premier, Silver, Gold, Multinational, and Global Certification.
Select Certification
Identifies partners that focus on selling into the small business market; recognizes and rewards partners who have achieved the Cisco Small and Midsized Business Specialization or Express Security Specialization.
Premier Certification
Identifies and rewards Express Foundation Specialized Partners, Express Collaboration Specialized Partners or partners with any one of the Cisco Architecture Specializations. This certification reflects the partner's increasing technical competency in the integration of basic routing and switching, wireless LANs, collaboration and security technologies.
Silver Certification (retires April 1, 2016)
Recognizes partners with expanded capabilities in areas of solution and architecture selling. Silver Certified Partners have either achieved two Architecture Specializations or one Advanced Specialization and one Architecture Specialization.
Gold Certification
Offers the broadest range of expertise across four high growth market opportunities known as architecture plays-Borderless Networks, Collaboration, Data Center Virtualization, and IP Next-Generation Network. Gold Certified Partners have also integrated the deepest level of Cisco Lifecycle Services expertise into their offerings and demonstrate a measurably high level of customer satisfaction.
Multinational Certification
Recognizes partners with expertise in selling, deploying, and supporting Cisco integrated solutions across multiple countries within a given Cisco geographical region. Partners that achieve the required number of Silver and Gold Certifications within the region will be recognized as Multinational Certified Partners for that region. To qualify, partners must have a multinational resale agreement.
Global Certification
Recognizes partners with the expertise and resources to plan, design, implement, and operate Cisco networking solutions across the globe. Global Certified Partners must have a global resale agreement and satisfy certification requirements across three continental regions.
Express Specializations
Express-level specialization is for partners who want to increase their technical proficiency in the area of foundation networking.
| Express Collaboration | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #700-104 #650-292 | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) Win more Collaboration Business through Outcomes based Sales Strategies (BE6KAM) TelePresence Video Sales Specialist [eLearning] | |
Sales Engineer | #640-461 #700-101 | !Introducing Cisco Voice and Unified Communications Administration (ICOMM 8) Business Edition 6000 for Sales Engineers [eLearning] | |
Field Engineer |
#642-437 |
!Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Voice over IP and QoS (CVOICE 8) | |
| Express Foundation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #646-365 CXFA | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) Express Foundation Sales v1.0 [eLearning] | |
Sales Engineer | #648-375 CXFS |
Express Foundation Sales v1.0 [eLearning] |
!CCDA OR !CCDP OR |
Field Engineer | #648-385 CXFF | Express Foundation Technology v1.0 [eLearning] | !CCNA R&S OR !CCNP R&S OR any CCIE. |
| Express Security – Email | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #646-580 ASAM | Selling Advanced Security for Account Managers Version 4.0 [eLearning] | |
Engineer | #642-584 SSSE #700-280 ESFE | Advanced Security for Systems Engineers (SSSE) v4.0 [eLearning] !Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (Partner Training) (PASESA) | |
| Express Security – IPS (Intrusion Prevention Systems) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-295 IPSEAM | IPS Express Security Sales Training [eLearning] | |
Engineer | #500-290 IPSEE |
!Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) | |
| Express Security - NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #646-580 ASAM | Selling Advanced Security for Account Managers Version 4.0 [eLearning] | |
Engineer | #500-258 SAEXS |
Cisco ASA Overview (SAAOV) [eLearning] | |
| Express Security – Web | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #646-580 ASAM | Selling Advanced Security for Account Managers Version 4.0 [eLearning] | |
Engineer |
#642-584 SSSE
#650-568 WSFE OR | Advanced Security for Systems Engineers (SSSE) v4.0 [eLearning] Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (SWSA) | |
| Express Video | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-001 VSSR | Cisco Video Solutions Sales Course (CVSS) [eLearning] | |
Engineer | #500-007 VTVS1 | Implementing Cisco TelePresence Video Solutions Part 1 (VTVS1) [eLearning] | |
| Small and Midsize Business | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-505 |
Partnering with Cisco for SMB Sales [eLearning] OR | |
Engineer | #700-501 |
Partnering with Cisco for SMB Engineers [eLearning] OR | |
Advanced Technology Specializations
Advanced and Architecture-level specializations help partners meet a wide range of customer needs, from small businesses to larger enterprise organizations.
Gold Certification requires three Advanced Architectures. Two are mandatory: Enterprise Networks Architecture and Security Architecture. The third must be the Collaboration Architecture, Data Center Architecture, or Advanced IP NGN Architecture.
Architecture Specializations can also be applied toward Premier Certification or Silver Certification.
| Advanced Internet of Things - Connected Safety and Security | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-803 IOTCSSAM #700-801 IOTSF |
IoT Connected Safety and Security Sales Training [eLearning] |
Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts mid-March 2015. Partners applying before that date may be approved without this requirement.) |
Systems Engineer |
#100-101 ICND1 OR CCNA or higher (any type CCNP or CCIE) |
!Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1, Version 3.0 (ICND1) OR | |
Field Engineer |
#100-101 ICND1 OR CCNA or higher (any type CCNP or CCIE) |
!Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1, Version 3.0 (ICND1) OR | |
Training Requirements Not Allocated to Job Roles | CCNA (any type) or higher (any type CCNP or CCIE) | !Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1, Version 3.0 (ICND1) (for CCNA R/S) !Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 2, Version 3.0 (ICND2) (for CCNA R/S) | |
| Advanced Internet of Things - Industry Expert | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-801 IOTSF | IoT Sales Fundamentals [eLearning] |
Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts mid-March 2015. Partners applying before that date may be approved without this requirement.) |
Systems Engineer | #600-601 IMINS |
!Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies (IMINS) | |
Field Engineer |
Path 1: |
Path 1: | |
| Advanced Internet of Things - Manufacturing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-802 IOTMAM #700-801 IOTSF |
Cisco IoT Manufacturing Sales [eLearning] |
Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts mid-March 2015. Partners applying before that date may be approved without this requirement.) |
Systems Engineer | #500-801 IOTMfgCFSE #600-601 IMINS |
IoT Manufacturing for Systems Engineers
!Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies (IMINS) | |
Field Engineer |
Path 1: |
Path 1: | |
| Advanced Core & WAN Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) | |
Systems Engineer | #500-452 | Enterprise Network Core and WAN Essentials Power Workshop (ENCWEPW) | !CCDP OR !CCDE |
Field Engineer | - | - |
!CCNP R&S OR !CCIE R&S |
| Advanced Unified Access Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) | |
Systems Engineer | #640-722 #642-732 #500-451 | !Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (IUWNE) !Conducting Cisco Unified Wireless Site Survey (CUWSS) Enterprise Network Unified Access Essentials Power Workshop (ENUAEPW) |
!CCDA OR !CCDP OR |
Field Engineer | #642-732 | !Conducting Cisco Unified Wireless Site Survey (CUWSS) |
!CCNA Wireless OR |
| Advanced Unified Computing Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #650-987 PSDCUCAM | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers (DCUCAM v1.1) [eLearning] | |
Systems Engineer | #642-998 DCUCD | !Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD) | |
Field Engineer | #642-999 DCUCI | !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) |
|
| Advanced Unified Fabric Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #646-985 DCNSS | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) Data Center Networking Solution Sales (DCNSS v3.0) [eLearning] | |
Systems Engineer | #642-996 DCUFD #642-997 DCUFI | !Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFD) !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI) |
!CCDA OR !CCDP OR |
Field Engineer | #642-997 DCUFI #642-980 DCUFT | !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI) !Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFT) |
!CCNA R&S OR !CCNP R&S OR any CCIE. |
| Advanced Video | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-001 VSSR | Cisco Video Solutions Sales Course (CVSS) [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts mid-March 2015. Partners applying before that date may be approved without this requirement.) |
Systems Engineer | #500-007 VTVS1 | Implementing Cisco TelePresence Video Solutions Part 1 (VTVS1) [eLearning] | |
Field Engineer | #500-006 VTVS2 | !Implementing Cisco TelePresence Video Solutions Part 2 (VTVS2) |
|
| Advanced Service Provider Mobility Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-205 | Selling Mobile Internet Architecture [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts at the launch of the new exam.) |
Systems Engineer | #500-215 | Mobile Internet Technology for System Engineers [eLearning] | |
Field Engineer |
Cisco Service Provider Mobility CDMA to LTE Specialist
|
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| Advanced Service Provider Optical Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #700-201 | Selling Cisco Optical [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts at the launch of the new exam.) |
Systems Engineer | #500-205 |
Selling Cisco Optical [eLearning] | |
Field Engineer | #500-215 |
NCS 2000 and NCS 4000 Technical Overview [eLearning] |
!CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
| Advanced Service Provider Routing Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager |
#650-752 |
Selling the IPNGN Architecture [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts at the launch of the new exam.) |
Systems Engineer |
#650-754 |
Selling the IPNGN Architecture [eLearning] | !CCNA SP OR !CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
Field Engineer |
#650-756 | IP NGN Architecture Technology [eLearning] |
!CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
Advanced Architecture Specializations
Advanced and Architecture-level specializations help partners meet a wide range of customer needs, from small businesses to larger enterprise organizations.
Advanced Technology Specializations can be applied towards Silver Certification. Gold Certification requires three Advanced Architecture Specializations: Borderless Network Architecture (mandatory), Collaboration Architecture, Data Center Architecture and/or Advanced IP NGN Architecture Specializations. Architecture Specializations can also be applied toward Premier Certification or Silver Certification.
| Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) | |
Architecture Systems Engineer | #640-722 #642-732 #500-451 #500-452 | !Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (IUWNE) !Conducting Cisco Unified Wireless Site Survey (CUWSS) Enterprise Network Unified Access Essentials Power Workshop (ENUAEPW) Enterprise Network Core and WAN Essentials Power Workshop (ENCWEPW) | !CCDP OR !CCDE |
Field Engineer | #640-722 | !Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (IUWNE) |
!CCNP R&S OR !CCIE R&S |
| Advanced Security Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #700-260 ASAAM | !Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES) Selling Advanced Security Architecture [eLearning] | |
Architecture Systems Engineer | #500-265 ASASE | Security Architecture Technology [eLearning] | !CCDA OR !CCDP OR !CCDE |
Field Engineer | #500-285 SSFIPS #500-275 SSFAMP | !Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) Protecting against Malware Threats with Cisco AMP for Endpoints (SSFAMP) |
!CCNP Security OR |
| Advanced Collaboration Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #700-037 PSACAS |
!Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES)
QuickStart for Collaboration Architecture [eLearning] | |
Architecture Systems Engineer | #700-039 PSACASE |
QuickStart for Collaboration Architecture [eLearning] | !CCDA OR !CCDP OR !CCDE |
Field Engineer | #700-038 PSACAFE | Collaboration Architecture Technology v2 [eLearning] |
!CCNP Voice OR |
| Advanced Data Center Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager |
#810-403 OUTCOMES
#650-987 PSDCUCAM
|
!Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES)
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers [eLearning] | |
Architecture Systems Engineer |
#650-987 PSDCUCAM
|
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers [eLearning] | |
Field Engineer 1 Unified Computing | #642-999 DCUCI #642-035 DCUCT | !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) !Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCT) |
|
Field Engineer 2 Unified Fabric | #642-997 DCUFI #642-980 DCUFT | !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI) !Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFT) |
!CCNP Data Center OR !CCNP R&S OR |
| Advanced IP Next-Generation Network Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
Account Manager | #810-403 OUTCOMES #650-752 PANGNS |
!Cisco Selling Business Outcomes (OUTCOMES)
Selling the IP NGN Architecture [eLearning] | |
Systems Engineer | #650-754 PANGNSE |
Selling the IP NGN Architecture [eLearning] |
!CCNA Service Provider OR |
Field Engineer | #650-756 PANGNFE | IP NGN Architecture Technology [eLearning] |
!CCNP Service Provider OR |
| Advanced Service Provider Architecture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Role |
Test |
Recommended Training |
Prerequisites |
| • Routing and Optical Path | |||
Account Manager |
#650-752 |
Selling the IPNGN Architecture [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts at the launch of the new exam.) |
Architecture Systems Engineer |
#650-754 |
Selling the IP NGN Architecture [eLearning] | !CCNA SP OR !CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
Field Engineer |
#650-756 |
IP NGN Architecture Technology [eLearning] |
!CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
| • Routing and Mobility Path | |||
Account Manager |
#650-752 |
Selling the IPNGN Architecture [eLearning] | Selling Business Outcomes (Note: This requirement starts at the launch of the new exam.) |
Architecture Systems Engineer |
#650-754 |
Selling the IP NGN Architecture [eLearning] | !CCNA SP OR !CCNP SP OR !CCIE SP |
Field Engineer |
#650-756 |
IP NGN Architecture Technology [eLearning] |
!CCNP SP OR
!CCIE SP
|