From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Wed May 14 2008 - 16:48:36 ART
I make my clients purchase Smartnet contracts at time of purchase... I'm
just talking about the ~38% gold partner discount vs. 50%+ percent NHS
discount on the hardware.
For instance, if we are buying a 2811 SEC bundle from NHS, we will go to CDW
and purchase the ADV. IP Services license separate for the IOS (if we are
using BGP, etc.)
I'm just concerned with them paying too much buying gear from a reseller.
The NHS model has worked well for under 100 seats and beyond.
-Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Varriale [mailto:tvarriale@flamboyaninc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:45 PM
To: 'Joseph Brunner'
Cc: 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: CCIE Benefits.
It can matter.
If Network Hardware sold a software relicense part number to your customer
when selling the equipment, then it's legal.
If not, it would be considered stolen software.
My guess is that they didn't. 99.99999% of them don't. That's how they
make money.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Joseph Brunner
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: 'Dane Newman'; 'rom raj'
Cc: 'Richard L. Pickard'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: CCIE Benefits.
Makes no difference... people looking for deep discounts these days buy from
the secondary market (like networkhardware.com)
I tell my clients I can't get you a discount like a Gold partner, but I'll
make it up by not charging you $375.00 an hour for my CCIE implementation
efforts...
I work with NHS to push gear...
Frankly, I don't know many companys that buy new cisco gear, the attitude is
its on smartnet anyway from networkhardware, do we really care?
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Dane
Newman
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:35 PM
To: rom raj
Cc: Richard L. Pickard; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: CCIE Benefits.
What is the percentage discount for gold
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2008, at 9:21 AM, "rom raj" <romraj1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, it's Value Added Reseller.
>
> Raj
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, rom raj <romraj1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>>
>> What is VAR?
>>
>> Raj
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Richard L. Pickard <
>> richardlpickard@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Mainly - a VAR gets a better price from Cisco on hardware
>>> depending on
>>> how many certified people the VAR has on their payroll. This
>>> includes all
>>> Cisco certs - not just CCIE. It's based on a points system &
>>> needless to
>>> say the CCIE is the most points. If you have multiple CCIE's
>>> [like me]
>>> they get extra points & you can leverage that to get them to pay
>>> you more.
>>>
>>> So if you already have your CCIE or are working on it you are
>>> gonna get
>>> paid big $$$$ & you can thank Cisco for that.
>>>
>>>
>>> R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rom raj" <romraj1@gmail.com>
>>> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:44 AM
>>> Subject: CCIE Benefits.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone summarize the benefits cisco offers to the company
>>>> when a
>>>> ccie
>>>> joins?.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Raj
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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