From: sheherezada@gmail.com
Date: Fri May 16 2008 - 05:30:16 ART
Sorry for not being exact. I am talking about the discount for the
partner, not the discount for the end-user. A 5-7% margin is usual.
And I work in a different market than the US. In an emerging market
(Eastern Europe), building market share is important for Cisco.
Mihai
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Wes Stevens <wrsteve33-gsccie@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "They can get much better discounts (say around 50%) than a Gold Partner can
> give to its regular customers."
> That is bull.....
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "sheherezada@gmail.com" <sheherezada@gmail.com>
> To: Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
> Cc: Dane Newman <dane.newman@gmail.com>; rom raj <romraj1@gmail.com>; Richard L. Pickard <richardlpickard@hotmail.com>; Cisco certification <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:55:41 AM
> Subject: Re: CCIE Benefits.
>
> I see things differently from my side of the world. Many of my
> customers already have big discounts on the official channel, because
> they are global customers and have frame agreements with Cisco. They
> can get much better discounts (say around 50%) than a Gold Partner can
> give to its regular customers. Such customers only have to nominate a
> preferred partner, be it Gold certified or not. Actually, my company
> is not even a Silver Partner yet. And the discount scheme does not
> matter too much either, because we get 80% from services.
>
> However, it is a matter of credibility. We want the Silver and then
> Gold partner status because it is a strong market differentiator
> (especially on a market with only one true Gold partner). Then,
> customers do care if they are serviced or consulted by a CCIE instead
> of a "regular" engineer (which is much more challenged, if accepted,
> regardless of practical experience).
>
> Mihai
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com> wrote:
>> 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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