Re: OT: Cisco Partnership Question

Bobby,
Among other things, pursuing the CCIE would be worthwhile to your person if
you have the passion for it.

As Actuaries say "It takes one to know one." I have come to believe same
with the CCIE certification program.

Besides, there are other benefits a channel partner can gain for having even
a single CCIE on board, even if they remain premier.

I am a double CCIE that works for a Cisco premier partner. We actually don't
need Silver partner status as we are rated Cisco Tier-1 (we buy directly
from Cisco, not through distributors), and we enjoy as much 42-45% discounts
on most of our deals.

Our clients love to have me as the SE deploying solutions for them as they
trust and know I won't fail them. When doing presales/consulting, customers
tend to believe me more than others. This reputation/image thing is what
contributes to the business opportunities. Maybe your bosses have that in
mind.

(The advantages of having a CCIE consultant for my company also lies in the
fact that I am the only person certified under the program in my country.
Things may not play 100% same for your company).

Felix
ccie r&s, security

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Bobby Kimble <bobby.kimble_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> So there's not necessarily a benefit to the company if you have multiple
> CCIEs? If that's the the case I think I'll just get the CCSP and spend some
> time with my family :-)
> -Bobby
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Felix Nkansah <felixnkansah_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It requires two people certified under the CCIE program.
>> The channel partner also needs two advanced specialization certifications.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Bobby Kimble <bobby.kimble_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>> This might be a little off topic, but it does relate the CCIE.
>>>
>>> Silver level partnership requires a company to have two CCIEs on staff.
>>> This
>>> may be a dumb questions, but do the certs need to belong to two separate
>>> people or would it matter if one person had two CCIEs? I'm making my next
>>> attempt at the R&S lab next month and I've considered studying for the
>>> security track next (after a break of course). I'm just wondering if it
>>> would benefit a company to have one person with two CCIE certs.
>>>
>>> -Bobby
>>>
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