Re: Benefits of choosing a Cisco gold partner company.

I think you are right on the money!!

Tony

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart_at_hotmail.com>wrote:

> I have worked for several Gold partners and one Premier. The biggest thing
> I had to deal with at a non-Gold partner was the disparity in discount
> levels, as it made it hard to be competitive.
>
> That being said, not all Gold partners are created equal. An example that
> I
> often use in the Seattle area is when you do a search on Gold partners in
> the area, that 26 separate entries come up. Without naming names, here is a
> breakdown of the differences:
>
> 1. Service Providers. These fine folks sell carrier services with a
> recurring revenue model that includes circuits and managed services. Many
> of them supply hardware and installation services as an augment to what
> they
> already offer and usually have massive volumes which allow for aggressive
> discounting.
> 2. Fulfillment Partners. This business model usually has a sophisticated
> back office system that may include web-based/Internet ordering portals.
> Also offering large volumes, they tend to also offer large discounts and
> have a well-developed delivery system. Most are weaker on offering managed
> services or installation/project work.
> 3. Consulting Services Partners. Many of the companies in this category
> are
> well-recognized names that offer consulting and/or professional services,
> with hardware being secondary.
> 4. Distributors. There are a handful of these that offer fulfillment for
> the smaller Cisco resellers, they do business on handling large volumes for
> them as well as some business on their own.
> 5. Value Added Resellers/Systems Integrators. The size of these companies
> are much smaller than any of the above, some are regional, many are
> national/International. These resellers have a roughly equal linkage
> between hardware and services and do a good job integrating technologies.
>
> I am basing this on observation and also years of experience, in which I
> have worked for service providers and VAR's...
>
> Reactions? Thoughts?
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Anthony Faria
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:45 PM
> To: darth router
> Cc: Mahmoud Nossair; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Benefits of choosing a Cisco gold partner company.
>
> I have to disagree with your statements. Normally i see the real CCIE at
> Gold partners because they do the work lol an dyou see the paper CCIE at a
> large company because they do not know any better. Maybe it is different
> where you live but that is what I see. I am not trying to argue just my
> experiences. Maybe they got there gold because the rented a cert but they
> don't send those guys out. They would lose business quick.
>
>
> Tony
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:34 AM, darth router
> <darklordrouter_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > I'd really go for pricing only. Worked for a big one. Most of the gold
> > partner folks doing the work are kids off the street who have no freaking
> > idea what they are doing. The CCIEs are more often than not excell
> > spreadsheet engineers and only god knows how they passed their IEs. :D
> > Personally, I'd go with a smaller company, or target a partner with an
> > employee you know is great, and ensure he works on your project. CDW is a
> > gold parnter, you can buy equip from them, and skip the prof services.
> Buy
> > CDW and hire Scott Morris instead. :D
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Mahmoud Nossair <nossair_at_mcs.gov.sa>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Experts
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am a consultant at a government site ( I am a CCNP engineer), while
> > > evaluating a network proposals, one of the government employee asked
> me
> > > why should we choose a company with Cisco Gold partner????
> > >
> > > I explained him about the support and other benefits, but I think my
> > > answer in not enough to him.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So anybody have a document about the benefits of Cisco Gold Partner to
> > > the customers???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mahmoud Nossair, CCNP, CCDP
> > >
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