Select, Premier, and Gold partner certifications reflect the breadth of your skills across certain technologies. With their focus on hybrid IT and business transformation, certifications can help you increase profitability. Gaining certifications shows customers the areas in which you can help them become digital leaders. You can also gain Multinational and Global certifications.
Certification Levels
Registered Partner
Become a Registered Partner. Accelerate your time-to-opportunity by joining the strongest team in Small Business empowerment. Whether you provide products, services, or solutions, a partnership with Cisco is a major step forward in ensuring your continued business success.
Select Certification
Boost customer satisfaction and loyalty and increase your exposure to new customers. This entry-level certification helps you expand your market share as your customers grow their businesses. Earn this certification with any Express or higher technology specialization. Select Certification is automatically granted on completion of one of the six Express Specialization tracks.
This certification enables you to:
- Be recognized as a Select Certified Partner in the Partner Locator
- Get your Select logo
- Access marketing tools
- Become eligible for Cisco channel incentives
Premier Certification
Position your customers to win in today’s digital economy. A Premier Certification identifies and rewards partners who have earned one of several specific specializations and have the know-how to transform customers’ hybrid IT. Get branded as a Premier Certified Partner and access best-in-class products and services, technical support, productivity tools, online training, and marketing resources.
This certification enables you to:
- Qualify for Cisco channel incentives
- Become eligible to be a Global Partner Network certified agent
- Be recognized as a Premier Certified Partner in the Partner Locator
- Get the Cisco Premier Certified Partner logo
Gold Certification
Help your customers engage in new business models. Get certified in enterprise networking, security, collaboration, data center virtualization, and service provider technology. Integrate the deepest level of Cisco Lifecycle Services expertise into your offerings. Receive technical support, productivity tools, online training, marketing resources, and sales promotions.
This certification enables you to:
- Get the highest level of Cisco channel incentives
- Become a certified Global Partner Network host
- Access the Solution Showcase and Cisco Powered Services Catalogue
- Be recognized as a Gold Certified Partner in the Partner Locator
- Receive the Cisco Certified Partner kit with sales tools, logos, guidelines, and information
Certification Benefits for all Levels
Each certification level offers you a wealth of benefits, including incentives, digital marketing campaign assets, sales enablement, and recognition in the Partner Locator.
Incentives
| Benefits | Registered partner | Select certified | Premier certified | Gold certified |
| * Migrate customers to the latest solutions, return their old equipment to us and earn up to 64 percent in discounts when you sell eligible technologies. Also add on rebates when you sell certain technologies. | ||||
| Purchase discounted products, software, and services to use in demos, labs, and trainings. | ||||
| * Get up to 62 percent in discounts when you displace the competitions products and replace with our solutions. | ||||
| * Get up to 8 percent in discounts for bringing in new business or teaming with us early in the sales cycle on Cisco initiated deals. Attach services to product sales and get an additional 2 points discount. | ||||
| Earn up to 74 percent in discounts when you introduce targeted technology into new accounts or that have been competitively held. | ||||
| * Wake up dormant accounts and upgrade customers to newer solutions to earn up to 74 percent in discounts and also add on rebates when you sell certain technologies. | ||||
| * Get up to 15 percent in rebates when you sell our architectures. | ||||
| * Get up to 21 percent extra in rebates when you activate key features in software you sold. | ||||
| * Earn an additional 1 percent bonus for being Gold Certified. |
Connections
| Benefits | Registered partner | Select certified | Premier certified | Gold certified |
| Connect with our ecosystem of partners to increase deal size and earn more incentives. | ||||
| Increase your deal size by working with our Cisco Compatible Solution Partners in our Solutions Showcase. | ||||
| Accelerate growth and generate recurring high-margin revenue with your services. | ||||
| Access over 300 partners who offer cloud and managed services. | ||||
| Increase your deal size by working with our Ecosystem Partners. |
Finance
| Benefits | Registered partner | Select certified | Premier certified | Gold certified |
| Make your offers more attractive with our Cisco Capital offers. | ||||
| Offer customers an Easy Pay option to remove upfront costs. | ||||
| Add Open Pay to your data center offers, so customers only pay for what they need. |
Market
| Benefits | Registered partner | Select certified | Premier certified | Gold certified |
| Get in front of our customers by being listed in our Partner Locator. | ||||
| Maximize recurring revenue through our digital engagement platform that guides your customers through each stage of the lifecycle. | ||||
| Grow your marketing expertise by accessing Marketing training and best practices. | ||||
| Showcase your Cisco partnership logo and include your certifications and specializations. | ||||
| Show your customers your industry expertise in our Partner Locator. | ||||
| Add the Multinational credential to your Premier or Gold Certification to show customers you offer support in multiple countries. | ||||
| Add the Global Gold credential to your Gold Certification to let customers know you can help them to design, implement, and support them regardless of their location. |
Sell
| Benefits | Registered partner | Select certified | Premier certified | Gold certified |
| Go to SalesConnect to view sales enablement materials, trainings, and how-to guides. | ||||
| Strengthen your competitive advantage and win more deals by accessing our competitive tools and resources. | ||||
| Sell our digital solutions to establish new recurring revenue streams. |
