Grow Your Business with Cisco IronPort
The FY 12 Cisco IronPort Channel Partner Program
The FY 12 IronPort Channel Partner Program is a worldwide program that is designed to provide value-added resellers, integrators, and distributors with the training, sales tools, and marketing support to help grow their business. Successful partners acquire in-depth experience with email and Web security. They meet IronPort’s certification requirements, entitling them to deal registration and certification discounts which provide competitive pricing that win deals.
Benefits of Becoming IronPort Certified and Cisco Registered
- Additional margins through deal registration and certification discounts
- Co-marketing support
- Lead sharing
- Discounts on products for internal use
- Assigned IronPort channel manager to help build a business plan
- Skills needed to effectively sell and support IronPort solutions
- Access to free E-Learning courses and Instructor Led Partner Training
- Partner employees become certified on Web and Email Security technologies
- Partner and Distributors can look up IronPort Certification
- Partner can be found via Cisco Partner Locator
- Certified partners can self maintain their own certification level based on training completed (future)
Certification Requirements and Discounts
Certified partners purchasing directly from Cisco IronPort for resell purposes are granted discounts based on certification level. Indirect resellers must negotiate pricing with their chosen distributor and the discount structure is a guideline only. Not certified partners are not eligible for the deal registration discount.
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Cisco IronPort Partner Program Summary |
PDF: A summary of the most recent changes to the IronPort Partner Program.
Link: A recorded review of the summary of the most recent changes to the IronPort Partner
Program.
Deck: The deck used for the recorded summary of the most recent changes to the IronPort
Partner Program. |
US |
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Cisco IronPort Partner Program Summary - Localized |
PDF: A summary of the most recent changes to the IronPort Partner Program. |
Note: The FY 12 IronPort Channel Partner Program was implemented in August 2011 and partners were granted an appropriate certification level. They have until February 2012 to meet the certification testing requirements.
All certified partners are required to register with Cisco. Learn how to get your Cisco ID.
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Certification Level |
Certification Requirements |
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Gold |
Two Tracks to become Gold |
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| ASEC or BN (Americas) |
IronPort |
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Silver |
IronPort |
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Bronze |
ASEC or BN (EMEA and APJC) |
IronPort |
More information on training classes and certification testing.
The Cisco Specialization Track varies by geographic location. Visit the page for your region to learn more.
Accessing Partner Certification and Training Information
Resellers and distributors want accurate certification data. Customers can find certified resellers. You must be registered with Cisco to access these tools.
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Partners : instructions to look up certification status and training history |
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Distributors and Customers : instructions to find certified IronPort partners |
If you have any questions about the IronPort Channel Program, please contact your Cisco IronPort Channel Manager or send an email to the integration team.