As announced on January 30, 2023, the data center suite of specializations is being retired on July 28, 2024. You may need to transition to an alternate qualifying specialization/s to ensure uninterrupted benefits, including maintaining eligibility to earn in VIP and EA designation, go here for details.
Architecture specializations showcase your expertise in specific architectures and the value you bring to prospective customers. They also allow you access to incentives and promotions that can help increase your bottom line.
Several of our architecture specializations are available in three levels. Choose the level that's right for you.
To find training for a specific specialization, go to the page for that specialization and view the requirements document.
For training in general, see the Cisco Training page.
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Help your customers empower people to engage and innovate anywhere, on any device.
Sell, deploy and support Webex Meetings, Teams, Calling and subscription-based collaboration solutions to customers. Requirements
The Collaboration SaaS Specialization ensures that partners have an understanding of the most recent Cisco Webex solutions in order to design, quote, deploy, and support the right Webex meeting solution for any customer.
The Collaboration SaaS Specialization trains partners to gain the foundational knowledge of Cisco collaboration SaaS solutions to effectively sell these cloud-based services. The specialization ensures partners have the right skills and expertise to sell collaboration SaaS solutions to customers. In addition, it supports partners in building recurring revenue streams for their business and adding their own valuable services to ensure high levels of customer adoption of WebEx solutions.
With the Collaboration SaaS Specialization, you can:
Specialize to help your customers better connect with their customers, partners, and suppliers. Requirements
Specialize to help your customers better connect with their customers, partners, and suppliers. With this specialization, you show you are an expert in the collaboration architecture. This portfolio includes unified communications, conferencing, customer care, and collaboration endpoints.
The Collaboration Architecture Specialization satisfies a requirement for Premier and Gold levels.
You can also:
Reach the highest level for Cisco collaboration solutions. Requirements
Reach the highest level for Cisco collaboration solutions. Deliver voice and unified communications solutions to help your customers communicate quickly and effectively. Improve customer service and save time and money.
You can also:
Deliver Cisco Contact Center Express products to small to mid-market customers. Requirements
The Unified Contact Center Express Specialization is available to all Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialized partners, providing more flexibility in terms of which collaboration solutions to invest in.
The Cisco Contact Center portfolio now includes three specializations: Unified Contact Center Express Specialization (small to mid-market); Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization (enterprise market); and Webex Contact Center Specialization (cloud).
With the Unified Contact Center Express Specialization, you can:
To learn more, contact your partner account manager.
Deliver Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) products to enterprise customers. Requirements
Provide intelligent call routing, network-to-desktop computer telephony integration, and contact management solutions to enterprise agents over an IP-based network.
To apply for this specialization you must be associated with an Advanced Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization partner from another business entity of the same parent company and within the same Cisco-defined theater. The Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization partner must be a separate business entity from their fully qualified Advanced Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization partner and from another country within the same theater.
With the Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization, you can:
This specialization is by invitation only. To learn more, contact your partner account manager.
Deliver Cisco Contact Center to enterprise customers. Requirements
Provide intelligent call routing, network-to-desktop computer telephony integration, and contact management solutions to enterprise agents over an IP-based network.
If you have expertise in legacy TDM and PBX phone systems, IP-based telephony, and IP-based contact center solutions, then this program is for you. You must also hold an Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialization.
With the Advanced Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialization you can:
This specialization is invitation-only. To learn more, contact your partner account manager.
Deliver the Cisco Webex Contact Center to mid-market customers. Requirements
The Webex Contact Center Specialization enables select partners to sell, implement and support the Cisco Webex Contact Center offer to mid-market customers.
The Webex Contact Center accelerates the Cisco Contact Center Flexible Deployment Strategy. Combined with Cisco's strong foundation with meetings and messaging and the acquisition of BroadSoft, the platform offers a complete collaboration portfolio with flexible deployment options (cloud, on premise, or hybrid) to meet customer needs.
With the Webex Contact Center Specialization, you can:
This specialization is invitation-only. To learn more, contact your partner account manager.
Our data center specializations are evolving; continue to showcase your expertise through our Hybrid Cloud solution specializations for compute, networking or software.
Data Center Architecture Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this revolution, we recently launched the Hybrid Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud Networking, and Hybrid Cloud Software Solution Specializations.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for the full list of specializations available as well as more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this revolution, we recently launched the Hybrid Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud Networking, and Hybrid Cloud Software Solution Specializations.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for the full list of specializations available as well as more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
Master Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Specialization Architecture Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this revolution, we recently launched the Hybrid Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud Networking, and Hybrid Cloud Software Solution Specializations.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for the full list of specializations available as well as more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
The HyperFlex Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this evolution, we’ve launched Solution Specializations.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for the full list of specializations available as well as more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
Help your customers transform their networks to meet today's digital demands.
Jump-start your Cisco networking business, focusing on on-premises switching, routing, wireless, and security solutions. Requirements
Jump-start your Cisco networking business with our Networking Specialization. It focuses on on-premises switching, routing, wireless, and security solutions. It also covers cloud-managed solutions, including the Cisco Meraki product lines, support, and opportunities. Technical sales professionals will gain the foundational and practical knowledge needed to lead confidently with Cisco across industries and customer segments.
With this specialization you can:
Specialize to get the training you need to sell Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) and SD-WAN solutions. Requirements
Specialize to get the training you need to sell Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) and SD-WAN solutions. Your customers can have the branch-office connections that today's digital networks require while using less expensive WAN transport options. Maintain top performance, security, and reliability.
You can also:
Be recognized as an intent-based networking genius. Bring your customers into the digital age. Build them the most secure and advanced network on the planet. Requirements
The network is changing fast. It's becoming more complex and vulnerable to the millions of threats attacking it every day.
With your intent-based networking expertise, you can help your customers minimize these complexities and change the way they manage their businesses. Your in-depth knowledge allows you to take customers' business goals and translate them into network policies; giving customers context, visibility, and insight into their networks. This is a game-changer.
You can also:
Help your customers grow their business more securely.
Focus on customer business outcomes and threat-centric solutions. Requirements
The Security Specialization helps you focus on customer business outcomes and threat-centric solutions. The simple requirements make it easy for you to receive additional discounts on new, registered security solutions.
With the Security Specialization you can:
Give customers more advanced security solutions for their business needs—whether they're small businesses, large enterprises, or anything in between. Requirements
Achieve a higher level of security technical expertise than most IT partners have. You can give customers more advanced security solutions for their business needs—whether they're small businesses, large enterprises, or anything in between.
You can also:
Learn how to add security to all aspects of your customers' networks. Adapt to new threats and help your customers get the security coverage they need. Requirements
Network threats are becoming more complex. How can your company stay current with the latest security solutions? We'd like to help. Learn how to add security to all aspects of your customer's network. Adapt to new threats, and help your customers get the security coverage they need.
We've updated the Master Security Specialization to make sure your expertise is current. With this specialization, you'll gain a powerful competitive advantage and become part of an exclusive group.
You can also:
Get access to a cloud security service that gives customers a first line of defense, so your customers can stop threats before they ever reach an organization's network or endpoints. Requirements
Today's internet infrastructures are being attacked multiple times a day, every day. To get ahead of these attacks and prevent them from happening, customers need to be able to quickly detect threats such as malware and phishing before it reaches their network and endpoints. To do this, they need to build an intelligent network to be proactive and block these malicious attacks.
Our Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) can now get access to a cloud security service that gives customers a first line of defense. Our Cisco Umbrella service protects end users on-network and off-network by blocking malware, phishing, and command and control callbacks. With this service, customers can stop threats before they ever reach an organization's network or endpoints.
To sell this service, you'll need to:
Help your service provider customers make the shift to digitization.
Sell solutions based on the Cisco converged IP architecture. Combine this with your differentiated professional services to help customers reduce operating costs and boost revenue. Requirements
Sell solutions based on the Cisco converged IP architecture. Combine this with your differentiated professional services to help customers reduce operating costs and boost revenue. Your account managers and systems engineers will have access to presales and postsales training that builds upon their routing capabilities, enabling you to provide IP convergence solutions. Increase your profitability by earning VIP rebates and selling higher-value solutions.
This specialization satisfies a requirement for Gold, Premier, and Select levels of the Integrator role.
With it you can:
Win high-value deals more often and become a trusted advisor to service providers at a regional level. Requirements
Acquire unique virtualization capabilities, such as expertise in SDN, segment routing, and NFV. Receive presales and postsales training for your account managers and system engineers and be recognized for your know-how in delivering service provider routing, optical, and backhaul solutions.
This specialization enables you to:
Specialize in IoT (Internet of Things) or Small Business.
The IoT Architecture Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this revolution, we recently launched the Industrial IoT Solution Specialization and Commercial IoT Solution Specialization.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
The IoT Advantage Architecture Specialization is being retired. See notification. View requirements.
Our specializations portfolio continues to evolve in response to shifts in the market, customer needs, and technology innovation. As part of this revolution, we recently launched the Industrial IoT Solution Specialization and Commercial IoT Solution Specialization.
Solution Specializations are lightweight, lower cost, offer more flexibility and they count toward Select, Premier and Gold level requirements. Visit the Solution Specializations page for more details on the benefits and how to get specialized.
The Small Business Specialization has been updated. See the new Small and Medium Business (SMB) Specialization page for details.
Review the requirements to see that you qualify. Apply and agree to the terms and conditions. After achieving approval, ensure that you maintain the requirements. Renew your specialization annually. (Partner admin must apply and renew).
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