Training

Avnet acquiring Ottawa’s ExitCertified to nearly double North American training resources

January 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The acquisition expands Avnet’s line card, adding training authorization for some vendors who they already carried. It also will strengthen them in new solution areas, and in the government space.

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Avnet Technology Solutions' Gavin Miller

Avnet unifies training and support

November 18, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

With the new Avnet Knowledge Network, the distributor is aiming to bring all of its support and training offerings under the same roof.

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BitTitan launches Partner Advisory Service for complex Office 365 installs

April 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Because BitTitan does not have a professional services arm, it has opted to provide high level professional services help to its partners on complex installs by certifying the BitTitan Cloud Rangers, Microsoft MVPs who are also fully certified on BitTitan products.

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Nutanix unveils rigorous multi-hypervisor hyper-converged certification program

March 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Nutanix aims to create the equivalent of a Cisco CCIE certification for the hyperconverged world, that will establish its thought leadership, with a demanding certification program that tests the ability to design solutions on multiple hypervisors.

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Fortinet overhauls network security certification program

July 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Fortinet will retire its existing certifications in a year in favor of a new, modular and more robust certification that partners had requested

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IBM enhances partner social media training

July 25, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

IBM has enhanced the Social Media Boot Camps it created two years ago, and has taken the Selling with Social Insights tool on its Partnerworld website live.

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Bob McDonald, vice president of IBM Training

IBM adds Ingram as training partner

May 1, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM has introduced Ingram Micro as its fifth global training partner as it continues its quest to hand over education to partners.

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Mike Gerentine, vice president of global partner marketing at IBM

IBM gets tactical with partner business evolution

March 31, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM will do 300 to 400 one-on-one training sessions this year, looking at concrete steps to help its partners adapt to the cloud and other changes.

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New Tools to Amp Up IT Sales

December 10, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Partners need to attack emerging market opportunities quickly to gain competitive advantage, but their sales forces often aren’t up to the task.

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ERP Guru president Martin McNicoll, a NetSuite Partner

NetSuite Introduces Consultant Certification

November 13, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off

NetSuite says certification program for consultants implementing cloud-based ERP will provide partners differentiation and customers clarity.

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Cisco's new certifications target business outcomes

New Cisco Certifications Target Business Outcomes

August 21, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off

The shift toward line-of-business technology sales is the impetus behind new series of certifications from Cisco Systems.

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IBM Hands Training Over to Partners

July 16, 2013 Robert Dutt 1

IBM says it will triple the number of people taking education around its systems and software by outsourcing to partners, including a pair of distributors.

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