Cisco offers reward rebates for channel partners

Feb 23, 2005: Cisco's channel partners who excel in meeting the company's selling goals for Cisco MDS 9000 series of multiplayer intelligent directors and fabric switches, will be rewarded with 5 percent rebates.

The Cisco Clear Advantage Program is designed to reward Cisco channel partners that have expertise in storage technology and to grow the base of Cisco SAN Specialised partners.

Channel partners are required to become Cisco SAN Specialised by the end of the second quarter of their participation in the program. The Cisco SAN Specialisation helps ensure that channel partners have a proven expertise to plan, design, implement and support solutions based on the Cisco MDS 9000.

Keith Zubchevich, the director of storage worldwide channels at Cisco systems, said: "We want to reward partners for investing in building a Cisco storage networking practice. By providing a rebate through the Clear Advantage program, Cisco is helping its channel partners increase their profitability and cover costs associated with becoming specialised in the advanced features and functionality available with the Cisco MDS 9000."

Richard Wedel, the chief marketing officer of Micro Systems Enterprises, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, added: "We are pleased that the Cisco Clear Advantage program will not only reward us for our storage practice commitment, but it will also help us grow our overall revenue and deliver profitable storage services to our clients."

The rebate is paid to Cisco Registered Partners, based on them meeting entry-level criteria, milestone criteria and achieving the revenue goals during the entire period in which the partner takes part in the Clear Advantage Program.

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