Total training hours, according to Moreno, have also been reduced by 25 percent. What’s more, Cisco will also offer $5,000 in Cisco 640-802 Learning Credits to each of the first 500 partners to complete the recertification process.
“We don’t do evolutions of this magnitude very often,” Moreno said. “It’s been about a year since we started talking about it and since then we’ve been working with partners so we can evolve towards it. Partners do that a lot: they see the market, follow the transitions and help drive it. A number of partners already play at the architectural level.”
The certification application period begins in August 2011. It’s not that partners’ technology certifications will become null and void, Moreno explained; partners should connect with their Cisco 640-802 certification exam representatives to learn how their existing statuses and levels of training will be credited toward their new certifications. But Cisco Gold and Silver Partners won’t be able to badge themselves as such if they don’t re-certify by the deadlines.
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