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IBM requires IBM Systems and Technology Group Business Partners in North America to maintain a minimum number of sales and technical certifications on selected IBM products in support of each of the firm's IBM Business Partner relationships. Click here to review the details on the announcement letters, program guidelines and reporting process. All new Business Partners (or existing Business Partners adding new products from IBM or a distributor) are required to meet these certification requirements throughout their contract period and no later than six months from their contract and/or product start date.
Note: Business Partners who want to understand the key skills, both sales and technical for which to achieve Premier and Advanced level attainment should refer to the PartnerWorld Skills eligibility table.
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Listed below are the platform certifications which count towards NA
contract compliance. It includes both withdrawn and active
certifications that still count towards contract compliance. It is
always advisable to take the latest and most current certifications
from the list below.
| IBM System i and IBM i Operating system |
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For IBM System i products, one sales and one technical certification are required from the following:
System i:
Base requirements:
Sales:
Technical:
IBM i Operating System only
Per Business Partner announcement letter 505-203/A05-1134 (U.S./Canada) dated March 7, 2005, Business Partners
approved for the IBM System p only who want to market IBM i and the associated IBM System i software in Category M2, must
apply for approval. The following sales and technical certifications are required:
Sales:
Technical:
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| IBM System p and IBM AIX Operating System |
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For IBM System p products, one sales and one technical certification are required from the following:
System p:
Base requirements:
Sales:
Technical:
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IBM AIX operating system only
Per Business Partner announcement letter 505-203/A05-1134 (U.S./Canada) dated March 7, 2005,
Business Partners approved for the IBM System i only who want to market IBM AIX and the associated
IBM System p software in Category M1, must apply for approval. The following sales and technical certifications are required:
Sales:
Technical:
| IBM System z |
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System z:
Base requirements:
For IBM System z products, two sales certifications are required from
the following:
Sales:
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| IBM System Storage and TotalStorage |
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Storage Product Remarketed = IBM N Series - S2:
Sales:
- waived per Oct. 31st 2006 . Refer to IBM BP annc. 506-295
Technical:
Please refer to the IBM Professional Certification Test information page for a list of current test information.
Business Partners approved for Category S2 will have six (6) months from their Category S2 contract start date to achieve and report S2 certification requirements.
Firms not meeting certification requirements at the end of this six
(6) month period will have their authorization to market these products
terminated by IBM and must wait three (3) months before they can
re-apply to market these products. Systems integrators who have not met
the certification requirements will be required to report the name of
the certified third party with each order intended for remarketing. The
sales and technical certifications listed above can be held by the same
employee. For the most current platform certification requirements,
please refer to the Platform certification
requirements page and/or contact IBM PartnerWorld Contact Services
@ 1-800-426-9990, Option 4.
Storage Product Remarketed = Enterprise Storage Server - S3:
Sales:
Technical:
Please refer to the IBM Professional Certification Test information page for a list of current test information.
Business Partner approved for Category S3 will have six (6) months from their Category S3 contract start date to achieve and report S3 certification requirements. Firms not meeting certfication requirements at the end of the periods stated above will have their authorization to market these products terminated by IBM and must wait three (3) months before they can re-apply to market these products. Systems integrators who have not met the certification requirements will be required to report the name of the certified third party with each order intended for remarketing. The sales and technical certifications listed above can be held by the same employee to ensure the required skills and coverage exist to support the product. For the most current platform certification requirements, please refer to the Platform certification requirements page and/or contact IBM PartnerWorld Contact Services @ 1-800-426-9990, Option 4.
Storage Product Remarketed = Virtual Tape Server - S7:
Sales:
Technical:
Note:
Effective immediately, the selection criteria to qualify as an IBM
Business Partner approved to market the IBM 3494 Virtual Tape Server
(VTS) has been modified to include:
- a minimum of two technical resources and ones sales resource, each of whom must hold the most recent IBM storage certifications
- the required certs listed (one Sales) and (two Technical) must be "in hand" at time of application
Business Partners should contact their IBM Storage Channel Sales Representative (or Forrest Litke at 925-327-2450) for details regarding the submission of the market support plan and Storage application approval process requirements. Additional details can be found in Business Partner Announcement Letter (504-079).
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