Certification

The Authorized Profile Administrator (APA) at each Business Partner firm is responsible for reporting certification achievement on behalf of firm employees into the IBM PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS). The reporting process requires 2 key steps :

• The Reporting of an employee-supplied candidate ID
• The Assigning of the employee to the firm agreement

Please follow the 2 step process below:

1. Reporting IBM Certifications and Mastery Exams in PPS
   • Link to the PPS system and sign on
   • Select Update your profile
   • Select Update your company profile
   • Select the location profile where the employee resides
   • Select employee information which is found on the left navigation
   • Add an employee or select the employee to update
   • Add a Candidate ID
   • Enter the Candidate ID supplied on the candidates test score report
   • Save/Exit and retain the confirmation number for reference.
2. Assigning the employee candidate to the firm agreement
   • Sign in to PPS and select the Enterprise Profile
   • Select 'Agreements' from left side menu options
   • Select 'Manage Contract Compliance'
   • Select the ‘Company name'.
   • Select 'Certification Compliance report .'
   • Select Assign employee to contracts for the chosen contract. The employee is to be assigned to one location.
   • Select the 'employee' and then select the radio button for Sales or Technical.
   • Select the Submit button at bottom of screen.

Note: To accurately track required certifications to maintain product and/or VAE approval, candidates and certifications are to be reported/assigned to only one location. This is to be the physical location where the employee resides. IBM will track any announced unique certification requirements.

Please refer to the PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS) Certification and/or Mastery Exam help section for this procedure and additional reporting hints and tips
 

Non-IBM certification reporting

Go to the PartnerWorld Update your Profile section. Under 'Consultants and integrators/Resellers,' select 'Update your Company Profile' You'll be prompted again to login to the PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS) where you can view and update your company's information.

Follow the 2 step procedure below to report non-IBM certifications.

1. From the PPS Update Profile Page, select the Non-IBM Certfication(s) that you want to report via the pulldown list as displayed in the PDF below:

   	Non-IBM Certification Reporting Process (192KB)
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2. Once step 1 is complete, you must follow the procedure for sending in proof of your non-IBM reported certification via e-mail, fax, and/or external mail.

   You must "send proof" of the achieved certification in one of the following ways:

   • E-mail: bpcert@us.ibm.com... Note: (Having a scanned certificate attached in the e-mail will provide the fastest method and least cost to you).
     
     
   • Fax: (800) 242-6329 (in USA) or, (770) 858-2070 (outside USA)... Note: mark the Fax "attention: BP Certify"
     (and include your e-mail address in case we need to correspond further with you).
     
     
   • Mail: IBM PWCS
     IBM Corporation
     1500 Riveredge Parkway
     5th Floor
     Atlanta, Georgia 30328
     USA
     (and include your e-mail address in case we need to correspond further with you).

Please refer to the PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS) Certification Reporting Process help section for additional instructions.

The Authorized Profile Administrator (APA) at each Business Partner firm must report Employee Movement to IBM via the IBM PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS) in the Employee Profile Employee End Date Field within 30 days of the employee leaving the firm. The APA can access this field through the employee's profile. The only step to complete is to enter the Employment End Date.

When a Business Partner notifies IBM via the PPS Employee Movement Reporting Function that a certified employee has left and the firm no longer meets the certification requirement, the firm qualifies for a three month grace period for both (VAE) and (Platform Certification) in order to meet the certification requirement by achieving and reporting the required certifications.

If the Business Partner fails to notify IBM within 30 days of the employees last workday that the certified employee has left their firm, leaving the firm without certification in a product area, the Business Partner forfeits the grace period. When IBM discovers that a certified employee has left the firm without prior notification from the firm, IBM will under normal circumstances notify the firm via a '‘Notice of Deauthorization’' letter, however IBM reserves the right to terminate with notice the Business Partner's approval to sell the affected IBM products.