Grid Business Partners

The IBM Grid Ecosystem program is designed to assist IBM Business Partners in building skills, partnerships, offerings and sales opportunities. We are enabling IBM Business Partners to aggressively and successfully win clients and realize a more substantial return on investment in the mid-market and enterprise segments. The program includes assistance in providing technical and industry enablement and education, sales enablement, support and tools to help IBM Business Partners assist clients in building and deploying grid computing solutions.

Build Skills

• ISV Enablement
  • Ready for IBM Grid Computing — Technical Enablement resources in the IBM Innovation Centers
  
  
• Reseller Enablement
  • Sales & Technical Sales training — via PartnerWorld University.
  • Sales Kits — via PartnerWorld University.
  
  
• System Integrator Education
  • Opportunity based mentoring for Grid & Grow skills transfer.
  
  

• ValueNet — Helping partners build networks to take solutions to market

• Grid & Grow — Grid packaged for partners to sell

• PartnerWorld Industry Networks — PWIN Benefits Enhanced with Grid Content
• Virtual Loaner Program — Special Access for Ready for Grid partners to build a mini grid for testing and demonstration
• Grid and Grow Test Drive available for BPIC Partners