http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/index.html

Cisco will only distribute IP Telephony products to partners with "Revised IP Telephony Certification"

Just so that everyone knows LindsayDruett's opinion...

The deal sucks, it's become a very closed door business. Only companies who are holding the "Revised IP Telephony Certification" can source Cisco products relating to the the IP Telephony solution. It has no relavence if you have done the CIPT course or hold the IP Telephony Specialist Certification.

One of the companies who hold the "Revised IP Telephony Certification" could have influenced this direction, so the other companies will get a mention...

• Datacraft
• HP Compaq
• Datacom Systems
• IBM
• Computerland

• TelstraClear

• DMZ Global

I don't know to what extent this is, whether the IP phones, gateways are involved. I'm about to find out.