The Gold Certified Partner designation offers the highest level of credibility in the marketplace. In fact, many governments and large corporations require Cisco Gold Certification as part of their Requests for Proposal (RFPs). Gold Certified Partners deliver the highest level of support, have typically gained expertise in three Specializations, and have achieved a measurable level of customer satisfaction. As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, you'll receive a wealth of sales and marketing information, tools, and support.

To become a CiscoGoldPartner

• You need to have at least

  • 4x Salespeople with CSE Certification (they at the top of the list because they believe the list ranks from most import to least important, but it's the other way round)
  • 4x Skilled Technicians with CCNA or CCDA Cerfication
  • 4x Network Engineers with CCNP, CCDP, CCIP, or CCSP Certification
  • 4x Network Consultants with CCIE Certification
• For every $ 40,000,000.00 in annual Cisco Revenue, you need to employ another CCIE.

• Happy Customers

  • 95% Customer Satistaction with a minimum of 15 customers surveyed first time by Cisco - This is for Gold Partner certification
  • 100% Customer Satistaction with a minimum of 30 customers surveyed second time by Cisco - This is for Gold Partner recertification

• Toy for the boys

  • Spend a minimum of $ 100,000.00 cost price (not retail) on Cisco equipment for a test lab

• 24x7 Call Centre.

  • Only the CCIEs and the CCNP/DP/IP/SPs are allowed to call Cisco TAC.
  • NO Robots, (other than initial AVRs), are allowed to work on the helpdesk.

CiscoGoldPartners in New Zealand

• Datacraft
  
• LogicalCSI
  
• HP Compaq
  

• Telecom

  • Must have bought their way in - they can't have 4 CCIEs