Global Knowledge
Enables Cisco’s New Partner Business Architect Role with
Comprehensive Training Program
Cisco will fund 75% of Partner’s
training costs for new Business Architect
training program
Wokingham (UK), Cairo
(Egypt), Cary (USA) – May 13, 2010 -Global Knowledge announced
today a training program to help Cisco partners develop the new
Business Architect role that
was recently announced at the Cisco Partner Summit by Keith
Goodwin, Cisco Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Partner Organization. The program teaches
Cisco partners to develop
scalable and sustainable Cisco architecture practices.
Global Knowledge proactively developed the Business Architect
Program, which utilizes a robust enterprise business architecture,
business analysis, and business process consulting curriculum
to transform talented Cisco Channel Partner Account Managers into
Business Architects. Cisco
pledged to co-fund 75% of the training cost for eligible Cisco
partners for a limited time.
“We are deeply committed to enabling Cisco’s channel partners to
develop the skills needed to
evolve and grow in the current market, and we are proud to have
worked closely with Cisco on
this project for the last 12 months,” said Brian K. Branson, Global
Knowledge President and Chief
Executive Officer. “We look forward to providing Cisco partners
with a competitive advantage by
enabling them to support their customers’ desire to strategically
align business processes with
emerging technologies.”
The Business Architect Program provides partners with the
knowledge and skills to clearly
articulate the business relevancy of Cisco’s architectural
solutions and to uncover business
transformation opportunities for their customers.
“We’ve created a cohesive program that provides partners with
skills that drive real and
sustainable individual and organizational change,” said Ali
Hawksworth, Global Knowledge
Worldwide Cisco Business Development Director. “We are uniquely
positioned to deliver
this complex change program because of our comprehensive curriculum
of technical,
sales, business architecture, business analysis, and business
process consulting coupled
with our Cisco Learning Solutions Partner status.”
Cisco partners can apply for the 75% co-funded Business Architect
training until June 15 at www.cisco.com/go/businessarchitect.
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