I initially wanted to become a partner on some level so that i could actively be a reseller of CF server licenses as there are not many who do it in australia and none in melbourne. I had to jump through hoops just to be able to do that and they still wouldnt let me do it direct with adobe, i had to sign up as a reseller through express data
_____ From: Kai Koenig [mailto:k...@koeni.de] Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 2:55 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [cfaussie] Re: JB-HI Moving to dotnet Technical skills, it's a commercial program (i.e. one pays a membership fee depending on level), access to levels is restricted by turnover, sales, decision on how influencing an individual/company is and much more. Benefits: logo, access to pre-sales resources from Adobe, free NFR licenses for a variety of products etc. It really depends on the region, specific partner program and the company. We're a Silver Solution Partner and it's def. a fine program if it suits your needs and I can't agree with Steve's statement below at all (but everyone's mileage might vary). Just to make a point though - yes, partners help to drive Adobe's business and/or are supposed to. That certainly works to a certain extent but it always depends on yourself as well. We're a 2.5 ppl company and I'm certainly not spending much of my time helping Adobe to directly sell but rather do other things that might or might not help them in the grand scheme of things. If one is a 20, 50, or 500 ppl shop with a dedicated sales person or even multiple I'd expect such a partner to do more of that stuff, but even then - if there's no visibility of a vendor for a particular product in a marketplace there's just so much one can do. Also - I'd say the minority of Adobe partners even has a clue of what CF does and can do. Cheers Kai On 26/05/2010, at 4:42 PM, Mark Mandel wrote: Out of curiosity - what's the benefit / requirements for being a partner? Mark On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Steve Onnis <st...@cfcentral.com.au> wrote: I am now an Adobe partner, have been since last year and i have never received a phone call or anything from anyone at Adobe. I get the odd bulk marketing email but thats about it -- E: mark.man...@gmail.com T: http://www.twitter.com/neurotic W: www.compoundtheory.com <http://www.compoundtheory.com/> cf.Objective(ANZ) - Nov 18, 19 - Melbourne Australia http://www.cfobjective.com.au <http://www.cfobjective.com.au/> Hands-on ColdFusion ORM Training www.ColdFusionOrmTraining.com <http://www.ColdFusionOrmTraining.com/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. -- Kai Koenig - Ventego Creative Ltd ph: +64 4 476 6781 - mob: +64 21 928 365 / +61 450 132 117 web: http://www.ventego-creative.co.nz blog: http://www.bloginblack.de twitter: http://www.twitter.com/agentK Hands-on Regular Expression training @ webDU 2010 http://bloginblack.de/agentk/workshop-befriending-regular-expressions/ Hands-on Flash Catalyst and Flex 4 training @ Webinale 2010 http://bloginblack.de/agentk/workshop-rias-with-flash-catalyst-and-flex-4/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en.
