well, I don't know how much you know about the Cisco Channel/Partner system
but there are requirements at all partner levels.
A company needs to field "x" amount of certified people to maintain their
status.
Different levels of partners get different discounts on product, access to
training, access to marketing funds and a whole slew of other benefits.
Lowering this requirement actually helps companies.
But if company XYZ needed to have 4 CCIEs on staff to maintain an official
partnership with Cisco, but now only needs one - do you thing that company
XYZ will still hire 4 CCIEs?
Maybe a bunch of CCNPs/CCDPs - who get paid less - would be considered all
that company needs.
Which is where my question was going. Will the market for CCIEs be somewhat
flooded as now there is 4 times the required among of them out there?
When it comes to the question of "why should Cisco determine how many CCIE's
are required" - well, it's their game and they get to call the rules. If
you agree - fine, if not fine too but you don't get to be a member.
Kevin Wigle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Dangerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kevin Wigle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 11 March, 2001 14:08
Subject: RE: off-topic: anyone alarmed?
> My 2p OK,
>
> Why should Cisco determine how many CCIE's are "required" ?
> If they mean for themselves, then fine. If they are cutting back on staff
and
> don't need as many CCIEs then thats their call. But if they are looking to
> produce the same volume of kit, then there will be the same volume of kit
in
> the industry, and hence the same number of people to design, install,
support
> etc...
>
> Steve
>
> >===== Original Message From "Kevin Wigle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
=====
> >on the same topic - almost.........
> >
> >is the new Channel Partner Program that begins this July.
> >
> >Being "only" a Premier Partner I guess I don't get the whole story as it
> >relates to Silver and Gold Partners.
> >
> >However, our local paper ran a large article on the cutbacks at Cisco
> >(Ottawa/Kanata - Silicon North) and that article also said that Cisco is
> >lessening the amount of CCIEs required.
> >
> >It used to be one CCIE for every $10m of product and now it will be one
CCIE
> >for $40m of product.
> >
> >So, that means that companies won't need as many CCIEs as before. Does
this
> >shrink the market for CCIEs? Will this affect whether you want/need to
be a
> >CCIE? Will the market now have a glut of CCIEs since companies don't
need
> >as many any more.
> >
> >What to do think??
> >
> >Kevin Wigle
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dropped Packet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Sunday, 11 March, 2001 01:48
> >Subject: off-topic: anyone alarmed?
> >
> >
> >> http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/03/09/technology/cisco/
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