At 3:23 PM +0000 7/8/02, nrf wrote: >""Chuck"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> not so long as Cisco is making a bundle selling "CCIE" study books and >CCIE >> Lab slots. ;-> > >I doubt that this is a serious concern. If this was Cisco's real >motivation, then why not just go all the way? For example, have "one-hour" >lab exams. Then they could sell many more lab slots per day than they do >now. Or if selling training were the driving goal, then why doesn't Cisco >open its own CCIE bootcamp schools? I swear if they did, all those other >bootcamp schools would lose all the business - because if you were going to >attend one, wouldn't you preferentially want to attend the one run by Cisco >itself? > >I doubt that Cisco sees the CCIE program as a serious profit center. The >profits made must be miniscule compared to the rest of its profit streams. >I think it sees the program as a way to maintain its status as a premier IT >solutions company.
Whenever I've talked to people in Cisco with some knowledge of their strategy, their fundamental motive for the whole certification program is the channels program. They want to be able to offload the TAC support costs to partners, but want also to have some confidence the partners have qualified people. The reality is that some people won't buy Smartnet and then look to the reseller for help. Under my corporate hat, it's sort of funny that way -- our biggest client, for whom we run the technical show, hasn't wanted Smartnet on all its gear -- but WE have Smartnet for every device in the place, even though we have substantial in-house support capability. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48326&t=48268 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
