Solution Providers – partners who add value by providing a complete solution through the design, plan and deployment of sophisticated virtualization solutions to meet the technical and business needs of their customers. Corporate Resellers – partners who provide customers with complete virtualization solutions through their multiple sales segments, including call centers, field sales, vertical sales and software licensing expertise. Global System Integrators & Outsourcers – partners who help define, implement and consult on a strategic virtualization platform to large enterprise organizations. Service Providers – Hosting providers, service providers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or sales partners that acquire and use VMware software to provide virtualization infrastructure and operations services to third-party end-customers in a hosted environment. System Builders – Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who build and brand their own computer system hardware from individual components for resell. .Technology Providers (ISV/IHV) - Partners that specialize in developing, marketing, and selling their own packaged applications that complement virtualization software solutions for niche markets.
VMware Solution Competency - VMware designation of expertise for partners who have the knowledge and experience in deploying VMware Virtualization solutions. Infrastructure Virtualization Competency - Partners who have demonstrated their level of knowledge and expertise in virtualizing and consolidating server environments using VMware Virtualization solutions Business Continuity Competency - Partners who have demonstrated their level of knowledge and expertise in deploying VMware solutions for data protection, high availability and disaster recovery Desktop Virtualization Competency - Partners who have demonstrated their level of knowledge and expertise in deploying VMware solutions for virtualized desktops and applications VMware Authorized Consultant - Partners who have the expertise in delivering consulting services and solutions leveraging VMware technology
Premier Partner Level - Premier level partners are VMware’s most qualified partners and have earned the highest partner designation by completing advanced sales and technical training while demonstrating over time repeated success in designing, planning, hosting and/or deploying across multiple VMware virtualization solution areas. Enterprise Partner Level - Enterprise level partners have demonstrated expertise in helping customers with their infrastructure virtualization solutions based on VMware technology and have completed sales and technical implementation training. Professional Partner Level - Professional level partners have achieved sales and high-level technical training on VMware infrastructure virtualization.