Are there Guardium certs?
There is a Guardium sales cert (M75) and a Guardium technical cert (M194) available now. Both are part of the Optim list of eligible certs, so BP’s can chose to get authorized for Optim via Guardium certs or Optim certs…or a mixture of the two. While existing Optim partners will be authorized to sell Guardium, we will be pushing partners that want to sell Guardium to take the certs for Guardium. We can’t stop an Optim partner from selling Guardium and vice-versa, but we’ll encourage partners to get skilled on both. Discounts The VAD discounts will be the exact same as Optim is today. Contacts There are two Guardium contacts that we can leverage if we have questions on deals, the portfolio, or the onboarding of new Guardium BP’s. Hank Robert IBM Software Group, Information Management North American Channel Manager for Guardium Marlton, NJ Phone: 1-609-268-2727 Mobile: 1-609-502-1792 E-mail: hroberti@us.ibm.com Chris Allen IBM Software Group, Information Management AVP, North America C
