CS Holdings has been appointed IBM`s only Lotus Authorised Education Centre (LAEC) in SA, and is to provide training on all Lotus Domino products, including Systems Administration, Lotus Helpdesk and Software Developer.
"Our focus is to continually provide professional, high-quality best-of-breed public, enterprise and end-user training on Lotus Domino products as an extension of the IBM software group methodologies," says CS Holdings business development executive Deon Botha. "We regard this appointment as a strategic alliance which will enable us to gain more exposure into IBM."
IBM SWG channel manager South and Central Africa Craig Hockley says the status was awarded to CS Holdings owing to the company`s national presence, solid experience in education and flexible solution offering.
"Part of our strategy moving forward is to raise the bar across our three Member, Advanced and Premier business partner levels," he continues. "Consequently, CS Holdings will be joining our Partner World for Software channel programme as a business partner responsible for the provision of education solutions to the IBM channel."
Says Botha: "Our objective is to work with the business partners in upgrading their Lotus Domino skills levels, one of the four pillars of IBM software products. We will assist them in doing a skills audit, helping them to grow their capabilities so that they can move to the next business partner level and thus ultimately enhance their offering to their client base, while simultaneously improving their relationship with IBM.
"The end-result is an IBM channel of highly skilled implementers and integrators, as well as a training provider that can train the end-users on the correct use of the software. It`s a win-win solution for all parties involved," he concludes.
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