PHOTO GALLERY: Cisco rewards its top resellers

The Q4 channel partner incentive program, called Turbo Challenge, recognises partners who sell to SMB customers who have less than 250 employees.

Cisco hosted the top two Cisco and two Linksys partners from each state of Australia and New Zealand at the Sofitel Manor in Werribee, Victoria.

All the partner account managers and pre-sales engineers were invited to the winners’ event.

Day one included Rally driving, four wheel off-road obstacle course and a ride on top of an Army Tank followed by a gala dinner hosted by Les Williamson VP Cisco A/NZ and guest speaker para-olympian Mark Inglis.

Day two included a breakfast seminar to share Cisco’s vision with its partners for the future, why partner with Cisco, how to maximise Cisco Capital, marketing, Channels and Linksys integration.

“Turbo Challenge will continue to be a integral part of the FY09 Channel marketing incentive program, with a new version of the channel incentive program to be launched in the next few weeks,” said Josephine Lanzarone, marketing manager, Cisco.

Resellers who attended the event include; Bizo Services, ComputerCorp, Copperwire, Denver Technology, Digital Genius, Edunet Computer Services, Ingram Micro, Intelligent IP, Internode.

Also; Multipro ICT Services, Oriel Technologies, Pride Business Solutions, R-NAS International, Subnet
Symbio Networks, Techno Phobia, The Missing Link and The Total Team.