Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Join the Openbravo Certified Professionals!

When your car breaks, you normally have a few options:
  • repair it yourself
  • take it to your cousin's friend who is a mechanic
  • take it to the dealer's garage
All three options serve a purpose, however, if your car is mission critical for your daily work, which option will you take? In such a situation the third option is most often the prudent one to take because:
  • you can get a substitute car for the day and still be able to go about your work
  • you will get warranty on work done
  • original replacement parts and tools will be used
  • the mechanics are properly trained and know what they are doing
Analogous to the above situation, why take risks when it comes to implementation and maintenance of such a mission critical software such as an ERP? Numerous vendors base their channel business on certified partners. For example, this year's Red Hat Partner Summit in Valencia was a reassuring event in this aspect as several sessions emphasized the importance of official training and certification within their ecosystem. Here at Openbravo, we like to relate to Red Hat's successful strategy and strive to perfect our channel driven business as well.

Consequently, becoming an Openbravo Certified Consultant has never been easier:
  • It's affordable, the Foundation level exams cost 150EUR (price is region dependant) and include 2 takes. Even better, the certification exam is now automatically included in our courses ( see http://www.openbravo.com/services/training/ )
  • It's easy to learn the topics covered using our extensive wiki documentation and the official courses offered
  • Enrollment only takes a few clicks
  • The Foundation level exams take 80 minutes and 50 multiple questions
And, there are good reasons to become one:
  1. Take the opportunity to improve your knowledge of Openbravo ERP
  2. Upgrade your partnership level and receive better visibility on our website ( http://www.openbravo.com/partners/find-partners-support/ )
  3. Improve your professional recognition with customers using the Openbravo Certified logo
  4. ...and more goodies for the certified members are coming soon!
Join the team of certified Openbravo professionals today at http://www.openbravo.com/services/certification/ !