Networking Specialty

Overview

Intel® is committed to driving advancement in the networking landscape, and the Intel Partner Alliance Networking Specialty seeks to further align the industry to accelerate network innovation. The initiative drives greater technical enablement in the form of testing and benchmarking of solutions, it recognizes industry leaders with go-to-market planning, and it helps strengthen the industry’s relationship with end users.

We give you access to exclusive, partner-only resources and valuable benefits designed and tailored to help you plan, implement, and deliver your Networking solutions.

Networking Specialist benefits include:

  • Focused co-marketing and potential MDF support
  • Networking Specialist badge
  • Promotion on the Intel® Solutions Marketplace
  • Priority invitation to training and events
  • Access to Partner University

How Do I Qualify?

To qualify, partners must first meet the following criteria:

Register for Intel® Partner Alliance

You must be registered for Intel® Partner Alliance to become a Networking Specialist.

Demonstrate a Commercially Available Solution

Must have a commercially available cloud-native solution deployed with a Communications Service Provider or Enterprise network.

Third Generation of Xeon® Scalable Processors

Solution must have 3rd Generation of Xeon Scalable Processors and leverage at least one Intel differentiated platform capability/feature.1

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Product and Performance Information

1Intel® Ethernet Network Adapters, Controllers and Accessories; Intel® vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100; Intel® Quick Assist Technology; Intel® FPGA; Intel® Optane™ Technology; Intel® Tofino™; Intel® Tofino™ 2; SGX; AVX 512; Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI); Intel® Ethernet Controller E810; Intel Distribution of OpenNESS (IDO); Intel Smart Edge; Converged Edge Reference Architecture (CERA); Container Bare Metal Reference Architecture (BMRA); Intel® Select Solutions for network transformation (vRAN, NFVI, uCPE, Visual Cloud Delivery).