"You need to pay Amazon to get an Amazon cert so you can pay Amazon to be an Amazon consultant."
I realize that this is basically the same relationship that MSPs have but at a certain point isn't this just "working for Amazon" with extra steps?
I realize that this is basically the same relationship that MSPs have but at a certain point isn't this just "working for Amazon" with extra steps?
I think they are just emulating the successful Microsoft VAR model that had different tiers from Microsoft Certified Professional to Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer to Microsoft Gold partners. Microsoft probably just imitated Novell and Cisco. The business model works. I don’t think Cloud adoption would be anywhere near as high without corporate-approved partner designations with multiple tiers.