Partnership Program
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Partnership Program
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The Ubuntu partnership program is designed to encourage, recognise and endorse Ubuntu expertise and commercial initiatives. It is structured to foster a healthy ecosystem surrounding Ubuntu, to highlight those companies with certified expertise in Ubuntu and a deeper relationship to Canonical.
Levels
The program offers three progressive levels of partnership based on a points system that rewards certified technical expertise, commercial initiative and services offered. The scoring criteria are defined in the next section. Partner levels are:
* Level I: Ubuntu Affiliate
* Level II: Ubuntu Partner
* Level III: Ubuntu Gold Partner
All levels of partnership entitle members to use a specific Ubuntu partner logo, and a preferred listing in the Ubuntu Marketplace, a web directory of Ubuntu-related goods and services. Additional benefits are available at each partnership level. For example, at the Partner and Gold Partner level, we will share leads for business opportunities that match your skills and geographic focus with your organisation. Details of each level are described below. Each of the partnership tiers requires the partner to have a specific number of Partner Points, earned by certifying internal skills, or actual contribution to the Ubuntu project.
Affiliates
The Ubuntu Affiliate program is designed to recognise organisations around the world that have taken steps to certify the Ubuntu skills of their developers and support staff. These companies are likely to be able to resolve typical installation and deployment issues that may arise, and handle desktop support for end users of Ubuntu.
Partners
Ubuntu Partners are organisations which have demonstrated a higher level of Ubuntu expertise and which have a commercial relationship with Canonical. Ubuntu Partners participate in the development of Ubuntu and are able to help shape the future direction of the distribution. Typically, they are companies that consider Ubuntu to be a key part of their business strategy.
Gold Partners
Ubuntu Gold Partners are the highest tier in our partnership program. This status is awarded to organisations which have extensive Ubuntu expertise, demonstrated over a wide range of activities. They have a significant number of developers and support personnel with certified Ubuntu skills and are able to address complex technical issues around the deployment, customisation and management of large networks of computers running Ubuntu.
Partner Point Scoring Criteria
The table below defines the point earning possibilities for you as an Ubuntu Partner. This table is subject to occasional changes, but any changes will not affect the status of existing Partnership agreements. If you have additional experience that you believe to be relevant to your application, but is not explicitly covered in the table below, please contact partners@ubuntu.com to discuss.
Category Points
Ubuntu Certified Professionals1 7 points per full time employee currently holding Ubuntu Certified Professional status
Ubuntu Maintainers 10 points per full time employee who is also a member of the main uploaders team in Ubuntu
Customer References
* 5 points for deployments < 50 desktops/5 servers
* 10 points for deployments >= 50 desktops/5 servers
* 5 additional points for case studies suitable for publication on our website
Certified Software 40 points per application successfully certified on Ubuntu. — This application should be one that is wholly owned and / or developed by the applicant company.
Certified Hardware 40 points per system successfully certified on Ubuntu. — This includes any hardware architecture that is supported by Ubuntu.
Ubuntu training courses 1 point per 5 people trained by the applicant. — These are end users or customers of the applicant company.
Pre-installed Ubuntu 1 point per 10 computers sold with Ubuntu pre-installed
Escalation support contracts
* 5 points for deployments < 50 desktops/5 servers
* 10 points for deployments >= 50 desktops/5 servers
These are in addition to any points earned under the Customer References section for the same deployments.
Longevity of relationship 10 points per year of participation in the Ubuntu Partnership Program
Launchpad Activity 5 points for each full time employee in the top 100 Launchpad users at the time application is made.
Derivative Distributions2
* 5 points for each Ubuntu derivative distribution that is actively managed by the organisation on behalf of a specific customer or user group.
* 10 points for each Ubuntu derivative distribution managed by the organisation using Launchpad for distribution publishing.
Ubuntu Advocacy 2 points for each event or conference at which the company is visibly associated with the Ubuntu project.
1 Details of the Ubuntu Certified Professional scheme will be announced shortly
2 The definition of a derivative is to be found on the Ubuntu Partnership website
Terms and Conditions
Each level of partnership is subject to the following terms and conditions.
* Status is granted for a 12 month period.
* Renewal requires requalification. Points earned for specific events or actions and previously used to gain status within the program cannot automatically be used for renewal. Points based on Ubuntu Certified Professionals will carry over if the engineer is still employed. Customer deployment reference or pre-installation points cannot be reused. Ubuntu Certified Software and Ubuntu Certified Hardware points can carry over if the product is still actively being marketed and sold. Points earned through escalation support contracts cannot be reapplied.
* Partners must abide by the logo usage guidelines, both for the Ubuntu logo and for the partner/affiliate logos.
* Partners can only claim the partnership status for the period for which it is granted.
* Rules of the program can change at any time; any partner status which has already been granted will not be affected by those changes.
* Canonical is the arbitrator of points to be awarded.
* Fees cited are exclusive of VAT or any other applicable sales tax.
* Participating organisation must provide and maintain a single point of contact.
* Send this page to somebody
The Ubuntu partnership program is designed to encourage, recognise and endorse Ubuntu expertise and commercial initiatives. It is structured to foster a healthy ecosystem surrounding Ubuntu, to highlight those companies with certified expertise in Ubuntu and a deeper relationship to Canonical.
Levels
The program offers three progressive levels of partnership based on a points system that rewards certified technical expertise, commercial initiative and services offered. The scoring criteria are defined in the next section. Partner levels are:
* Level I: Ubuntu Affiliate
* Level II: Ubuntu Partner
* Level III: Ubuntu Gold Partner
All levels of partnership entitle members to use a specific Ubuntu partner logo, and a preferred listing in the Ubuntu Marketplace, a web directory of Ubuntu-related goods and services. Additional benefits are available at each partnership level. For example, at the Partner and Gold Partner level, we will share leads for business opportunities that match your skills and geographic focus with your organisation. Details of each level are described below. Each of the partnership tiers requires the partner to have a specific number of Partner Points, earned by certifying internal skills, or actual contribution to the Ubuntu project.
Affiliates
The Ubuntu Affiliate program is designed to recognise organisations around the world that have taken steps to certify the Ubuntu skills of their developers and support staff. These companies are likely to be able to resolve typical installation and deployment issues that may arise, and handle desktop support for end users of Ubuntu.
Partners
Ubuntu Partners are organisations which have demonstrated a higher level of Ubuntu expertise and which have a commercial relationship with Canonical. Ubuntu Partners participate in the development of Ubuntu and are able to help shape the future direction of the distribution. Typically, they are companies that consider Ubuntu to be a key part of their business strategy.
Gold Partners
Ubuntu Gold Partners are the highest tier in our partnership program. This status is awarded to organisations which have extensive Ubuntu expertise, demonstrated over a wide range of activities. They have a significant number of developers and support personnel with certified Ubuntu skills and are able to address complex technical issues around the deployment, customisation and management of large networks of computers running Ubuntu.
Partner Point Scoring Criteria
The table below defines the point earning possibilities for you as an Ubuntu Partner. This table is subject to occasional changes, but any changes will not affect the status of existing Partnership agreements. If you have additional experience that you believe to be relevant to your application, but is not explicitly covered in the table below, please contact partners@ubuntu.com to discuss.
Category Points
Ubuntu Certified Professionals1 7 points per full time employee currently holding Ubuntu Certified Professional status
Ubuntu Maintainers 10 points per full time employee who is also a member of the main uploaders team in Ubuntu
Customer References
* 5 points for deployments < 50 desktops/5 servers
* 10 points for deployments >= 50 desktops/5 servers
* 5 additional points for case studies suitable for publication on our website
Certified Software 40 points per application successfully certified on Ubuntu. — This application should be one that is wholly owned and / or developed by the applicant company.
Certified Hardware 40 points per system successfully certified on Ubuntu. — This includes any hardware architecture that is supported by Ubuntu.
Ubuntu training courses 1 point per 5 people trained by the applicant. — These are end users or customers of the applicant company.
Pre-installed Ubuntu 1 point per 10 computers sold with Ubuntu pre-installed
Escalation support contracts
* 5 points for deployments < 50 desktops/5 servers
* 10 points for deployments >= 50 desktops/5 servers
These are in addition to any points earned under the Customer References section for the same deployments.
Longevity of relationship 10 points per year of participation in the Ubuntu Partnership Program
Launchpad Activity 5 points for each full time employee in the top 100 Launchpad users at the time application is made.
Derivative Distributions2
* 5 points for each Ubuntu derivative distribution that is actively managed by the organisation on behalf of a specific customer or user group.
* 10 points for each Ubuntu derivative distribution managed by the organisation using Launchpad for distribution publishing.
Ubuntu Advocacy 2 points for each event or conference at which the company is visibly associated with the Ubuntu project.
1 Details of the Ubuntu Certified Professional scheme will be announced shortly
2 The definition of a derivative is to be found on the Ubuntu Partnership website
Terms and Conditions
Each level of partnership is subject to the following terms and conditions.
* Status is granted for a 12 month period.
* Renewal requires requalification. Points earned for specific events or actions and previously used to gain status within the program cannot automatically be used for renewal. Points based on Ubuntu Certified Professionals will carry over if the engineer is still employed. Customer deployment reference or pre-installation points cannot be reused. Ubuntu Certified Software and Ubuntu Certified Hardware points can carry over if the product is still actively being marketed and sold. Points earned through escalation support contracts cannot be reapplied.
* Partners must abide by the logo usage guidelines, both for the Ubuntu logo and for the partner/affiliate logos.
* Partners can only claim the partnership status for the period for which it is granted.
* Rules of the program can change at any time; any partner status which has already been granted will not be affected by those changes.
* Canonical is the arbitrator of points to be awarded.
* Fees cited are exclusive of VAT or any other applicable sales tax.
* Participating organisation must provide and maintain a single point of contact.
