PARTNERSHIP FEATURES & BENEFITS AT GLANCE

* only for OEM partners.
** only applicable at the time of volume purchase
*** MCTC: Mandriva Certified Training Center

To extend your level from Gold to Platinum, please contact us
bispartner at mandriva dot com

Partner Membership Requirements

• Annual Program Fee: Standard-free; Silver-$599 annually / 483€ annually; Gold-$1,499 annually / 1210€ annually.

• Website: Partner must have a functioning website.

• Business Plan: Gold partners will be required to have a business plan.

• Revenue Commitment: Gold Members must have annual Mandriva purchases, subject to channel chosen.

• Contract: One year contract specifying the basis of the partnership, revisable annually.

Base Benefits

• Mandriva Products & Services: All Mandriva partners have substantial discount according to corresponding level.

• Partner Online platform: Free access to partner online platform where the partner can find discounts on Mandriva's products, services and goodies.
  http://www.mandriva.com/partners
  

• Mandriva Partner Welcome Kit (Not For Resale): the Welcome Partner Kit includes the full range of Mandriva products:

- Silver partners can choose 2 products from Personal range.
- Gold partners can choose 2 products from Personal and 2 products from Professional.
* For detailed product information please visit http://www.mandriva.com/en/range

• Partner Knowledge Base Wiki: Access to Mandriva Partner Club Forum, to the Knowledge Base, where partners can obtain advice, and access to Partner's Chat Rooms.

• Mandriva Product Maintenance Account: Access to Mandriva's online account for updates / bugfixes / patches / new drivers etc. www.mandriva.com/individuals/services/mandrivaonline

• Credit Term: Subject to pre-defined terms & conditions as mentioned in payment terms.

• Beta/Community Software: Partners will have access to all new beta software much in advance, before the official product release.

• Product Customization *: Partners will be allowed to participate in developing the software with the R&D department and the Quality Assurance labs of Mandriva for customized applications development.

• Status as Authorized Mandriva Partner: Obtain official Certificate as Authorized Partner.

• Partner Workshops: Partner knowledge workshops will be conducted regularly. There will be both commercial workshops and technical workshops.

• Volume Discount Pricing Option: To find full information about features and benefits of Volume Purchase Option, please visit http://www.mandriva.com/partners/volume_purchase_option

• Authorization to Display Partner Logo : According to their level of subscription, partners may be allowed to use the Mandriva Affiliated logo on their website, point of sales material, stationery.
  Logos
  

• OEM Program **: Special partner program for OEMs to increase their benefits.

• Hardware Certification Kit *: Special OEM kit designed for self-certification.

* customization & princing will be defined by R&D manager.
** only for OEM partners.

Development Support Benefits

• Dedicated Manager: Specific attention to each partner with a personal Mandriva dedicated manager.

• Mandriva Manual / Guide: Tools to help you better understand Linux and its functionalities.
  * Mandriva Linux: The Definitive Guide
  * Server Essentials Handbook
  

• Priority Mandriva Support *: One-on-one support by an experienced Mandriva engineer to be provided to partners on a priority basis.

• Direct Communication with Marketing & Sales Team: Direct communication with the marketing and sales team, via email, phone or on-site visit, to help develop business opportunities and provide necessary support.

• Pre-sales Consultancy on Mandriva Linux Projects **: Partners will be allowed to interact with our Consultancy team (on specific projects).

• Product Announcement Roadmap: Preview to all the new launches and roadmap of the entire product range.

• News Flashes / Newsletters: Receive the latest information on future releases of Mandriva software, new promotions, and the latest news, all delivered directly to you via email.

* support scope & pricing will be defined by support manager
** consultancy & pricing will be defined by consultancy team.

Co-Marketing Opportunities

• Web Listing of Partner: To enhance global visibility, authorized partners will be listed on Mandriva's web site.

• Joint Public Relations: Take advantage of being more visible and of having more communication through a joint press release with Mandriva.

• Product & Company Presentations: Priority access to Mandriva's product presentations.

• Competitor Products Comparison Presentation: Updated on-line comparison of competitors' products.

• Product Sheets: Receive detailed technical aspects of the products and selling arguments.

• Mandriva Products Comparison Sheet: Feature differences among Mandriva's products.

• Posters / Stickers / Mouse Pads: Enhance your point of sales or presentation with Mandriva's posters, stickers and mouse pads.

• Box Design Layout **: Access to the Mandriva design department for consultancy and authorization to use our Box design (locally).

• Support at Conferences and Other Events: Discuss the possibility of support from Mandriva representatives at your local events and conferences. Final graphic layout will be validated by Design & Marketing team.

• Partner Marketing Opportunity: The possibility to be supported by Mandriva in local marketing efforts through Marketing Development Fund (MDF). Percentage fund to be allocated according to partner's revenue generation on a quarterly basis.

Training Benefits

• Mandriva Certified Training Center (MCTC): Optional annuel subscription fee for Mandriva Training program.
  For more information about MCTC please visit www.mandriva.com/partners/training
  

• Mandriva online training platform: Mandriva offer local mirror for e-Training with modules of lessons.

• Discount on Volume purchase of training material: As a training partner, you have 20% discount on all the training material.

• Authorization to display Training Partner Logo: Once the training partnership is validated, partner will receive a certificate and a logo.

• Rental Virtual Classroom (online synchronous server): Mandriva offers partner's online training server. If partner want to propose eTraining lessons with synchronous tools of collaborative work like webcam, applications sharing etc.

• Purchase - Virtual Classroom (online synchronous server): Mandriva proposes several possibilities to purchase a synchronous training server.

• Certification of training material: Mandriva can validate & certify partner personal training lessons if needed

• Proofreading: Mandriva can provide professional proofreading services on demand

• LPI examination session: Mandriva can organize examination sessions for partner for conducting LPI certification exams and Mandriva certification exams.

• Rental - Training room in Paris: Mandriva can provide professional training room in Paris for 10 students with full infrastructure.

Platinum Level Benefits

• Mandriva Personalized URL: Partners may be allowed to have a personalized URL to be more visible in their country. It will depend upon availability, results and value creation. e.g. www.partner_company_name.mandriva.com

• Personalized Mandriva Email: Partner may have Partner's own personal Mandriva email. It will depend upon availability, results and value creation. e.g. partner_company_name@mandriva.com

Mandriva reserves the right to revise program specifications without notice.

Contact email: bispartner at mandriva dot com

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