SPECIALIZATIONS AND EXPERTISE

Specializations signal your capabilities
- Four technical credentials earned by your employees in the specialization area
- Three customer success stories, acknowledging that Google technology and your services have addressed a business need
- Two customer engagements with your documented approach to your design, build, and implementation methodologies
- Business plan with your capacity and investment in the specialization area

All Specializations
- Services Implementor - Partners at this level are certified to implement the design, develop, and deploy services in the Apigee API Management platform.
- Architecture Implementor - Partners at this level are certified to design and recommend distributed architecture of the Apigee API Management Platform in on-premise, SaaS and hybrid models.
- DevOps Implementor - Partners at this level are certified to manage a single-instance or cluster configuration of the Apigee API Management Platform. This includes the maintenance, troubleshooting and first line of support.
- Developer Portal Implementor - Prtners at this level are certified to implement advanced custom implementations of the Apigee Developer Portal Marketplace, The platform provides advanced portal capabilities but sometimes customers deemand custom solutions.
PROGRAMS
- Lifecycle Development in Apigee
Partners at this level are certified to implement the design, develop, and deploy services in the Apigee API Management platform.
- Distributed Architecture Designing in Apigee
The Apigee platform can run in SaaS, on-premise, clustered, distributed architecture and requires specializations to define these architecture for customer solutions. Partners with this specialization are able to drop in and review customer requires and define thee appropriate architecture for their solution in Apigee.
- DevOps Services
The Apigee platform can run in a SaaS environment which allows Google to manage and maintain the infrastructure. Sometimes, customers perfer to run the platform in other cloud infrastructures or on-premise. In these secenarions, customers might need the expertise of partners of managing and maintaining the platform and provide first line of support.
- Advanced Developer Portal Implementor
The Apigee Platform provides the capabilities for defining and configuring in-line portals and Drupa portals using the out-of-the-box developer portal framework. This specialization allows for the partner to quickly brand and standup the portals. In addition, many customers would like to expand the role of the portal and customize not just the branding but functionality as well. Partners with the specialization can carry this functon as well