Intelisys Cloud Services University Launches New Wireless/IoT Professional Certification

New Industry Leading Sales Training for Channel Sales Professionals

Petaluma, CA – September 23, 2019 – Intelisys, Inc., a ScanSource company, and the nation’s leading provider of technology services, has released a brand new certification track on Intelisys Cloud Services University (iCSU), available at CloudServicesUniversity.com.

By 2021, estimated IoT revenue opportunities will grow to just under $1 trillion. The self-paced, web-based Wireless/IoT Solutions Professional certification track delivers in-depth education on how to effectively sell wireless and IoT, in particular how to understand customer business needs and goals, identify wireless and IoT opportunities and approach new opportunities in new verticals.

“The widespread adoption of cloud, combined with advances in wireless and IoT technologies, are generating new areas of opportunity for businesses in all industries, and robust new revenue streams for our Sales Partners,” said Raymond Nelson, Intelisys’ Vice President of Solutions Engineering. “Attaining this certification through Cloud Services University will position Sales Partners to take full advantage of the emerging marketplace and provide best-in-class solutions to their customers as experts in the wireless and IoT space.”

Participants will learn about wireless and IoT technology and the ways they fit into an overall business and network strategy; key features of wireless and IoT equipment that will help channel sales professionals identify client opportunities; how to understand client needs and requirements when recommending an IoT solution; how to recommend effective solutions with deliverable results; and much more.

As digital transformation plays a key role in accelerating the shift to cloud, resources like Intelisys Cloud Services University provide a valuable incentive to channel sales professionals. Currently, more than 5,100 certifications have been achieved by iCSU attendees.

Participants acquire core curriculum lessons developed and delivered by Intelisys Solutions Engineer Bob Faber, as well as lessons and targeted deep dives by iCSU’s world-leading wireless and IoT Supplier Sponsors, including Advantix Solutions Group, Broad Sky Networks, Globalgig, Matrix, and Viasat.

“Broad Sky is proud to partner with Intelisys to provide in-depth content for the new Wireless and IoT Certification available through Cloud Services University (iCSU),” says Maureen Donovan, Broad Sky, EVP, Sales and Marketing. “4G LTE Advanced and 5G technologies are significantly changing the network landscape. Sales Partners with certified knowledge in cellular technology, satellite solutions for remote locations, and hybrid networks will be well-positioned to win in the Wireless and IoT space.”

The self-paced Wireless/IoT Professional certification track is the 9th certification track offered through iCSU. The eight additional certification tracks include Telecom Solutions Professional, UK Telecom Solutions Professional, Advanced Data Networking Solutions Professional, UCaaS Solutions, Network & Data Security, Cloud Computing Solutions Professional, Advanced Cloud Methodology Expert, and CCaaS Solutions Professional, which can be accessed on CloudServicesUniversity.com.

About Intelisys, a ScanSource company
Intelisys, a ScanSource company, is the nation’s leading Technology Services Provider of business communications services, including voice, data, access, cable, collaboration, wireless and cloud. Intelisys is dedicated to one thing – serving the needs and accelerating the success of the industry’s top producing telecom sales agents, IT Solution Providers, VARs, MSPs and integrators, as they leverage the power of recurring revenue in their businesses. Under contract with more than 160 of the world’s leading telecom carriers, cloud services providers and technology partners, Intelisys delivers the services end users demand exclusively through a network of Sales Partners, supporting those Sales Partners via the most exceptional back office support team ever assembled in the channel.

Intelisys is a part of ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC), a leading provider of technology products and solutions. ScanSource is at the center of the technology solution delivery channel, connecting businesses and providing solutions for their complex needs. ScanSource sells through multiple, specialized routes-to-market with digital, physical product and services offerings from the world’s leading suppliers of point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, cloud and telecom services.

ScanSource enables its sales partners to create, deliver and manage solutions for end-customers across almost every vertical market. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, ScanSource was named one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in South Carolina and on FORTUNE magazine’s 2019 List of World’s Most Admired Companies. ScanSource ranks #643 on the Fortune 1000.

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