D&H To Offer Jan. 24 Meraki Cloud Webcast, Plus Cisco Meraki360 Training Schedule

New Cisco Trainings from the Distributor Include a Technical Meraki Lab Webcast, Plus D&H’s Ongoing CiscoPRO Meraki360 Training Series, To Help VARs Sell More Hosted Offerings

D&H Distributing, the leading North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, will offer two different Cisco training vehicles focused on the Meraki cloud-based solutions starting in January, to educate its resellers on how to increase their core competencies and sell more cloud-based IT services, including a streamed webcast, and a schedule of Cisco “Meraki360” training courses at locations around the country.

The first offering is a web-based technical streaming media session conducted through D&H’s renowned Solutions Lab. The “Cloud Managed IT: The Cisco Meraki Full Stack Story” broadcast will take place on January 24 at 2:00 p.m. EST. It will be presented by D&H’s Cisco Solutions Specialist team, comprised by Jeff Hunt, Rusty Kern, and Aaron Shelton, and is at no cost for D&H VARs, who can register at www.dandh.com/SolutionsLab.

The D&H Solutions Lab session will walk resellers through a demonstration of the Cisco Meraki product portfolio, which can help D&H resellers profit from a hosted management offering. The Cisco Meraki Cloud solution provides centralized management, visibility, and control of the end-user’s networks, without the cost and complexity of controller appliances or overlay management software. The products incorporate real time web-based diagnostics, monitoring, reporting and more. Attendees can pose questions for the D&H team during a live Q&A session at the end of the webcast.

In addition, D&H has been authorized to offer Cisco’s Meraki360 one-day training event for D&H Cisco Registered Partners and above, beginning in early February. The course will be offered live at a series of locations in states including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and New York; in addition to virtual session opportunities. Meraki360 is a one-day CiscoPRO training course designed to help system engineers become familiar with configuration scenarios and sales strategies for the full end-to-end solution, including security, switching, wireless, voice, video, and EMM (enterprise mobile management). D&H is one of few distributors designated to maintain an in-house Meraki-certified trainer for this purpose: Jeff Hunt from D&H’s Cisco team will present the material on behalf of the vendor. The sessions will be offered through May of 2017 and are of no cost to D&H resellers.

Upon completion of the Meraki360 course, qualified partners can receive a $1,000 voucher to be applied towards future Cisco Meraki purchases, in addition to a free Meraki MR32 802.11AC Access Point unit and a three-year Cloud Management License (restrictions may apply). Resellers can register at https://dandh.wufoo.com/forms/dh-ciscopro-training-meraki360/ or email DHCiscoEvents@dandh.com with questions.

“D&H is committed to helping its customer base increase its Cisco business, in addition to enhancing its expertise on top-flight hosted solutions like Cisco Meraki,” said Peter Gambino, director of Cisco sales at D&H Distributing. “Resellers can gain a working knowledge of the Cisco Meraki products at our technical webcast, then proceed with the Meraki360 program for more comprehensive training. Such in-depth access to one of the most versatile cloud-based management solutions in the industry can help our customers take advantage of lucrative hosted services opportunities.”

D&H customers can visit the above links or call (800) 340-1001 to speak with their account representatives for further information.

About D&H Distributing
D&H Distributing believes the most important element of doing business is developing relationships for mutual success. The company continues to build upon its 99-year-old culture by providing its manufacturers, co-owners, and partners with the utmost customer care, consultative guidance and multi-market expertise. As one of North America’s leading technology distributors, it delivers a wealth of enablement resources and hands-on support services that empower resellers in the IT channel.

The company engages with solution providers, integrators, and VARs to meet current business challenges, as well as forecast their evolving, real-world needs and prospects for lucrative growth opportunities. D&H maintains a special focus on independent VARs expanding their competencies in areas such as hosted and cloud services, the modern mobile workplace, comprehensive SMB server networks, and cross-market expertise across the small business, education, healthcare, and government verticals, to name a few. The company's value proposition includes professional marketing resources, a new transactional service model, dedicated Solutions Specialists, and a highly-lauded webcast training venue; plus reseller engagement events such as technology trade shows, roundtable opportunities, training “track” sessions, and hands-on "lab" sessions.

The distributor is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, in the US and in Brampton, Ontario, in Canada. Additional warehouses are located in Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; and Fresno, CA. For more information, visit www.dandh.com.