Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 25 | Page 33

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY Highlights of ServiceNow’s global partner ecosystem strategy and partner programmes include the following: New global partner segmentation approach ServiceNow has established a new global partner segmentation approach to recognise partners’ expertise across its ecosystem. This will enhance opportunities for partners to differentiate and position their services to joint customers. Within this new framework, partners are segmented according to two sets of criteria: 1) Their breadth and depth of ServiceNow- enabled solutions adoption associated with their practice development and managed service offerings; and 2) Their go-to-market maturity. The former is determined by four key factors, which include: Ÿ Ÿ Capacity, which pertains to the number of people who are certified on ServiceNow technology within the partner organisation INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 25 Ÿ Ÿ Competency, characterised by a partner’s specialisation, which is determined by achieving specific ServiceNow product, solutions and workflow certifications and recognised via ServiceNow’s new ‘Digital Badging System’ Ÿ Ÿ Customer success, as validated by published criteria, including multiple product line, solution and workflow implementations that meet baseline customer satisfaction scores Ÿ Ÿ Capability, with respect to a qualitative assessment of a partner’s Digital Transformation skills, industry domain expertise and global scale Based on these sets of criteria, partners are segmented within one of the following partner categories: Ÿ Ÿ Global Elite Partner: A Global Elite Partner meets all of the ‘Elite Partner’ criteria and has the following characteristics: deep industry domain expertise; Digital Transformation skills, including business process re-engineering Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ and organisation change management; global scale; commitment to achieve a $1billion ServiceNow practice within three-to-five years; and CEO-level commitment to a ServiceNow practice. The attainment of these characteristics is reviewed annually. Elite Partner: An Elite Partner typically specialises in five or more ServiceNow products across the IT and employee experience and customer service workflows and has established operations in multiple geographies. Premier Partner: A Premier Partner typically focuses on fewer than five ServiceNow products in more than one geographic region. Specialist partner: A Specialist Partner typically provides highly specialised skills in a specific area in any one or more ServiceNow product. Registered Partner: A Registered Partner is new to the ServiceNow partner ecosystem, has met the minimum 33