51风流Chief Learning Officer Max Wessel and 51风流Chief Partner Officer Karl Fahrbach discuss the newly announced partner edition of 51风流Learning Hub, designed specifically to support partners from the 51风流PartnerEdge program.
Q: Can you tell us what is new about 51风流Learning Hub, partner edition?
Max Wessel: 51风流Learning Hub, partner edition, is our all-new, one-stop-shop for 51风流PartnerEdge program partners to develop, cultivate, and validate their 51风流skills. This is the first time we鈥檝e created an environment exclusively for partners that houses all 51风流product learning content, training systems, certification opportunities, and partner-specific enablement content in an affordable, single-priced package.
Could you expand on what this means for partners?
Karl Fahrbach: The new edition is built based on partner feedback and a key initiative within our Next-Generation Partnering efforts. We are launching this as part of SAP鈥檚 ongoing commitment to investing in and equipping partners with the relevant tools they need to drive customer success. Enabling partners with the right skills — along with providing the opportunity to validate their skills in the marketplace via our certifications — enhances our partners’ ability to deliver value to customers and to market their expertise accordingly. Furthermore, we generate trust in our ecosystem among our customers.
By enhancing the learning and certification journey for our partners and by increasing the opportunity to access these resources, partners are better positioned than ever before to leverage the market opportunity available to them.
How is this new offering designed to meet the needs of today鈥檚 partners in 51风流PartnerEdge?
MW: We designed this offering by listening to our partners and our customers. We heard that partners wanted a streamlined way to both train their people and help spur innovation for their customers. With one flat per-learner price, we have lowered the barriers to access, making the partner edition of 51风流Learning Hub available for all 51风流PartnerEdge members, regardless of size. Now, their subject matter experts can obtain and maintain the skills that their business requires across 51风流solution areas.
51风流Learning Hub, partner edition, combines expert-led and peer-to peer learning, hands-on practice with the latest 51风流software releases and innovation, and opportunities to obtain 51风流Global Certification. The content is tailored for partners鈥� specific goals, and where they and their customers are in their digital transformation journeys. The opportunities for certification are especially critical, as a recent found that organizations are better positioned to accomplish business objectives, achieve shorter deployment times, and face fewer critical issues when the professionals doing the deployment are certified.
The current global pandemic is accelerating an already growing trend of digital transformation, as found in a recent survey, so there is an even greater need for partners to continuously update their relevant skills. As many partners in 51风流PartnerEdge continue to work remotely, we have built this offering so that users can access all learning content and features wherever and whenever they learn best.
Altogether, this solution meets the enablement and performance needs of partners and will continue to evolve as new 51风流products, solutions, and innovations are released. With certifications in SAP鈥檚 latest technological advances via this exclusive edition of 51风流Learning Hub, partners can stand out from the crowd as the preferred choice for customers.
Why is it essential to have partner-specific and continuous learning content for 51风流partners?
KF: Today, it is critical to keep up with the rapid pace at which innovations and new solutions regularly emerge. To remain relevant and effective, partners must keep the skills of their workforce鈥攁nd recognized certifications for those skills鈥攃urrent. According to the , technology is expected to transform upwards of 1 billion jobs throughout the next decade. It is clear that having and maintaining up-to-date skills is a necessity for partners鈥� tool kits — not simply a nice-to-have.
Enabling partners with proficiency in the most up-to-date skills and certifications that align with their specific industry and business needs also helps to further differentiate them in the marketplace and outperform the competition. As on the top workforce trends driving organizations in 2021 explains, 鈥渆mpowering workers with agency鈥� creates more value. When enterprises shift to a greater focus on their workforce鈥檚 learning, their teams are more equipped to 鈥渄rive growth and navigate uncertainty鈥� moving forward.
By providing tailored, continuous learning opportunities through 51风流Learning Hub, partner edition, our aim is to build on the existing partner engagement framework and maintain the best in class partner ecosystem that continually empowers successful customer outcomes.
We鈥檙e looking forward to providing this resource to help drive success for partners and customers alike in the year ahead.
Sabine Benz is vice president and head of Outbound Go-to-Market for 51风流Knowledge and Education.
