Membership levels

Premier level membership is for Business Partners who make a significant investment in IBM products and technologies through a combination of:

• Certifications
• Solutions
• Revenue achievement
• High customer satisfaction
• Joint marketing plans

These Business Partners actively participate with IBM in joint planning and development of a mutually strong relationship to achieve success. IBM, in turn, provides the highest level of marketing, sales and technical support.

Premier level participation for ISVs in the PartnerWorld program is by invitation only.

Qualification for membership levels is based on your company's attainment according to the points table. Points are earned by acquiring skills, developing and selling solutions, driving IBM revenue and achieving customer satisfaction.

View the points table

PartnerWorld membership level across a Worldwide enterprise Although PartnerWorld membership levels are achieved at the country enterprise level, Business Partners with subsidiaries* in multiple countries can carry a higher membership level than they have attained in any one country. This determination is based on a higher membership level attained by another country enterprise. To take advantage of this functionality, your company's country enterprise records must be grouped under a common Worldwide enterprise record. Contact PartnerWorld if you need assistance. The rules for sharing membership levels across a Worldwide enterprise are slightly different for Advanced and Premier level. For Advanced level, if at least one country enterprise has achieved Advanced level, all country enterprises associated with the Worldwide enterprise will receive Advanced level status. The Advanced level will be retained across the Worldwide enterprise until one of the country enterprises makes Premier, at which time the Premier rules would apply, or until the achieved level of all country enterprises drops to Member level. For Premier level, if at least one country enterprise has achieved Premier level, all country enterprises associated with the Worldwide enterprise will receive Advanced level status, at a minimum. Any country enterprise associated with this Worldwide enterprise who meets the minimum skills required for Premier level, even though they haven't met the other requirements, will receive Premier level. The Premier levels will be retained until 1) the country enterprise that met the Premier criteria drops, at which time all the country enterprises will drop to Advanced or Member depending on the drop for the country enterprise which carried the Premier level, or 2) the country enterprise(s) with minimum Premier skills no longer meets the minimum skill requirement.
*	To qualify as a subsidiary in this context, the Business Partner parent/ headquarters must have greater than 50% ownership in each of the subsidiaries.

IBM reserves the right to terminate Advanced or Premier status at any time, for issues pertaining to violations of compliance contract requirements. If you have questions about membership level qualifications, please contact PartnerWorld Contact Services.