System Builder Benefits

General Benefits	Affiliate Partner	Silver Partner	Gold Partner
Welcome Pack	Yes	Yes	Yes
Account Management	Service Desk	Designated Manager	Designated Manager
Partner Programme Certificate	Yes	Yes	Yes
Access to Partner Portal	Yes	Yes	Yes
Partner Newsletter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marketing Benefits
Partner Planning Session	No	Yes	Yes
Use of Ubuntu Trademark and Style Guide	Yes	Yes	Yes
Official Partner Logo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marketing Collateral	Yes	Yes	Yes
Partner listing on Ubuntu.com and Canonical.com	Yes	Yes	Yes
Canonical Website Spotlight	No	No	Yes
Partner Newsletter Spotlight	No	No	Yes
Case Study Eligibility	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shared Events	No	No	Yes
Press Release Support	No	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu Live Discounts	No	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu Compatible Stickers	Subject to Validation	Subject to Validation	Subject to Validation
Ubuntu Certified Stickers	Subject to Validation	Subject to Validation	Subject to Validation
Sales Benefits
Service Revenue	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pre-sales Support	No	No	Yes
Market Development Funds (MDF)	No	No	Yes
Technical Benefits
Product Customisation	No	No	Yes
Ubuntu Compatibility Tool	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu Compatible Validation (see note 1)	1 Platform (free trial)	2 Platforms (free trial)	3 Platforms (free trial)
Ubuntu Lab Certification (see note 1)	No	No	1 Platform (free sample)
System Configuration Support (see note 2)	No	Yes	Yes
Engineering Support Discount	No	Yes	Yes
Sell-through Services Discount	Yes	Yes	Yes
Technical Support Discounts	No	Yes	Yes
Training for technicians and engineers (see note 3)	No	3 Engineers (free trial)	5 Engineers (free trial)
Beta Programme Access	No	Yes	Yes

Note 1: Ubuntu compatible and Ubuntu lab certification is availble on a trial basis only in selected markets including Brazil, Russia, India, China and Taiwan.
Note 2: System configuration support is avialable for trial only in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Taiwan.
Note 3: Trial training for Silver and Gold partners only available in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Taiwan.

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