Product Certification Programs
The VeriTest® service of Lionbridge is the leading manager of third-party certification programs for major technology platforms around the globe. We have launched and operated all the Windows certification programs on behalf of Microsoft Corporation since 1994, as well as significant programs on behalf of HP, AT&T, Sage Software, and many others.
For information on a specific certification program, please click here.
Why create your own product certification program?
If your company is introducing a new technology platform, or you plan to expand the market reach of your existing platform, you need to establish effective partnerships with third-party independent software vendors (ISVs) and independent hardware vendors (IHVs). You also need to establish credibility for your extended product ecosystem among purchasers, analysts and the channel.
A well-designed and executed product certification program can achieve all these goals—as well as dramatically reducing your own support costs.
When you sponsor such a program, you can:
- Attract ISV and IHV support for your technology
- Increase IT decision-maker confidence in the quality and viability of your technology platform
- Lower your costs to support partners and customers
- Extend your technology brand awareness
- Win ISV and IHV commitment to your technical roadmap
- Reward partners who develop products optimized to your technology platform
- Create catalogs of qualified third-party applications and products
Build Your Certification Program with VeriTest Services from Lionbridge
Lionbridge provides a complete menu of custom and turnkey services to support sponsors of product certification programs.
Program Technical Design and Development
- Product certification test policies and criteria
- Test specifications, plans, and frameworks
- Test tools and automation processes
Program Marketing Services
- Development and execution of partner recruiting plans
- Proactive outbound participant recruitment worldwide
- Program marketing collateral, including white papers, quick-start guides, and ROI studies
- Integrated Web site presence, including development of web content, test registration, catalogs of tested products, and web activity analysis — all elements can be localized as program needs evolve
Technical Operations
- Global test execution
- Flexible and scalable delivery options
- Customer site testing
- Pre-certification testing and support services
Administrative and Customer Support
- Multilingual program administration on a worldwide basis
- Turnkey online registration back-end processes
- Online status dashboards for sponsors and participants
- Datafeeds to support project status and web publishing engines
Lionbridge Advantages
Through this VeriTest service, Lionbridge provides consulting on the entire partner certification lifecycle, from creating marketing benefits to developing test tools. We then deploy test programs as needed throughout our worldwide labs, and provide full administration of the testing process:
- Well-known provider of independent testing
- Trusted by IT decision-makers, systems integrators, ISVs and IHVs
- Unparalleled experience and thought leadership in designing, launching, and managing product certification programs
- Flexible service delivery, utilizing on-site, near-site, and offshore models
- Scalable resources to support small communities of 50 or fewer partners, or thousands of annual certifications
- Worldwide orientation, supporting in-country points-of-contact and complete localization capabilities
Participants find that the VeriTest team provides a friendly and responsive testing service, and goes the extra mile to provide in-depth technical and administrative support of the certification programs we administer.
Learn More
To view more details on each of the certification programs that VeriTest manages, see the list of brands on the left of this page. (English only)
For more information about Certification Programs at VeriTest, please contact Steve Nemzer at steve_nemzer@veritest.com or +1 310-636-8680.
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