How Data, Not Deals, Will Now Determine Your Cisco 360 Success

For three decades, Cisco’s partner program has evolved from rewarding how much you sell to recognizing how much customer value you deliver and how consistently you deliver it. The new Cisco 360 Partner Program and its Partner Value Index (PVI) make that transformation official.

Your incentive payouts and profitability are now defined not by volume, but by data. And that data proves you’re managing your customers’ full lifecycle, not just landing the deal.

The transition to Cisco 360 is fully underway, and by early 2026 it will be complete. That means your window to align, act, and optimize your score and your Cisco Partner Incentive (CPI) payouts is open right now, but not for long.

From “Bookings” to “Lifecycle”

This isn’t just a program update—it’s a business model reboot.

Cisco 360 evaluates you continuously, across six portfolios: Networking, Security, Cloud & AI Infrastructure, Collaboration, Services, and Splunk.

Your PVI score measures how effectively you:

• Land new customers
• Adopt technology successfully
• Expand usage and value
• Renew with consistent results

Recurring revenue is no longer just about software; it’s the measure of your overall partner health and impact. Partners that orchestrate this full LAER motion and can prove it will win. Those that don’t risk shrinking margins and declining recognition.

The New Challenge: Data Clarity and Competitive Advantage

Cisco 360 raises the bar for partner performance, but it also raises the complexity.

The PVI scores and CPI incentive payouts are now tied directly to your ability to demonstrate lifecycle excellence.

That means you need to understand:

• Where your current PVI strengths and weaknesses lie
• How specific actions (like lifecycle management, cross-portfolio engagement, or AI readiness) can raise your score
• Which customers, deals, and portfolios offer the fastest path to higher incentives

The problem? Most partners don’t have the visibility or analytics needed to see these opportunities clearly or early enough to act.

Your Advantage: Actionable PVI Intelligence from Netformx

That’s where Netformx makes the difference.

You can’t manage what you can’t measure—and we help you do both.

Our PVI Transition Assessment Reports turn your complex Cisco 360 data into a simple roadmap for higher profitability.

Using AI-driven analytics and deep Cisco metric expertise, we show you:

• Your current position across portfolios and lifecycle metrics
• The specific actions you can take to raise your score
• The projected financial impact of those improvements on your CPI payouts

It’s the clarity you need to move from guessing to growing.

Act Now: Your Data Is the Key to Higher Incentives

By January, Cisco will expect measurable progress toward Cisco 360 alignment.

The partners who act now—armed with actionable data—will lock in the scores that position them for bigger incentives and stronger margins.

If you’re already a Netformx ChannelXpert customer, your personalized PVI Transition Assessment is waiting for you. If not, we can get you started and collect the necessary data to prepare your custom report.

Contact us at sales@netformx.com to request your customized Netformx PVI Report, including:

• Actionable steps to raise your PVI score
• Predicted incentive impact based on your actual data
• AI-ready insights to strengthen customer outcomes and profitability

Don’t let your competitors get ahead while you’re still calculating.

With Netformx, your data becomes your advantage—and your advantage becomes profit.

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