Global Cisco Award for Outstanding Enablement Initiatives

Fast Lane Named Cisco Derivative Work Learning Partner of the Year 2025

November, 2025 – Cisco has honored Fast Lane as the Global Cisco Derivative Work Learning Partner of the Year 2025. The award was presented during the Learn with Cisco Award Ceremony 2025 in San Diego.

Fast Lane received the award for delivering the largest number of specialized training and enablement developments worldwide, supporting both the global Cisco Channel and enterprise and public sector customers.

Derivative Work represents customized skilling and enablement solutions that Fast Lane designs specifically for Cisco Gold Partners as well as large enterprise and public-sector organizations. In 2025, Fast Lane has established itself as the leading Cisco 360 Specialist for the global Gold Partner Channel. The goal is to align employee enablement precisely with each partner’s needs to achieve measurable and sustainable results faster.

Examples of these customized skilling initiatives include:

  • AI-Ready Data Centers with NVIDIA Enablement
  • Future-Proofed Workplaces
  • Digital Resilience
  • Splunk Expertise in the Cisco Channel

In particular, Fast Lane has played a major role in advancing the global Cisco Channel in areas such as AI-ready data centers and Splunk capabilities, setting new standards for technical enablement worldwide.


Torsten Poels, CEO & Chairman of the Board of the Fast Lane Group, commented: We are truly honored to be recognized as Cisco’s top global Derivative Works Partner. This award highlights the technical excellence and innovation of our worldwide expert teams, who continuously develop high-impact learning solutions and specialized trainings at a master-class level. Our tailored Derivative Work programs empower customers and partners to accelerate their success – from AI-driven data center strategies to digital resilience. We look forward to continuing our strong collaboration with Cisco and setting new benchmarks in enablement together. At the same time, our strategic partnerships with companies like NVIDIA perfectly complement our multi-vendor channel enablement approach.

As a Cisco Platinum Learning Partner, Fast Lane delivers the complete official Cisco training portfolio along with customized course developments:
www.flane.de/cisco


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About Fast Lane

Fast Lane is a global, award-winning specialist in technology and business training as well as consulting services for digital transformation. As the only global partner of the three cloud hyperscalers- Microsoft, AWS and Google- and partner of 30 other leading IT vendors including Cisco, NVIDIA, appliedAI, VMware, NetApp, Palo Alto Networks, HPE Aruba, Red Hat, Fortinet, Barracuda, Gigamon and others, Fast Lane offers qualification solutions and professional services that can be scaled as needed. More than 4,000 experienced Fast Lane professionals train and advise customers in organizations of all sizes in 90 countries worldwide in the areas of cloud, artificial intelligence, cyber security, software development, wireless and mobility, modern workplace, as well as management and leadership skills, IT and project management.

Additional information:

Fast Lane Institute for Knowledge Transfer GmbH

Gasstrasse 4a, D-22761 Hamburg

Contact:
Barbara Jansen
bjansen@flane.de
Tel. +49 40 253346-10
www.flane.de

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