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 honoured 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 training 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:
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