Cisco Learning Network Store Opens

Having run a Cisco Academy and been a Cisco Instructor in previous roles, I’ve an interest in all things to do with Cisco learning. The Cisco Networking Academy Program is a brilliant way for students to learn networking skills. Cisco Academies are not accessible by everyone however, and with commercial Cisco courses being so expensive, Cisco Press books are sometime the only viable option for learning materials developed by Cisco.

Cisco have just announced the opening of new a online store focussed on providing learning materials for it’s certifications. The Cisco Learning Network Store is still in it’s early days and courses are still thin on the ground at present, but it already contains a few e-learning packages and some software tools for learning.

Let’s hope that as time goes on the cataolgue increases. More official Cisco e-learning courses would be a welcome addition to the currently  available learning resources.

For interest to CCIE candidates is the Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIE R&S students. Cisco describe the course as follows.

“The Cisco 360 Learning Program: Essentials for CCIE R&S with Mentoring is a suite of e-learning products, authorized by Cisco, that includes an one-year subscription of the Cisco 360 CCIE R&S Lessons on Demand, four independent graded assessment labs, a learner technical reference library, a practice lab exercise workbook, and curriculum-planning services delivered by an authorized Cisco 360 Learning Program Partner.”

At a wopping $5999.00 I doubt there will be a rush to take up this program, especially when there are many proven CCIE learning materials that are already on the block from the likes of IP Expert, Internetwork Expert and NetMaster Class.

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