Yesterday, Internetwork Expert put on a show that was promoted heavily as a “major corporate announcement.” Yes, I am serious, that’s what they called it. What a show it was!

Fascinated, I watched the big announcements again carefully and thought I’d share some of my own, personal thoughts about the way I personally perceived the news…

ANNOUNCEMENT #1: 10 months ago, IE decided NOT to take part in Cisco’s 360 program

The main theme of their webcast/commercial was about how they DIDN’T join Cisco’s CLP (Cisco Learning Partner) program and are not going to sell the 360 training; a decision they apparently made 10 months ago. Since when does deciding NOT to do something 10 months ago qualify as news, worthy of such hype? Maybe next week we can learn how Brian decided NOT to go skydiving or some other “almost/maybe could have, but decided not to” kind of event.

There were some questionable statements made throughout the presentation… starting with the FIRST slide!

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Tags: 360, brian, Cisco, clp, ie, internetwork expert, partner

As a preface to this post, our lawyer suggested I point out that the views expressed in my blog posts represent my own opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views or official standing of IPexpert as a company or of our staff, partners or others. :)  With that said…

Last week, Cisco officially threw their hat in the CCIE lab training ring with the announcement of their “360 Learning Program.” This announcement came as no surprise to the leading CCIE-focused training companies.

Back in early 2007, Cisco began approaching established and successful (and some not-so-successful) CCIE training vendors on the market. They cast the net far and wide, asking known vendors around the globe to bid for the “opportunity” to have their courseware purchased then be re-branded as Cisco’s own curriculum. While that may be the ideal model for municipalities seeking a contractor to mow the lawn in city-owned parks, I was gravely concerned by what the apparent determining factors would be when selecting the “winner” that would advance a CCIE training initiative.

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Tags: 360, CCIE, Cisco, net master class, netmasterclass, nmc, r&s, routing, wayne

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• Comments about Cisco’s just-announced “360 Degree Program” for CCIE R&S
• HUGE specials that are NOT advertised on our website
• IPexpert-sponsored study groups forming
• much more…

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Tags: 360, newsletter, specials, study groups