IP Expert launches their own blog

As a related post to my previous one, IP Expert has launched their own blog along with their CCIE>Blog site.  I think this is long overdue.  One of the bigger detractors to IP Expert in my eyes has been that I haven’t gotten a chance to know any of the people associated with it.

Maybe I just haven’t figured out where to look.  But when I go over to Internetwork Expert’s site, I see who the trainers are everywhere I look.  I have also been following their blog and forums for a while now.  It really allows you to get a feel for who the trainers are.  What their styles are, how helpful they are, etc.  As a result, I have been quite drawn to their company.  I can’t say that I’ve had the same draw to IP Expert.  Although, I did buy IP Expert’s Blended Learning Solution during it’s $1000 intro pricing period.  I didn’t want to pass up on a good deal

I’m really hoping that the trainers are active on their new blog, so I can get a feel for who they are.  The inital posts so far have really only been marketing advertisements.  But I have high hopes that it will become a great resource.

IP Expert’s CCIE>Blog goes live

Well, I’ve seen the “coming soon” sign on this for a while now, and it’s finally here.  It looks like there are quite a few people already signing up on it.  For those of you who don’t know about it yet, it’s a community site from IP Expert that is a collecting spot for CCIE related blogging.  People can either start their own blogs there or include their own blogs written outside of the site.  You can check it out here.

I do like the idea that there is a directory of CCIE blogs that people can check out.  It makes them easier to find.  They also have a ratings system to allow the user base to signify those blogs that are more helpful or useful to them.  Personally, I’m looking forward to finding some new blogs that I haven’t been aware of so far.

I do wonder if that fact that this was created by a CCIE vendor will deter any bloggers that don’t use their products.  Some people can get pretty attached to their vendor of choice, and subsequently avoid other vendor offerings.  But I think that IP Expert has a pretty good reputation in the community.  And I also think that most bloggers see the benefit of a community like this.  So I sure hope we see all of the CCIE bloggers out there joining.  From what I’ve seen so far, most of the blogs I read on a daily basis are already there.