The battle for CCIE training vendor supremacy
Posted by jrensink78 on October 23, 2008
There seems to be a bit of marketing war going on with the CCIE training vendors lately. CCBootcamp took a shot at Internetwork Expert in their blog last week. IP Expert released a study that they commissioned by the Tolly Group comparing IP Expert and Internetwork Expert in terms of value (guess who won?). Internetwork Expert also calculated some updated numbers to show that they are the industry leader. Of course, this comes at a time when Cisco throws their hat into the CCIE training ring. Plenty of shots have been fired at them as well.
Is it me, or does it almost feel like the political races? Maybe everyone has caught the campaign fever 
. Obviously, every company wants to feel that they are the best. Or at least are the best in some facet of their business. Outside of Cisco, who has yet to release their training program, all of these companies have had some pretty good success with helping people to earn their CCIE. So they all must be doing something right in one respect or another.
Personally, I like it when the customers do the talking. Their reviews are usually a bit less biased that what you’ll get from the vendors. I think in the end, the “best vendor” is going to be different for different people. It all depends on individual needs and how each company’s strengths meet those needs.
denyip said
Now in the fight becomes even more interesting.. To be honest I like if vendors compete in this way – its good for us customers we get better quality and prices
jrensink78 said
I do agree, competition is great for the consumer. Without it, things typically don’t improve all that much. Internet Explorer is a shining example of that.
But I get a little sick of seeing owners of companies ripping on their competition and getting pulled into online flame-fests. I’d rather see them focusing their time on improving their business and helping their customers instead of acting like a bunch of 8th graders.