Training companies are developing new ways to meet the requirement, reports Michael Herson C isco equipment is the basis of many enterprise networks. These companies need trained network staff, which means in effect Cisco-trained network staff, so demand for Cisco training is high.
Cisco outsources customer training through a network of training partners.
Boasting eight out of the 50 worldwide partners, the UK is well served. GeoTrain and MTS both advise on course development and are on Cisco's training advisory council. The network training industry follows the pattern of the network industry itself. As companies have become global, they tend to want global training suppliers, so the leaders in the UK are all divisions of multinational training organisations. The one major exception, Horizon, agreed to be acquired by MTS last month.