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Likelihood to Recommend
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
Where it's strong: Linux, open source technologies, web development administration, virtualization and automation, cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, CI/CD trainingWhere it's lacking: The more traditional aspects of IT -- Windows, Active Directory, IT Service Management. storage administration and networking basics... advanced networking also, like CCNA, would be nice.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
They have a large library - make sure you clearly study the library offerings and choose the courses that are best for you as you will never be able to use all of them. Make sure you survey your user base before purchasing the licensing of the library courses so the courses are 'marked' with an employee in mind to keep costs minimized. Only purchase the Books 24x7 if you have a large IT department - otherwise you might want to lease a smaller content portion. Their Leadership Development, Project Management, business series and critical thinking and technical products are exceptional.
COO - CLO and Instructional Designer and Program Manager
Aditi InternationalE-Learning, 11-50 employees
Pros
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- The videos are short and easy to ingest. This is super important! Long videos get boring and people lose interest quickly
- New training videos for new technology are always being added regularly
- In addition to new videos, existing training videos are updated when software or technology changes, ensure that you always have current information while you're learning
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
- Covers a wide-breadth of topics ranging from desktop / office skills to communications skills to leadership development
- Offers knowledge portals (Knowledge Centers) around specific topic areas such as Management Development, Six Sigma, Professional Foundations, Sales, etc - that aggregate content from the large Skillsoft resources and present it in a way that is both meaningful and relevant to the learners. Plus, they have editors update the featured topic each month.
- Include a wide variety of learning media such as eLearning courses, books, book summaries and videos.
Director, Global Learning & Development
TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Cons
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- The merger with A Cloud Guru has confused things a bit. They're slowly replacing the Linux academy branded training with ACG training (which is fine) but if we found ourselves losing access to training videos while we were in the midst of watching them
- A more robust community would be nice. There's the Slack channel, but I wish there was more robust community features
- It would be nice to be able to download videos locally on desktops and laptops. This helps greatly with rewinding the video to reiterate key learning points
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
- The platform does have room to improve their response time for assistance. Depending on the issue an internal "help team may be required"
- They removed what was called "knowledge centers" which could be summed up as an accumulation of books, courses, exams, practice exams, articles and basically any asset within the platform surrounded by a particular subject. This was a great benefit to some of our customer. It was a one-stop-shop but now you would need to search independently for all of those assets.
- Because the platforms library can be customized its a bit of a struggle to have certain assets changed or modified within Skillsoft. You basically are on their time when it comes to updates or any major changes you as a customer would like to make.
Sales Support Associate
IEEE Computer SocietyEducation Management, 51-200 employees
Likelihood to Renew
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 8.8
Based on 5 answers
I would recommend to renew as this is part of our employee development goals and we make a strong commitment to develop employees' people skills. I think SkillSoft has a very innovative approach to develop people's interpersonal skills other than traditional classroom learning.
Global HR Project Manager
Novartis Vaccines and DiagnosticsPharmaceuticals, 5001-10,000 employees
Usability
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 6.0
Based on 1 answer
The site can have some issues. It can be difficult to return to the training module you were viewing after some time away from the site and you have to relogin. We've also had issues where the session will time out at random points, which makes it frustrating to move on to the next videos in the module when you have to re-login and try and find which one you left off on.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 8.0
Based on 2 answers
The integration between the main Skillsoft portal and Books24x7 could use improvement. Most users don't realize there is actually a separate books portal because the link to it is not that visible. Yet, once they discover it, they realize that the books portal is actually easier to use to search for books, ebook summaries, and videos.
Director, Global Learning & Development
TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
I've never had to communicate with Linux Academy's customer support aside from some minor billing issues, which were easily ironed out in a very quick manner.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Very responsive, knowledge and helpful. They are always focused on ensuring they are doing the very best to support our success.
Director, Global Learning & Development
TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
No score
No answers yet
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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 7.0
Based on 2 answers
Just that it takes a village. It cannot be done alone. Everyone needs to know what you are doing and what their role is in the implementation. Tightly managing the project management schedule and resources is important in ensuring that everything gets done on time, and with quality. Education is KEY
Director, Global Learning & Development
TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
We've tried CBT Nuggets, Pluralsight, ITProTV, and even official training programs directly from the software vendors. Linux Academy outranks them all simply because of the quality of the training videos compared to the monthly costs. It's hard to beat its affordably, especially when the training material is such high quality and engaging
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Curriculum Manager
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLPE-Learning, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
- Linux Academy keeps us on the cutting edge, that's a huge positive impact.
- We're able to use Linux Academy to help earn IT certifications for our employees
- It keeps our employees wanting to learn more, which improves our skillsets as a whole.
Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer
WWEMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
- We are not fully utilizing it due to lack of human resources. It could be better, but there is little time to devote to it.

Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Editions & Modules
Edition
Free | $0.001 |
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Personal Basic | $31.59 ($379.00)2 |
Personal Plus | $41.59 ($499.00)2 |
Business Basic | $41.59 ($499.00)2 |
Business Plus | $58.25 ($699.00)2 |
- per month
- per month (per year)
Additional Pricing Details
Contact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/businessSkillsoft Leadership Development Program
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Skillsoft Leadership Development Program Editions & Modules
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