A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Information Reviews & Insights

Score8 out of 10

52 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Easy-to-use and effective reports: Users have found the reports in A Cloud Guru to be user-friendly and efficient in tracking individual progress. Several reviewers have appreciated this feature, allowing them to effectively monitor and evaluate learner performance.

Wide range of materials: The vast selection of resources available in A Cloud Guru has received high praise from users. They value the variety of materials that cater to different certifications, ensuring learners have access to comprehensive and diverse content.

Excellent hands-on practice: The sandbox instances provided by A Cloud Guru have been described as excellent by several users. This opportunity for real hands-on experience enhances learning and allows individuals to apply their knowledge in a practical setting.

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Reviews

8 Reviews

InformationComputer Software2Computer Networking3Telecommunications3

ACG to help increase training quality.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 31, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Educating and providing the opportunity for employees to advance in their cloud computing journey. We help allow employees to use their free time and dedicated company training days to freely move around all the offered training as part of ACG. Together with ACG, we developed training paths that guide employees across all the available training.

Pros

Self guided Trainings
Online/Offline and ad-hoc video trainings
Exam preparation
Cloud Sandboxes

Cons

Keep up to date with new Exams
Provide more capabilities in the Sandboxes
A few more hand-on trainings matching the video lectures

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, training and education are very advanced and help get employees trained. ACG is very good on that part. It can be optimized for the final exam preparation, especially for newer exams. The test quizzes and prep exams are a bit outdated sometimes. The Sandboxes are very good and a solid starting point, but they still should be a bit more integrated into the actual training lectures for guide hands-on training.

Jan Daniel Sulaiman

Product Manager IoT in Information Technology at 1NCE (Telecommunications, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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A great platform for learning the cloud and getting certified with hands on practice

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 27, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team The platform supports learning tracks, exams and sandboxes with all major cloud providers it guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud

Pros

Learning tracks
certification tracks
sanbox

Cons

The user dashboard can be further improved
Dashboard customization flexibility

Likelihood to Recommend

it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team. The platform supports learning tracks, exams, and sandboxes with all major cloud providers guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud

Verified User

Manager in Professional Services (Computer Networking company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Amazing tools at amazing price point

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 8, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When we needed training for industry-standard certifications, or just to increase knowledge of day-to-day operations of products our company uses, ACG was an invaluable resource.

Pros

Well-designed, easy-to-digest training
Manageable lesson timing
Excellent trainers with great presentation skills

Cons

Management reporting could be more comprehensive
Searching for specific features within courses is difficult

Likelihood to Recommend

ACG is great when picking up new knowledge as well as training up for a certification exam. The courseware and practice labs are comprehensive and easy to use, and the sandbox lets you test out your own practice without being limited to specific exercises and tasks. Overall the product is a 10 out of 10

Verified User

Program Manager in Customer Service (Computer Networking company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Why A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)?

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed a fast learning platform to educate [the] internal presales team. After 6 months of research, we've made a decision to purchase A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy). We did proof of concept for THREE months with competitors as well as A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy). Usability, mobile, and [collateral are] perfect for our team and company. Today A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is used widely in the company over many departments.

Pros

Perfect Material
Up to date
Mobile integration

Cons

Add more courses

Likelihood to Recommend

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is well suited for any organization and any company.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Computer Software company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Definitely worth the investment!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 19, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

A Cloud Guru is being used in our organization to give teams and employees that are interested cloud training.

Pros

Good and detailed walkthroughs.
Labs.
Easy to follow.

Cons

Update some labs documentation.
Some walkthroughs are not updated with sandbox use.

Likelihood to Recommend

A Cloud Guru is well suited for companies and professionals wanting to learn more about the different cloud providers and also for those who are preparing and wanting to get certifications.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Telecommunications company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Great investment to become cloud ready

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 18, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is used by support, professional services, and system engineers. We currently don't have the platform exposed to the entire organization. A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is helping us in the coud-first philosophy that the company is adopting.

Pros

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) has Playgrounds that let all our users spin up sandboxes. This feature is a big differentiator compared to the competition.
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) content is the most up to date and current and helps our engineers pass the certification.
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) provides built-in labs, which is great. Learner doesn't have to leave the course to spin a lab.

Cons

One scope of improvement is to have an ability for the admin users to nudge a learner.

Likelihood to Recommend

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is more suited for a company that is investing in any cloud technology (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) or any cloud-adjacent technologies (Dockers, Kubernetes, etc). It is less appropriate if you are dealing with traditional on-premises application development and support.

Sagar Dhanrale

Director, Technical Enablement , Global Customer Success in Customer Service at Riverbed Technology (Computer Networking, 1001-5000 employees)

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3 years of experience

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A Cloud Guru from both a student and educator perspective

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 16, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been using it for both individual self-guided studying as well as for structured study groups where a number of people are working towards a common certification. As far as I am aware, most people use it for working towards a certification rather than bite-sized learning. We have been using it in just our department however it is used in other pockets of the organisation. We find that it reduces the need for supervised or organisation led learning when individuals are new to the cloud.

Pros

Clear content
Wide variety of topics
Content is fun in places
Cloud playground reduces the need to manage training accounts
Hands on labs help to reinforce learning

Cons

The pace that instructors speak at can be quite variable
Quite often, bad practice is taught so that topics can be covered quickly
The exam questions are not as hard as the AWS exams or other online platforms

Likelihood to Recommend

I wouldn’t say there are many scenarios where A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is inappropriate. It has a wide variety of content at different levels of complexity. One area that could be not perfect is if training is required on a service that isn’t supported in the cloud playground. A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is perfect for those individuals who want to work towards gaining a certification, however, I think that sometimes it is lacking deep dive courses in some areas.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Telecommunications company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Fast-paced employee learning environment

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 16, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for learning at our company and find it very easy to use and a fun way of helping our people learn as quickly as possible, as we are very time poor here. That is why we love A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy's merger decision, as it helps us consolidate.

Pros

Demo
Sandbox environments
Structure

Cons

The UI is very busy

Likelihood to Recommend

Suited to companies that want a fast-paced environment for their employees to learn and find topics they are interested in and provides a great simple and direct pathway to certification exams with major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and even more specific topics like Linux and databases.

Verified User

Consultant in Engineering (Computer Software company, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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