INDIANAPOLIS, IN. July 19, 2006 -- Cisco Press, the official publisher for Cisco Systems®, today introduced new "Labs and Study Guides" for each CCNA® course in the Cisco Networking Academy® Program. Cisco Press materials, the only print companions reviewed and approved by Cisco Systems for use in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, are developed to support the instructor-led online curriculum.

The series of "Labs and Study Guides" accompany new "CCNA Companion Guides," launched by Cisco Press in March 2006. The all-new "Labs and Study Guide" titles combine the best of the former "Lab Companions" and of the "Engineering Journal and Workbooks" with new features and introduce many new tools to improve the students' hands-on skills and reinforce the topics for each CCNA course.

All four books, written by Networking Academy instructors and priced at $29.95, provide all the labs in the online curriculum, additional challenge labs, and a Study guide section with classroom tested exercises.

To learn more about these Cisco Press resources and the Cisco Networking Academy Program, visit www.ciscopress.com/networkingacademy.

Networking Basics CCNA 1 Labs and Study Guide
Shawn McReynolds -- ISBN: 1-58713-165-X
Available July 2006
www.ciscopress.com/title/158713165X

Routers and Routing Basics CCNA 2 Labs and Study Guide
Allan Johnson -- ISBN: 1-58713-167-6
Available July 2006
www.ciscopress.com/title/1587131676

Switching Basics and Intermediate Routing CCNA 3 Labs and Study Guide
Allan Johnson -- ISBN: 1-58713-171-4
Available July 2006
www.ciscopress.com/title/1587131714

WAN Technologies CCNA 4 Labs and Study Guide
John Rullan -- ISBN: 1-58713-173-0
Available September 2006
www.ciscopress.com/title/1587131730

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