Question : Are there any other ways to study for the Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) certification rather than attend a training course ?

Our company wishes to gain partner status with Citrix and to do this you need to have a specified number of employees who are CCA certified.  

To gain this qualification you need to sit the proper exam (Exam 259 Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2003: Administration) and when you go on the Citrix website it says the only way to prepare for this is to attend a training course for 5 days at a cost of £1600 in the UK.

I know that if you wish to become Microsoft Certified (MCSA, MCSE etc) there are official books that you can work through at your own pace and online exams so I would like to know if there are any other ways in which you can prepare for this exam ?

Many thanks in advance

Answer : Are there any other ways to study for the Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) certification rather than attend a training course ?

And ofcourse :

The CCA certification program focuses on the skills and knowledge foundation necessary to successfully support an existing implementation of specific Citrix  products. System administrators, Citrix resellers and business affiliates, and independent consultants will find that the CCA certification is an excellent credential.

Certification Requirements
Note: Citrix Solution Advisor (CSA) requirements pertaining to certification differ for each region. Please contact your regional channel representative for additional information.

Select from the following CCA tracks:
CCA for XenApp (Presentation Server 4)
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Provisioning Server 4
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Password Manager 4
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Access Gateway 4
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Access Gateway 8 Enterprise Edition
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix NetScaler 8
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix EdgeSight 4
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix WANScaler 4
Citrix Certified Administrator for XenServer Enterprise Edition 4
The following CCA tracks are no longer attainable, though remain valid certifications. For information on the requirements of these tracks, or your certification status, please refer to Certification Manager
Citrix Certified Administrator for MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0
Citrix Certified Administrator for MetaFrame XP Presentation Server

Here : http://www.certbible.org/citrix-certified-administrator-cca/