Archive for the ‘In general’ Category

Dynamic Virtual Sessions

March 27th, 2009 by Marjan Bradesko


Recently I attended a webinar that boasted a prominent speaker. The topic was »virtual classrooms« (or »online synchronous training,« as we sometimes call it). With quite a bit of experience in such an environment, I expected to see the real master in action – and to learn the last tiny ...

NIL’s expertise promoted at Cisco Learning Network

March 24th, 2009 by Bojana Stucin


NIL as one of the top rated companies in the Security area is proud to have a special privilege to promote one of the security solutions through the Cisco Learning Network. NIL's instructor, Jaroslav Rajic, presents a Designing Site-to-Site IPsec VPNs, which is also a part of IP corner series. Together ...

Focus on the Content

March 16th, 2009 by Marjan Bradesko


Recently the move to e-learning environments has been driven not only by the greater affordability of tools, but also by economic situations. As an e-learner, you definitely want to get most out of your e-learning. It’s the content, not the technology delivering the training, that counts.

Best wishes for 2009!

December 31st, 2008 by Bojana Stucin


This year NIL made a new step with entering the world of blogs, wikis and forums. On the June 11th 2008, the first blog post from Klemen Štular, the NIL general manager was published. Since then there were: - 85 blog posts - from 12 authors The top 5 read blogs are: Catching the ...

Let’s see if they can swim

November 14th, 2008 by Ivan Pepelnjak


We've spotted some of our best engineers when they were in the final years of their undergraduate studies. To continue the trend, NIL offers a student-engagement program that attracts highly promising candidates each year. We offer them CCNA training (after which they have to pass the exam), a few weeks ...

Beyond certifications … the EXTRAS you provide!

November 11th, 2008 by Marjan Bradesko


Recently I have seen numerous discussions in various blogs and forums, particularly in those related to Cisco Systems Career Certifications. Heated discussions about why, what, how – even if? So I asked myself, how do I see my own certifications? I'm a certified individual. I'm an employee of a Cisco Gold Partner. ...

Who is an associate?

October 23rd, 2008 by Ivan Pepelnjak


One of my readers made an interesting observation in response to my "Knowledge or recipes" post: maybe network associates need recipes more than knowledge. My first reaction was to disagree; in my understanding, technicians work with recipes, engineers need to know what they're doing and why. But then I tried ...

NIL awarded for excellence of operations in the public sector

October 21st, 2008 by Mojca Parkelj


Cisco Systems, the world's leading manufacturer of communications equipment, selected NIL as its Partner of the Year for 2007 for operations in the public sector. At its VIP partner summit, the American corporation Cisco Systems selected NIL, a leading communications technology company in Slovenia, as its Partner of the Year for ...

Gaining Knowledge – what’s the best way to do it?

October 14th, 2008 by Ivan Pepelnjak


A few days after my “Knowledge or Recipes” post, Greg Ferro started his “Experience or Certifications” series with a radical “I would always choose certification over experience” approach that quickly moderated into “Knowledge is more fundamental than experience … but you need both”. It’s nice to see someone else thinking ...

NIL has been re-certified as a Cisco Gold Certified Partner

October 13th, 2008 by Mojca Parkelj


NIL announced it has achieved Gold re-certification from Cisco Systems. Cisco Gold Certified Partner is the highest title Cisco awards its partners for the level of expertise and services they have achieved. The Gold Certified Partner designation offers the highest level of credibility in the marketplace. Gold Certified Partners are recognized ...