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Many projects in the area of Consulting services and Development at NIL were made in the past few years. They show an outstanding knowledge of NIL experts and are a great recommendation to all companies searching for a reliable partner.

Development (Cisco) References

Developing networking expertise requires far more than providing off-the-shelf learning products. At NIL we understand it as a process of providing top-quality, end-to-end, tailored learning solutions delivered through optimum blend of delivery methods. Obviously, that goes beyond catalogs and shopping carts. Even more so in a B2B situation where we work closely with Training Managers from both Enterprise and Service Provider sectors.

All the references below were always developed following the Cisco Learning Development Pack guidelines and templates.

NIL takes part in development on the following areas:

Learning@Cisco Courses

Courses developed for Learning@Cisco are official Cisco certification courses available to the public.


Data Center Unified Computing Design (DCUCD) v3.0
This five-day course supports the recently launched Cisco Unified Computing Server (UCS) technology within the Data Center. The course will enable engineers to design scalable, reliable, and intelligent Data Center Virtualization solutions based primarily on Cisco Data Center products, including Nexus switches and UCS. The course describes the Cisco Data Center virtualization solutions, explains how to evaluate existing Data Center infrastructure, determine the requirements and design the Cisco Data Center virtualization solution based on Cisco products.

Security Solutions for System Engineers (SSSE) v3.0
This five-day course, developed in summer of 2008, provides an introduction to security design best practices for both host- and network-centric countermeasures.

Implementing Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure 1 (DCNI-1) v2.0
This course, developed in early 2008, is a five-day course that offers data center-oriented content that is primarily focused on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series top-of-rack switches, and, to a lesser degree, blade switches. This is one of six courses that support the Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure partner specialization.

New Product Information (NPI) CSA 6.0
As all other NPI courses, this course that was developed in late 2007 and early 2008 is targeted at Cisco System Engineers (SEs) to introduce them a new product or a new release of an existing product. This course describes all major updates from the CSA 5.x in a 1-day ILT course.

Routing and Switching Solutions for System Engineers (RSSSE) v2.0
This course, developed in 2007, focuses on design-oriented knowledge that helps Channel Partners and other network personnel in selecting optimal network solutions that meet the customer routing and switching requirements. Cisco advanced technologies and services are described and Cisco products that implement these advanced services are explained in details. The course includes a design case study that enables learners to build a solution that meets customer requirements, following the design guidelines.

Advanced Routing and Switching for Field Engineers (ARSFE) v2.0
This course, developed in 2007, helps learners (mainly from the Channel Partner space) to configure and monitor advanced routing and switching services in Cisco devices. The main families of Cisco routers and switches are described with respect to their hardware and software characteristics.

Implementing Cisco Unified CallManager Part 2 (CIPT2) v5.0
This 3-day course, developed in 2006, provides the learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable video calls and to secure, monitor, and manage a Cisco IP Telephony solution based on Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0.

Implementing Cisco Unified CallManager Part 1 (CIPT1) v5.0
In 2006 NIL developed a 5-day CIPT1 course that describes how to install, configure, and maintain a Cisco IP Telephony solution. This course focuses primarily on Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0, the call routing and signaling component for the Cisco IP Telephony solution.

Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT) v1.0
This 5-day course within the updated CCNP curriculum was developed in 2006 and starts with VoIP network essentials and focuses on the VoIP related challenges in such networks. In order to ensure the quality in a converged network, the course deals with concepts and implementation methods for QoS. Good part of the course faces the evolution of wireless security standards, and describes elements of Cisco WLAN network. In addition to ISCW, this course is also based on the newly introduced Cisco ISRs.

Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW) v1.0
Within the updated CCNP curriculum in 2006, NIL developed this 5-day course that introduces techniques and features enabling or enhancing WAN and remote access solutions. The course focuses on using one or more of the available WAN connection technologies for remote access between enterprise sites. This course is based on the newly introduced Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs).

Cisco IP Telephony Part 2 (CIPT2) v4.1
NIL developed a 3-day advanced course on IP telephony that teaches how to enable video calls and to secure, monitor, and manage the Cisco IP Telephony solution based on Cisco CallManager 4.1, the call routing and signaling component of the Cisco IP Telephony solution.

Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) v1.0
In 2002, NIL was selected to develop baseline and advanced course for CCDA and CCDP certification. NIL prepared design documents for both DESGN and Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) v1.0 courses, and developed the DESGN course itself. NIL also developed all the case studies and simulations that are included in the course.
NOTE: This was the first Cisco course that used the OPNET tool for network design simulations.

SP IP and Enterprise IP Curriculums
During 2000–2002, NIL was fully engaged in the development of SP IP and Enterprise IP Curriculum (later renamed to IP Core Curriculum inside WWSE) 4 week ILT course bundles. The content included all Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs), BGP, IP Multicast, QOS, IP Services, IPsec VPNs, IPv6, and MPLS (including MPLS VPNs). Most of the content and labs (including remote labs) were later transformed into Cisco courses for CCIP certification, for example, BGP, MPLS, MCAST, VPBAV (predecessor of CSVPN), and QOS.


NOTE: For all of the above-mentioned courses and curricula NIL developed the lab exercises as well. The exceptions are two design-oriented courses (DESGN and RSSSE), where only case studies were developed.

WWSE Accelerate Program Content

Cisco WWSE courses teach Cisco SEs very advanced topics that no other certification course covers.


Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST) v1.0
Parts of this course were initially developed within the IP Core Accelerate program; in 2007 the course was updated. The course provides students with in-depth knowledge of the IP multicast building blocks. The course explains the fundamentals of IP multicast delivery and then focuses on IP Multicast forwarding protocols, such as Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM). Some deployment scenarios are presented at the end of the course.

Enterprise MAN/WAN Architectures (EMWA) v1.0
This 5-day course is intended for Cisco SEs and provides them with a more detailed understanding of Cisco's MAN/WAN architectures. These architectures tie in Cisco products and provide Cisco with a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
In the first stage of the development (early 2006), half of the course was developed. The other half is planned to be developed at a later stage (after whitepapers are written internally at Cisco).

Enterprise Security Accelerate Program (ESAP) v3.0
In 2006 NIL started another major maintenance cycle of ESAP program. In terms of products and technologies, the ESAP 3.0 course update covered PIX/ASA 7.0 (+SSM), IPS software 5.0/5.1, ISR routers, latest IOS security features (Control Plane Protection, Flexible Packet Matching, etc.), CS-MARS, NAC v2, Cisco CleanAccess, Dynamic Attack Mitigation, CSA 5.0, and AON (XML filtering) using router AON modules.
During this maintenance cycle the ESAP program was split into four separate 1-week courses:

  • Trust, Identity, and Security Fundamentals (TISF) v3.0
  • Threat Defense Part 1 (TDFN1) v3.0
  • Threat Defense Part 2 (TDFN2) v3.0
  • Secure Connectivity (SECON) v3.0

Advanced Enterprise Voice Security (AEVS) v1.0
This 1-week training program that was developed in early 2005 covers all the security aspects associated with Voice over IP in Cisco environments.

Enterprise Security Accelerate Program (ESAP) v2.0
In early 2004 NIL started a major maintenance cycle of ESAP program, which was successfully updated by the end of Q1FY05.

Enterprise Security Accelerate Program (ESAP) v1.0
ESAP is a comprehensive 4-week ILT training program, covering all the Cisco security design topics. It is a very advanced program with CCSP level of knowledge as prerequisite to attend the class. The program was developed in 2002 and 2003, and was also completely transferred into e-learning.

Designing and Deploying MPLS Networks (DDMN) v1.0
This training program developed in late 2003 and first half of 2004 is an 8-day ILT content of very advanced MPLS, MPLS VPN, and MPLS TE topics. The content does not overlap with any of the certification MPLS classes and can be used as an advanced learning content after students are already MPLS-aware.

IP Core Accelerate Program
The SP IP and Enterprise IP Curriculum course bundles (4 weeks of training), mentioned in the previous section, later became IP Core Accelerate training program inside WWSE business unit in 2002. NIL maintains this content on a periodic schedule and also transferred the content into e-learning.


NOTE: For all of the above-mentioned courses and curricula NIL developed the lab exercises as well, either on NIL’s own lab equipment or on Cisco equipment.

WWSE E-Learning Courses

Most of the courses NIL developed for WWSE were transferred to e-learning as well (either during the ILT development or immediately after the ILT course was developed). In those cases, NIL provided the technical knowledge (Subject Matter Experts [SMEs]) to prepare and review the content, and to guide the graphical experts from another vendor that Cisco uses for e-learning courses to finalize the content.

Cisco Networking Academy Content

Cisco Networking Academy curses are courses delivered in selected high schools and universities in more than 200 countries worldwide.


CCNA Eagle 1 & 2
The CCNA program went through thorough maintenance in the first half of 2007. NIL helped Cisco with its expertise in the beginning of the project.