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Cisco NetAcad Workshop Day --- Agenda & Schedule

 

All Cisco Academies from the Benelux are invited to the NetAcad Workshop & Networking Day with a central theme of "Unique Opportunities for the Profile of the Future" at the Cisco BeLux Office on 14 June.
REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/mQygObc3KNUc9bYh1

AGENDA & SCHEDULE 

Theme: Unique Opportunities for the Profile of the Future
Target Group: Cisco Academy Instructors & Managers
Location: Cisco BeLux Office, De Kleetlaan, Diegem near Brussels, Belgium
Date: 14 June 2019

• 09:30 Arrival
• 10:00 Welcome by Cisco 
• 10:15 Digital Skills - Keynote 1
• 10:30 NetAcad Trends and Evolutions - Keynote 2
• 11:15 Diversity > Female participation - Keynote 3
• 11:30 Short Break
• 11:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS A-B-C
• 12:30 Lunch Break
• 13:15 BREAKOUT SESSIONS D-E-F
• 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS G-E-F-H
• 14:45 Short Break
• 15:00 Cisco on Digital Transformation - Keynote 4
• 15:30 Nico on Future Classroom - Keynote 5

BREAKOUT SESSION TITLES (AND SPEAKERS)

• Breakout A -- CCNA Security -- IPsec VPN Evolution : Why should we consider IKEv2 ?" (Pierre de Fooz)
• Breakout B -- CyberSecurity Expertise -- (Yves Mertens via Webex Online)
• Breakout C -- CCNP Route Pilot Course -- First impressions of a new learning environment
• Breakout D -- IT Essentials -- Why is "anatomy" so important?
• Breakout E -- IoT Security -- Experience the necessity of secure IoT (long session) (Semyon Ovsyannikov, Hans Roeyen)
• Breakout F -- DevNet -- What does a network programmer perform?  (long session) (Antione Engelen, Alain Pieters)
• Breakout G -- dCloud/VIRL -- dCLoud & VIRL (Virtual Internet Routing Lab) : Do I need this network simulator in my Cisco academy ?" (Tom Istaz, Moustapha Ramachi, Pierre de Fooz)
• Breakout H -- NetAcad Orientation for New Instructors -- Yvan

STEM Discovery Week | 22-28 April | European Schoolnet

STEM Discovery Week 2019 is a joint international initiative that invites projects, organizations and schools across Europe and around the world, to celebrate careers and studies in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The tagline for this year's campaign is "best practices in using innovative STEM resources". The primary focus of this year's campaign, is to showcase how teaching materials and other learning resources are used in educational activities.

STEM Discovery Week 22-28 April 2019
Best Practices in Using Innovative STEM Resources
URL http://www.scientix.eu/documents/10137/784662/SDW19_Web_Page_Guide_HTML.pdf/59b9953b-8e1e-4c6d-952e-b3e01f594d6c

CCNA Certification Voucher for NetAcad Instructors

Belgian IT Academy Support Center (BIASC) has available the following rewards in the Cisco Networking Academy Reward 2018-2019 program: 

• 5 Certification Vouchers - available until June 30th, 2019

OPTIONS for Instructors
CCNA 
CCNA Security 
CCNA Cybersecurity Fundamentals
CCNA Cybersecurity Operations

Instructors who would benefit from one of these vouchers and would like to make a request on behalf of Belgian IT Academy Support Center (BIASC), please register using the following form.

URL: https://forms.gle/rs4SiVuP7AZGbe7X6

The following data is needed for each instructor in order to receive a voucher:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email
• Roll: Instructor
• Networking Academy ID: Available in the Netacad.com profile
• Voucher Name: CCNA Composite, CCNA Security, CCNA Cybersecurity Operations, CCNA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (Need to use exact name)
• Country

NetAcad Ecosystem for Careers

Start thinking about the skills you need in the future now

Links from the Cisco Networking Academy Ecosystem about careers, employment, job interviews, etc
When using information from these websites, please refer to the information source

NetAcad Website

• Cisco NetAcad Pathways to Today’s IT Jobs: https://www.netacad.com/careers/pathways
• Cisco Networking Academy Career Advice: https://www.netacad.com/careers/career-advice
• Cisco NetAcad Employment Opportunities: https://www.netacad.com/careers/employment-opportunities
• Talent Bridge Career Preparation: https://www.netacad.com/web/self-enroll/course-799385
• Skills You Need in a Tech Career: https://www.netacad.com/careers/career-advice/essential-skills/skills-you-need-tech-career

Social

• Cisco Networking Academy LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cisco-networking-academy1/
• Cisco Networking Academy Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cisconetworkingacademy/
• Cisco Networking Academy Twitter Channel: https://twitter.com/CiscoNetAcad

Specials

• Learn the Secret to Managing LinkedIn Webinar Session: https://www.netacad.com/careers/webinars/career-preparation/social-media-and-your-career-webinar-series
• Featured Jobs at Cisco Webinar Series: https://www.netacad.com/careers/webinars/career-preparation/featured-jobs-at-cisco-webinar-series
• Ideation Skills: https://www.netacad.com/careers/career-advice/essential-skills/ideate-pro

 

CCNP Certification Voucher for NetAcad Instructors

Cisco Networking Academy has made a limited number of CCNP 300-Level certification discount codes available to Premier+ and Premier ASCs. 

Expiration date: July 31, 2019

These discount codes will allow eligible instructors to take the CCNP ROUTE, SWITCH, or TSHOOT exams at no-cost prior to the expiration date on July 31, 2019. 

Instructors who would benefit from one of these vouchers and would like to make a request on behalf of Belgian IT Academy Support Center (BIASC), please register using the following form.

URL:  https://forms.gle/1PCAAWowEaNJ6cCo6

The following information is required.

• Instructor Name
• Instructor ID (available in netacad.com profile)
• Instructor Netacad.com Email 
• Academy Name
• Academy ID

Outsourcing IT Services in Western Europe (IDC/ Comarch)

Infrastructure Services

The Western European datacenter life-cycle services market is forecast to reach a value of $66.1 billion by the end of 2021. Hosting infrastructure services (HIS) are expected to remain the chief catalyst of growth.  

Digital transformation (DX) continues to drive datacenter modernization, consolidation, and expansion. Cloud will remain the foundational technology, while interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, and cognitive solutions is expected to rise. The shift to hybrid IT and multicloud datacenters will boost end-user spending in the HIS market. Strategic infrastructure transformation will benefit IT consultants and systems integrators.

Not Everything Is Outsourced

IT monitoring, a relatively basic service, is outsourced by 70.7% of all companies. This shows that, despite the availability of a growing number of IT monitoring tools, outsourcing this service allows companies to devote internal resources to other tasks.

The other top category is managed cloud services, also outsourced by 70.7% of respondents. This, of course, goes hand in hand with the growing popularity of cloud among companies in Western Europe, especially in the UK and Benelux. It also confirms IDC's prediction that the share of managed cloud services in the global outsourcing market would increase.

Source: Outsourcing: A No-Brainer, Outsourcing Trends in Western Europe, March 2019, IDC
URL: https://www.comarch.com/files-com/file_441/IT-Outsourcing-White-Paper-for-Comarch-31-01-2019.pdf
(Registration necessary)

Play with Linux and Python on the Networking Devices -- Online Webinar

Play with Linux and Python on the Networking Devices, 8 May, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time: Register Here

What app would you develop if you could run it directly on a router or a switch? What full-stack system would you want to deploy and run directly on a router or a switch if they could run a full Linux operating system? Now that your imagination is running wild, join this session to learn how on a network infrastructure you can now run your Python code directly from the IOS CLI. You will also learn how to spin up a full Linux container on a router with either your favorite network performance-monitoring tool or with a chat-bot app that lets you manage the network from a messenger app on your phone.

If you register, you will get access to the recording.

Before, During, and After a Security Attack -- Online Webinar

Before, During, and After a Security Attack, 17 April, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time: Register Here

Have you ever wondered what happens before a bad actor attacks a network? The hope is that their attempt to infiltrate the infrastructure will be eliminated by the layers of security protection built into the network. However, sometimes the attackers exploit an unknown, so-called, 0-day vulnerability to get inside. Do not panic – even during the attack, we can collect valuable information and learn how the attack is being-executed and if or where it is spreading.

Moreover, based on the collected information, we know where we should concentrate our cleaning efforts after the attack has been discovered and eliminated. Join this session to learn more about threat protection, and how simple scripts with programmability and automation can turn your response time to an attack from minutes to seconds.

If you register, you will get access to the recording.

 

IT Academy Show & Exploration Day | 23 MAY 2019

IT Academy Programmes

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On 23 May BiASC will inform all interested academy instructors from the Benelux about new IT Academy Programs in the domain of IT Infrastructure.
REGISTRATON LINK: https://goo.gl/forms/QBUZQnvKAYy1Cg392

The following IT Academy Programs will be presented, and you will learn how to get access to study materials and to hands-on labs for your students:

• Cisco Networking Academy
• VMware IT academy
• RedHat Academy
• Palo Alto
• Amazon Web Services
• Linux Professional Institute LPI
• CompTIA

Also statistics of Pearson Vue certification exams will be made available.

Date: 23 May 2019
Location
Odisee UC --- rue d'Assaut/ Stormstraat 2 --- 1000 Brussels ---- Polyvalent Auditorium 2215
Start: 14pm
End: 18pm

REGISTRATON LINK: https://goo.gl/forms/QBUZQnvKAYy1Cg392

Where technology meets talent - Cisco Diegem - 1 March 2019

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Between 150 and 200 NetAcad students and more than 20 NetAcad instructors attended the Talent Connection Event at the Cisco Office in Diegem, organized in cooperation with the Belgian IT Academy Support Center (BiASC). The main goal of the annual event is to provide an informal context for newcomers on the job market to find their true potential, after being trained in a Cisco Networking Academy.

Pics of the event: https://photos.app.goo.gl/42a88X2wU1pvYk7FA

In the morning keynote sessions participants learned about new trends in the economy that influence future careers. Hugues de Pra of Cisco gave important insights about recent trends in infrastructure and the need for trained professionals. Lorena Marciano and a colleague gave a great talk about women in IT. Rik Bleeker helped us discover the new Talent Bridge tool. 

Digital Business > Digital Vortex

In the image you see the sectors in the order in which they are being affected by the recent developments of digitization

Our economy is going through a phase of digitization. This brings a lot of opportunities, but also challenges. 

According to the research of the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation the economic sectors are influenced in the following order:

1. Media and Entertainment
2. Tech Products and Services 
3. Retail 
4. Financial Services 
5. Telecoms
6. Consumer Packaged Goods 
7. Education 
8. Professional Services  
9. Hospitality and Tourism 
10. Manufacturing 
11. Transportation and Logistics 
12. Real Estate
13. Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals 
14. Energy and Utilities

Career Opportunities At Home and Around the World

Cisco NetAcad Alumni can discover workplaces  at home and around the world. Cisco's Talent Bridge new tool helps you find opportunities where you live and everywhere you want to go. Instructors are able to guide their students, and get an award.

Flyer: Download Talent Bridge Matching Engine Instructor PDF

OPPORTUNITY FOR NETACAD INSTRUCTORS
Talent Bridge is offering a reward for NetAcad instructors who introduce the Talent Bridge Matching Engine to their students. To qualify, simply let your students 18 years or older know that they can view and apply for open job opportunities by creating a profile on the tool. Your students will only see jobs that match their qualifications as defined by employers—including requirements for education, location, language proficiency and certifications. Offer limited to the first 50 validated responders who complete the short survey and meet all requirements.

Claim Your Reward Here

An instructor flyer is attached to this email to help inform your instructors about the Talent Bridge Matching Engine

Flyer

• Download Talent Bridge Matching Engine Instructor PDF

URLs

• Talent Bridge Matching Engine
• Claim Your Reward Here

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CISCO NETACAD BENELUX WORKSHOP DAY | 14 JUNE 2019

Welcome at the next NetAcad Instructor Workshop in Belgium => 14 JUNE 2019 => Three Languages

Need an update? We invite you and your fellow NetAcad instructors to join us at the Cisco office in Diegem to learn about evolutions that will influence your life as an instructor. Also new instructors are kindly invited.
Remark: the original date of 23 May has been changed to 14 June due to other bookings at the Cisco Office.

REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/mQygObc3KNUc9bYh1

AGENDA & SCHEDULE 

Theme: Unique Opportunities for the Profile of the Future
Location: Cisco BeLux Office, De Kleetlaan, Diegem near Brussels, Belgium
Date: 14 June 2019

• 09:30 Arrival
• 10:00 Welcome by Cisco 
• 10:15 Digital Skills - Keynote 1
• 10:30 NetAcad Trends and Evolutions - Keynote 2
• 11:15 Diversity > Female participation - Keynote 3
• 11:30 Short Break
• 11:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS A-B-C
• 12:30 Lunch Break
• 13:15 BREAKOUT SESSIONS D-E-F
• 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS G-E-F-H
• 14:45 Short Break
• 15:00 Cisco on Digital Transformation - Keynote 4
• 15:30 Nico on Future Classroom - Keynote 5

 

BREAKOUT SESSION TITLES (AND SPEAKERS)
Breakout A -- CCNA Security -- IPsec VPN Evolution : Why should we consider IKEv2 ?" (Pierre de Fooz)
Breakout B -- CyberSecurity Expertise -- (Yves Mertens via Webex Online)
Breakout C -- CCNP Route Pilot Course -- First impressions of a new learning environment
Breakout D -- IT Essentials -- Why is "anatomy" so important?
Breakout E -- IoT Security -- Experience the necessity of secure IoT (long session) (Semyon Ovsyannikov, Hans Roeyen)
Breakout F -- DevNet -- What does a network programmer perform?  (long session) (Antione Engelen, Alain Pieters)
Breakout G -- dCloud/VIRL -- dCLoud & VIRL (Virtual Internet Routing Lab) : Do I need this network simulator in my Cisco academy ?" (Tom Istaz, Moustapha Ramachi, Pierre de Fooz)
Breakout H -- NetAcad Orientation for New Instructors -- Yvan

Please register your name using the form below if you wish to attend the CISCO NETACAD BENELUX WORKSHOP DAY on 14 JUNE 2019:
URL: https://goo.gl/forms/mQygObc3KNUc9bYh1

Remark: the original date of 23 May has been changed to 14 June due to other bookings at the Cisco Office.

Inspiration Toolkit for Academies & Instructors

Every year Cisco CSR is producing materials for Cisco Academies to communicate about the Networking Academy programme. There is a large variation of professionally designed visuals. You will not only be able to display logos and banners, but there are also videos, wallpapers and posters. 

SHORT CUTS TO TOOLS
Academy Logo Brochures Cloth Banners Posters Signs	T-shirts Videos Wall Plaques Websites

 

All the digital visuals can be printed freely, but at your own expense. The details can be found via the hyperlink below.
URL: NetAcad Marketing Toolkit
(login required)

CiscoLive 2019 Last Minute Details

Ziehier een aantal afspraken voor collega's die deelnemen aan CiscoLive 2019

 

VOLLEDIG PROGRAMMASCHEMA NETACAD @ CISCOLIVE BARCELONA

Ziehier het volledige programma: Download CL19_Activities_Networking-Academy-Day_Agenda_1547840347475001kTAV

 

DINNER BELGIE-NEDERLAND: woensdagavond 30 januari om 20 uur

Cafè Salambó, Carrer de Torrijos, 51, 08012 Barcelona, Spain 

Alle NetAcad members in Barcelona worden uitgenodigd.

Stuur aan mij en aan Nico (cc) een seintje als je graag deelneemt 

 

SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BARCELONA: woensdagochtend 30 januari om 8:15 uur

Hieronder vind je bijkomende informatie betreffence het bezoek aan het Super Computing Center van Barcelona.

De uitnodiging geldt voor alle deelnemers die ook voor de activiteiten zijn ingeschreven op woensdag in Barcelona, niet voor de personen die alleen voor donderdag en vrijdag ingeschreven zijn.

 

BY THE WAY, 2020

In 2020 zal CiscoLive opnieuw in Barcelona plaatsvinden.

EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision

COSME is Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises. The European Commission runs a number of campaigns and projects aimed at promoting a business-friendly environment, sharing best practices and exchanging ideas among entrepreneurs.

Key Aspects of the EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision for Smart Industrial Specialisation and Digital Transformation -- extracts

Five focus areas

Key Trends
Digital transformation is not the end goal but a meaning and paradigm shift that happens at 3 layers:
1. Culture and organisation;
2. People and skills;
3. Technology and infrastructure.
Data-driven decision making and customer centricity;
Transition in employment patterns from life-long employee at one company towards working at multiple companies and projects at a time;
Collaborative work across disciplines being the new norm.

New CompTIA A+ Certification

Message from CompTIA
CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today’s core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more. CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world. CompTIA Certification is trusted by employers around the world to identify the go-to person in end point management & technical support roles. A+ certified professionals identify issues and problem solve more effectively than those without certification.

Two Exams: Core-1 (220-1001) and Core-2 (220-1002)
Release date: January 2019

More information URL: https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/a

Job Titles
CompTIA A+ Certification leads to the following job titles: • Service Desk Analyst • Help Desk Tech • Technical Support Specialist • Field Service Technician • Associate Network Engineer • Data Support Technician • Desktop Support Administrator • End User Computing Technician • Help Desk Technician • System Support Specialist

CompTIA A+ Content
The new CompTIA A+ Core Series includes expanded content on these growing parts of the IT support role.

"Fiber is the Future" Workshop

On 7 and 8 January 2019 BiASC organized a practical hands-on fiber optics training in cooperation with SixFourteen Projects and T'SAAM VTI Diskmuide. Fiber is the future. It is relevant for NetAcad instructors to learn the tricks of the trade. Anyway, for Fiber you need to be focussed, clever and handy. If you are in a fiber team, some team members have to be handy, others have to be clever. Everyone has to be focussed.

Topics

• Cables, connectors and splicing: Hands-On Exercises
• Design and Measurement: Practical Applications
• Corning Fiber IQ Programme 

At the end of the training you will be able to install and measure fiber cable in your own school.

Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EWeRSPKdezLzmDJW8

If you want to know more about this  practical two-day training for six participants, please contact <yvan@biasc.be>

 

Good intentions, building bridges

Some of the messages from NetAcad that we have been reading lately, can be intentions to strive for in 2019

« ... Cisco Networking Academy has achieved successful student outcomes for more than 20 years by balancing agility with expertise—staying abreast of what’s next in technology while maintaining elements of our program that have proven effective ... » 

« ... We innovate everywhere to create fresh ideas and possibilities. We take bold risks to shape the future because we understand every failure is a success, if we learn from it ... » 

« ... Technology proficiency can be the key to a lifetime of opportunity for individuals in a rapidly digitizing world. Likewise, a workforce with skills and passion for the latest networking technologies is critical in the long-term ... » 

« ... doing amazing things with technology— with the ultimate goal of driving positive business outcomes, empowering people, and helping to better society at large ... solving problems, connecting people and striving for positive outcomes... » -- Tae Yoo, Cisco CSR

URL: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/csr/pdf/CSR-Report-2018.pdf

European policy on digital literacy - DEC 2018

Education in the digital era: challenges, opportunities and lessons for EU policy design 

Top three extracts

• Digital technologies can facilitate access to knowledge and learning and their use enables all training facilities at various levels to be easily accessible and inclusive
• Open data and collaborative digital technology tools and methods can enable innovation in education
• The progressive digitalisation of work will result in the disappearance of many professions and an increase in unemployment; whereas the new professions that will emerge with digitalisation may compensate for some of the jobs lost

URL: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0485+0+DOC+PDF+V0%2F%2FEN&fbclid=IwAR3alZlVMsgykxUXJoPMFaglGYliqwqTxGwuaopkMv6GycpU6MH6PFGIGvg

New CCNP PILOT for career-ready training

A new CCNP PILOT course is being tested by a group of experienced NetAcad instructors. On 7 March we will inform all interested community members and demonstrate the virtual labs and the learning environment.

A lot of demand has been received for an improved CCNP career-oriented training in Cisco Networking Academy. Recently a pilot project has started within BiASC in which twelve experienced Cisco NetAcad instructors will give feedback on the learning management system and the virtual labs.

On 7 March we intend to have an open meeting with the CCNP pilot instructors and other interested BiASC members. At the end of the session you will have a clear opinion about the new CCNP training materials and the virtual labs.

Topic: Cisco NetAcad CCNP ROUTE PILOT Meeting => Feedback Session
Date: 7 March 2019
Time: NL 10am-13pm *** FR 14-17pm
Address: Cisco BeLux, De Kleetlaan 6A, Diegem

REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/e4dQ0TDAekRAHXvR2