PECB Certified Digitalization and Electronic Archiving Training Course

AI is a collection of technologies for building intelligent systems capable of understanding data and the activities surrounding the data to make "intelligent decisions". For Telecom providers, building applications and services that make use of AI could open the door for improved operations and servicing in areas such as maintenance and network optimization.

In this course we examine the various technologies that make up AI and the skill sets required to put them to use. Throughout the course, we examine AI's specific applications within the Telecom industry.

Audience

• Network engineers
• Network operations personnel
• Telecom technical managers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, hands-on exercises

In this instructor-led, live training in South Africa, we examine the core principles behind Blockchain technology and gain an understanding of its overall architecture and functionality. Throughout the course, we examine Blockchain technology's specific applications within the Telecom industry. Scenarios include security, payment systems, and user verification.

BSS Course Contents :
This course is primarily aimed at managers in Telecom operation who need to have 360
view of a) legacy BSS in eTOM b) emerging BSS in NGOSS c) Billing system including
mediation, rating and CDR in details. This course also introduces in new topics like
advanced big data based CRM, Churn management and Fraud Management.

In this instructor-led, live training in South Africa, participants will learn how to implement deep learning models for telecom using Python as they step through the creation of a deep learning credit risk model.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of deep learning.
• Learn the applications and uses of deep learning in telecom.
• Use Python, Keras, and TensorFlow to create deep learning models for telecom.
• Build their own deep learning customer churn prediction model using Python.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers, architects and managers who wish to deploy an OpenStack cloud to manage their Telecom infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Plan, deploy, and administer OpenStack as a private cloud.
• Understand IaaS architecture and its implementation under OpenStack.
• Replace physical routers and servers with virtual machines running in a private cloud.
• Reduce infrastructure and maintenance costs through virtualization and cloud computing.
• Expedite the rollout of new services to customers.

Introduction:

OSS/BSS is at the heart of operation of any Telecom operator. Given growth of Big Data in recent time,
area of OSS/BSS has undergone disruptive changes specially with virtualization of the OSS/BSS and given
the fact, many of the new OTT ( Over the top) services are newly developed web/mobile based services
that do not fit into legacy OSS. In this current course, which consists of 4 days, first 3 days are spent
extensively to develop background in legacy OSS/BSS, while last 5 modules, are dedicated to explain
emerging Big Data analytics application in OSS/BSS layer

Target Audience:

• Telecom/Cellular Operation People
• Telecom Sales professionals
• Telecom Operation vendors/contractors
• CXO, VP, Director level managers in TELECOM

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at technical persons who wish to apply the most suitable tools and techniques to secure both telecom as well as wireless networks.

This 4 day course involves a mixture of expository based (utilising protocol analyser traces where appropriate) and practical experiments to test and verify the operation of TCP/IP networks. The major aspects of the TCP/IP protocol stack are covered, including subnetting, supernetting and running dynamic routing protocols. TCP and UDP will be compared and contrasted, covering the end-to-end reliability and congestion avoidance capabilities of the TCP/IP stack. Some application layer protocols (HTTP, TLS, DNS, DHCP etc) will be investigated during the course. Network security in the form of TLS will be covered both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. The practical exercises are designed to augment the theory and enhance both the understanding of the underlying protocols and also the problem solving abilities of the delegates.

Audience:

Suitable for anyone looking for an understanding of TCP/IP.

Course is approximately 50% practical.

A 2 day theoretical course (with some practical demonstrations) covering the fundamentals of Internet Protocol v6 – including addressing, protocol formats, ICMP v6, discovery processes and IP v6 routing.

Audience:

Network Planners, Designers, and Engineers requiring an understanding of IP v6. Those requiring a comprehensive overview of IP v6 and the migration process from an IP v4 environment.

This 2 day course investigates the theory and technology associated with IPSec VPN’s.VPN’s are setup using Cisco IOS Routers and ASA Firewalls using the web interface. The workings of the protocols are examined using debug commands and protocol analyser traces of relevant negotiations.

Audience:

Suitable for network planners, engineers or anyone interested in IPSec VPNs

Course is approximately 40% practical

A 5 day practical networking course designed to familiarise students with Cisco IOS (version 12). The course details the key commands used to configure and secure Cisco routers and switches, and covers the CCNA syllabus - including wired and wireless LAN access.

Students will inter-connect networks by implementing static routes, distance-vector and link-state based dynamic routing protocols.

The devices will be configured to route traffic across LAN/VLAN//WAN boundaries, by encapsulating datagrams across serial data links using various WAN protocols, such as HDLC, Frame Relay, ISDN and PPP (with CHAP authentication). VLAN encapsulation/tagging will be via IEEE802.1Q/P.

Standard and Extended Access Control Lists will be configured and applied to router interfaces to filter traffic based on IP address and/or traffic type.

Students will configure static and dynamic NAT to route between private and public networks and cover the theory of Virtual Private Networks (VPN's)

Students will copy router configurations and IOS images to/from a TFTP Server. Privileged commands will be used to debug TCP/IP protocols to ensure proper operation of the routers. Students will also perform password recovery operations.

The course is primarily aimed at IP v4 but does give an overview of IP v6 addressing and covers migration from an IP v4 to an IP v6 network. Other protocols and technologies (VPN's / Wireless) may be demonstrated if time permits.

Course can be customised to precise requirements of customer.

Audience:

This course is suitable for anyone looking for a basic understanding of internetworking with Cisco devices and covers the CCNA syllabus.

Course is approximately 50% practical

A 4 day instructor-led practical course designed to familiarise delegates with the Cisco ASA Firewall CLI and ASDM. The course details the key commands used to configure and secure networks using the ASA Firewall with v8 of the operating system and version 6 of the ASDM.

Delegates will configure the ASA using the console port, TFTP server, telnet and SSH using local and RADIUS authentication. The device will be configured to utilise Syslog and SNMP.

ASA Firewalls will also be configured to use Access-Lists, Network Address Translation and VPN's utilising IPSec protocols. The course will cover the theory of Public/Private Keys, shared secret keys and their use in forming Site to site VPN's between ASA Firewalls using IKE and IPSec. Students will configure the units to create site to site VPN's, remote access VPN's using the Cisco Secure VPN Client and Web VPN's. The course will cover the theory of failover and delegates will configure Active/Standby failover on the ASA.

Privileged commands and protocol analyser traces will be used, where necessary, to debug protocols and ensure proper operation of the ASA Firewall. Students will also perform password recovery operations.

This course will involve interfacing the ASA with other network equipment, such as routers and switches, as would be expected in a network environment.

Audience:

Course is suitable for anyone involved in ASA firewall configuration and network security

Course is approximately 50% practical

In this instructor-led, live training in South Africa, participants will learn the critical features of DNS while carrying out exercises in the setup and configuration of a BIND DNS server on Linux. The course starts with a refresher on key networking principles, then digs into hands-on practice with setup and configuration. Steadily, the discussion and practices move towards more complex topics such as security, availability, debugging and troubleshooting.

Shadowsocks is an open-source, secure socks5 proxy.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to secure an internet connection through a Shadowsocks proxy.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Shadowsocks on any of a number of supported platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS, and OpenWrt.
• Deploy Shadosocks with package manager systems, such as pip, aur, freshports and others.
• Run Shadowsocks on mobile devices and wireless networks.
• Understand how Shadowsocks encrypts messages and ensures integrity and authenticity.
• Optimize a Shadowsocks server

Audience

• Network engineers
• System Administrators
• Computer technicians

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This 4 day coursework is intended for Telecom management and technology professionals who
have to maintain MetroEthernet services across the globe. The course introduces all the
prevailing standards, Troubleshooting guides, vendor options and evolving technologies in
Metro Ethernet domain.