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KENET Capacity Building Calendar 2015
In appreciation of the constant changing trends in the Information Technology world and the need to improve expertise of our members in the use ICT in learning and research, KENET helps build capacity through; interactive hands-on practical residential workshops, forums, and seminars at both local and international levels
The KENET capacity building program aims to strengthen our member institutions ability to work together for their mutual benefit by providing them with the skills and tools they need to define problems and issues, and formulate solutions.
We offer a wide range of capacity building programs such as; Security and Systems administration, Campus LAN design, Wireless LAN design, Bandwidth optimization, Campus network infrastructure design, and Network management and Monitoring. The trainings are carried out through interactive hands-on practical residential workshops, forums, and seminars at both local and international levels.
The following is the KENET Capacity Building Calendar 2015:-
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Forums |
Dates |
Target Group |
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1. |
ICT Directors Forum
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2nd April, 2015 |
This is an annual event where KENET invites ICT directors/heads from all the member institutions to discuss ICT issues that affect the Institutions.
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E-Learning Forum
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13th August, 2015 |
Faculty, Directors of Teaching and Learning, and Academic deans |
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Annual HOI Forum
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10th -11th Dec 2015 |
The Heads of Institution Forum is an annual event that is organized for the Heads of KENET member institutions.
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Trainings
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Course Name |
Dates |
About the Course/Training |
Target Group |
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Scalable Campus Network |
6th – 10th April, 2015 |
Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network. This course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network. The course will be fully residential and will be sponsored by Google in partnership with KENET. |
Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators |
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Network Management and Monitoring/BMO |
25th – 29th May, 2015 |
Bandwidth management and optimization course (BMO) is designed to provide necessary skills of managing and monitoring bandwidth usage on the campus network. The course will provide skills of bandwidth management principles within a campus environment and development and implementation of bandwidth policies. The training will also provide participants with skills to troubleshoot common campus network problems and how to install and manage network monitoring tools. The course will be fully residential and will be sponsored by Google in partnership with KENET. |
Network Engineers/Administrator and Systems Administrators. |
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Cyber Security |
27th – 31st July, 2015 |
Security within the campus network has become an area that Network and System administrators need to focus on. This workshop will focus on empowering the System/Network administrators in securing the services, applications, servers and campus networks in general. The course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network. The course will be fully residential and will be sponsored by Google in partnership with KENET. |
Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators |
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Scalable Campus Network |
26th – 30th October 2015 |
Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network. This course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators. The course will be fully residential and will be sponsored by Google in partnership with KENET. |
Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators |
Interested persons are requested to book for the courses as early as possible. For any inquiries about the courses, please send an e-mail to training@kenet.or.ke.