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Freelancing · Network training · Decommissioned equipment

Three trades.
One standard:
it has to work.

We find the freelance engineer your team is missing, we teach networking on a multi-vendor lab, and we take back your end-of-life equipment, with the data wiped and proven.

One number and one person for all three, in French, Dutch or English.

The Networking Lab in 40 seconds

Your network lab,
wherever you go.

Phone, tablet or laptop, even offline. Over 260 guided labs, from CCNA to CCIE, across more than 30 vendors, with a coach that helps you find the fault.

Introduction video · 40 s · captioned

Our three activities

What we do, and for whom.

Three activities that hold together: the lab trains and tests the engineers we place, and the companies we serve also hand us their end-of-life equipment.

01

Freelancing

For companies and independent engineers

Independent engineers for your assignments: systems, networks, cloud, cybersecurity. We find the profile you are missing, test it on the job, and introduce three.

  1. Scoping
  2. Search
  3. Technical test
  4. Three profiles
  5. Follow-up
02

Network training

For learners, schools and teams

The Networking Lab: 86 devices from over 30 vendors, over 260 guided labs that check themselves, a coach that explains mistakes. In the browser, on a phone and even offline.

  1. Account
  2. Path
  3. Configuration
  4. Validation
  5. Progress
03

Decommissioned equipment

For companies and institutions

Computers, servers, screens, network gear: we collect the batch on site, wipe or destroy the storage, and you receive proof for every serial number.

  1. Description
  2. Proposal
  3. Collection
  4. Proof

And also, for the companies we work with: IT support and networks.

How it works

Three paths, step by step.

For each activity: the order of the steps, who takes care of them, and what you hold at the end.

Freelancing

  1. Together

    Scoping

    An hour with the person who will manage the new hire. We write down what is essential and what can be learned on the job.

  2. Response8

    The search

    Professional network, candidate pool, direct approach: good people are already employed, so we go and find them.

  3. Response8

    The technical test

    An interview led by someone who does the job, on real cases, and a session in the lab to watch the person work.

  4. Response8

    Three profiles, not thirty

    For each: strengths, limits, expectations and real availability. You meet them, you choose.

  5. Together

    Arrival and follow-up

    The terms are written before day one. A check-in after one month, another after three, while misunderstandings are still small.

At the end of the path

An engineer on assignment, whose limits you knew before signing.

Describe the need

Network training

  1. You

    The account

    An address and a password: the seven-day trial starts straight away, no card needed.

  2. You

    The path

    260 labs in blocks, from the first router to the firewall, or certification prep: CCNA, NSE 4, PCNSA, JNCIA, HCIA…

  3. You

    Configuration

    In each vendor's real command line, on a computer, tablet or phone, online or offline.

  4. The lab

    Validation

    Every task checks itself. The coach reads your topology and explains what is wrong.

  5. The lab

    Progress

    Your work is saved lab by lab; mock exams show what to review before the real one.

At the end of the path

A skill proven, lab by lab. For a group or a school, write to us: one access per learner.

Try it for 7 days

Decommissioned equipment

  1. You

    You describe the batch

    The type of equipment, a rough quantity and the address. The form is enough; a photo by email helps.

  2. Response8

    The proposal

    Within two working days: the collection date, what we buy back, what we charge, and who processes the equipment.

  3. Together

    The collection

    On site, on the agreed date. The inventory is signed by both sides before the van leaves.

  4. Response8

    The proof

    A wiping or destruction certificate for every serial number, and the recycling note for the rest.

At the end of the path

Proof for every serial number, ready for your auditor or your data protection officer.

Request a collection

What you can expect

People you can simply ring.

The rest of this page says what we do. This bit says how it goes once somebody has picked up.

  • Somebody picks up, and that person understands what you are describing
  • We explain it in plain words, not in acronyms
  • We call back when we said we would call back
  • We say no when it is no, and we say why
  • What was done is written down, and the document is yours
  • You speak your own language: English, French or Dutch

In short

What to know before you call.

3Working languages — EN · FR · NL
1 hFirst reply during office hours
BeneluxArea covered
2019Founded

An assignment to fill, a group to train, a batch to clear?

All three go through the same number, and the same person answers. Just tell us what it is about.