Company

Awards & Industry Recognitions

• 1989
  • NIL is founded.
• 1992
  • NIL becomes a Cisco Value Added Reseller (today Cisco Channel Partner).
• 1993
  • NIL becomes a Cisco Training Partner (today Cisco Learning Partner Specialized).
• 1994
  • NIL develops its first service provider course (Cisco Border Gateway Protocol).
• 1995
  • NIL becomes a Cisco Gold Partner.
• 1997
  • NIL develops the foundation of its Cisco security curriculum (PIX and VPN).
  • NIL achieves ISO 9001 standard.
• 1998
  • NIL establishes its world-renowned Remote Lab System and starts delivering classes to anywhere on the globe.
• 2001
  • NIL develops an extensive Cisco Service Provider curriculum and delivers its first virtual classes (using the PlaceWare platform).
• 2005
  • NIL enters the data center market, starts building appropriate courses and starts opening offices around the globe, including in the U. S., South Africa, Turkey, Morocco, Austria, Croatia, Serbia etc.
• 2010
  • NIL was awarded the Cisco Most Business Relevant Learning Partner in MEA and the most innovative learning partner in MEA.
• 2011
  • NIL achieves ISO 27001 standard.
• 2012
  • NIL wins the Innovation Award for Technology Led Training and for extensive contribution to the Cisco Learning portfolio at Cisco EMEAR Learning Partner Summit.
• 2013
  • NIL once again wins the Innovation Award at the Cisco Global Learning Partner Conference and starts the CCIE Africa Club, a Cisco-supported initiative that aims to bring together the African CCIE community.
• 2014
  • NIL Learning gets their first CCIE Data Center certified instructor, becomes Cisco Global Learning Partner of the Year and is recognized as a Cisco Business Learning Partner.
• 2015
  • NIL is recognized as 2015 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year in Slovenia.
• 2016
  • NIL was awarded Cisco’s Learning Partner of the Year 2016 designation for the EMEAR region.
• 2017
  • NIL opens office in United Arab Emirates and is recognized as a Cisco Platinum Learning Partner.
• 2018
  • NIL wins Cisco Global Learning Partner of the Year 2018 – Collaborator Award.
• 2019
  • Conscia acquires NIL
  • NIL’s SOC is named IT security product of the year 2019.
• 2020
  • NIL extends the Cisco Master Security Certification.
• 2021
  • NIL adds the Gold Security to its Microsoft Competences.
• 2022
  • NIL becomes the first Palo Alto Networks Diamond Innovator Partner in Slovenia.
  • NIL is the first in Slovenia to achieve Cisco’s Environmental Sustainability Specialization.
• 2023
  • NIL has been a Cisco Platinum Learning Partner for 30 years.
  • NIL is awarded AAA Platinum rating excellence.
  • NIL is given the VMware Cloud Foundation Sales award.
  • NIL is awarded with the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Infrastructure: Azure status.
• 2024
  • NIL becomes a Cisco Select Advisor.
  • NIL achieves the 22301 certification for business continuity.
  • NIL achieves the Microsoft Verified Managed Service XDR status.
  • NIL receives four Cisco Slovenia awards: Cisco Collaboration Partner 2024, Cisco ACI Partner 2024, Cisco SD-WAN Partner 2024, and Cisco Security Partner 2024.
  • NIL acquires the Cisco Extended Detection and Response Solution specialization.
  • NIL acquires the Cisco Secure Access Service Edge Solution specialization.
  • NIL receives the TOP Investor in Education certificate.
  • NIL achieves elite status in the Splunk Partnerverse program.
• 2025
  • NIL obtains the Cisco AI-Ready Infrastructure specialisation.
  • NIL obtains the Great Place To Work® Certification.