Bangalore, March 13: Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd and IT trainer NIIT today said the companies will offer training in the growing open source computing through Sun Solaris training programs.
"This strategic initiative will lead to inclusion of
Solaris System into curriculum to train students and
enterprise segment," Sun Microsystems India Chief Learning
Officer G Bhaskar said at a press conference.
Two specialised labs would be set up by Sun at Delhi and
Mumbai in the first phase and later expanded to 50 cities.
"Ninety per cent of the offtake in training programme
comes from enterprise houses," he said.
NIIT CEO Vijay K Thadani said, "We are looking at
training two lakh people in one year and the IT industry
requires about two million workforce."
As part of the alliance, NIIT will offer specialised
training programmes through its network of education centres
as well as specialised Solaris labs, he said.
Sun Microsystem Vice President and Chief Learning
Officer Karie Wilyerd said the company invests in several
training programmes and declined to quantify the investment.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 00:00