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NIIT partners with Sun to offer Solaris training
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 17:30 IST
BANGALORE: NIIT has tied up with Sun Microsystems (India) to offer specialized training in open source computing to students and software professionals, through the Sun Solaris training program. The partnership will enable NIIT to access the latest Sun technologies, tools, technical resources and curricula on Java and XML and Solaris operating system administration.
"As part of our Network Labs curriculum, we will offer training and certification on Solaris 10 operating system to prospective students," said NIIT CEO Vijay K. Thadani, addressing the media on Tuesday.
The five-day 40-hour course will train applicants to take up high-end jobs in verticals such as infrastructure management services, package implementation and application, development and maintenance (AMD). The fee for the course is expected range from 
10,000 to 25,000, with students being charged lower than professionals.
"Our partnership with Sun is in line with our efforts to provide the best training programs for students and the industry," stated Thadani. Sun vice-president Karie Wilyerd said the company's game plan was to empower academic developers through sharing, collaboration and open innovation.
"The partnership will allow students to help each other, gain hands-on experience with leading-edge, open source technologies and prepare for the next age in the education process," Wilyerd said. Sun will help NIIT to set up Solaris labs in Delhi and Mumbai initially and extend the facility to 50 centers, including tier-2 cities across the country.
Industry body Nasscom has projected that the IT industry will be employing about two million professionals by 2010, with over 300,000 being hired every year. Verticals like infrastructure management services alone will require 25,000 specialists in a year in view of the increasing demand for such services in the outsourcing business.
10,000 to 25,000, with students being charged lower than professionals.
"Our partnership with Sun is in line with our efforts to provide the best training programs for students and the industry," stated Thadani. Sun vice-president Karie Wilyerd said the company's game plan was to empower academic developers through sharing, collaboration and open innovation.
"The partnership will allow students to help each other, gain hands-on experience with leading-edge, open source technologies and prepare for the next age in the education process," Wilyerd said. Sun will help NIIT to set up Solaris labs in Delhi and Mumbai initially and extend the facility to 50 centers, including tier-2 cities across the country.
Industry body Nasscom has projected that the IT industry will be employing about two million professionals by 2010, with over 300,000 being hired every year. Verticals like infrastructure management services alone will require 25,000 specialists in a year in view of the increasing demand for such services in the outsourcing business.