Red Hat India, STG tie-up to promote Linux education

NEW DELHI: Red Hat, a firm involved in developing, deploying and managing

solutions by incorporating open source technologies, has announced a strategic

alliance with Software Technology Group (STG) to promote Linux education in

India.

Red Hat India will offer their courses to students in India under the STG

banner. The alliance is a part of Red Hat's efforts to spread Linux education in

the country and to raise the awareness of Linux at the desktop and enterprise

level.

The students on completion of the Red Hat-certified courses, will be eligible

to appear for the Red Hat Certified examination, which will be held by certified

Red Hat India personnel. Red Hat India & STG hope to target over 9,000

students in the first year of operation .

Under the terms of this alliance, STG will offer Linux education at 125 STG

education centers all over India. The centers will then impart training for the

Red Hat Certified Engineering (RHCE) course, Red Hat Training program and Red

Hat High-end Training course.

Commenting on the tie-up, Red Hat India director, Javed Tapia said, "As

Linux continues to build momentum as a commercially viable platform there is

growing demand for industry professionals with a background and training in

Linux systems. A lot of universities worldwide are also increasingly adopting

Linux and we anticipate the future skillsets to be focused on Linux. "

"Linux is undoubtedly the most popular OS in the world currently and is

being adopted at a phenomenal pace both by desktops and enterprises. Taking into

consideration this huge growth rate, we anticipate a tremendous need for Linux

professionals in the future. And hence, this alliance to facilitate our efforts

to spread Linux education," added Red Hat India's training manager Shankar

Iyer.