Asset to launch Enterprise Computing in Chennai

Priya Mathew

CHENNAI: Asset International, the high-end technology training arm of Aptech,

will launch a 6-month course on Enterprise Computing by mid July in Chennai. It

had launched the program last month in Delhi, Lucknow, Gujarat, Chandigarh and

Bangalore.

The course, costing Rs 65,000, will consist of four modules and will deal

with computer architecture, networking essentials, wireless networks and

devices, framework of Enterprise computing, advanced programming and data

modeling contents, and enterprise computing using J2EE.

"I expect the Enterprise Computing to be the most popular among the

courses we are presently offering. There are systems working on mainframe,

client servers and web-based technologies. The challenge now is to make these

systems talk to each other, and Enterprise Computing equips to do that,"

said Ravi Dighe, Head of Asset International.

The zero percent interest loans program that Aptech has struck with HDFC will

be extended to this course. Asset International offers courses such as

e-com@asset, wap@asset, KM@asset, Netpro@asset and MCSE in addition to the

16-month training program it has in association with Australia IT Careers

Institute (AITCI).

Asset International, which has about 110 centers in India and operating under

the Aptech Worldwide banner in SAARC countries and Asian Pacific region, is

expanding into Latin America also. It has about 45 centers in China.

During the last fiscal, it has registered a turnover of Rs 50 crore out of

the total Rs 577 crore turnover recorded by Aptech Ltd. This year, Asset is

looking for a turnover of Rs 64 crore. Brushing off insinuations of an impact of

the US downturn, Dighe says that large and established players would benefit

from the scenario as more and more software professionals are going for

re-training to enhance their skill in light of the changing demands of the IT

industry.