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EMC inks education agreement with BVBCET

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Information infrastructure solutions provider EMC today announced the signing of an agreement between B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET) in Hubli, Karnataka, and its subsidiary, EMC (Benelux) B.V. SARL under the EMC Academic Alliance Program.

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As per this program B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology will offer a course in information storage and management technology to its students, a press release said.

The course is being offered to the students since July 2008. So far, EMC has forged alliances with over 100 education institutions in India reaching out to 5000 plus students.

As part of the program, BVBCET will receive vendor agnostic curriculum, course content, learning materials, faculty trainings and software simulators developed by EMC, to provide training to their students, the release added.

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EMC will also provide program support in terms of examination papers and sample assignments. 

“There is a paradigm shift of power from carrier to content and the key issue to be recognized is the importance of putting the information back to center stage,” said Dr. Ashok S. Shettar, B.V. Bhoomaraddi College.

“The agreement with EMC will enable our students to learn about information management and storage, one of the most significant and also the fastest growing segments within the IT industry,” he added.

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“Organizations today are struggling to manage the sheer volume and complexity of digital information and are constantly looking for Information storage and management skilled professionals to manage their information infrastructure,” opined Alok Ohrie, president EMC India and SAARC.

“In this context, Information management and storage has emerged as a promising career option. At EMC, we are committed to empower students with the requisite skills that will enable them to succeed in this domain.”

The EMC Academic Alliance program is an initiative by EMC to work with the leading educational institutions around the world to address the emerging knowledge gap in storage technologies and developing a resource pool of skilled, certified and industry ready storage professionals.

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