Talent pool to bring in more business for IT firms
Large IT companies are actively forging ties with educational and training institutes to develop a talent pool. India Inc hires internal referral way
By Sreekala G, TNN |
HYDERABAD: With India becoming the global IT services hub, leading product companies including Oracle, Sun Microsystems, IBM and Microsoft are sharpening their focus on the education sector to promote their technologies and bolster revenues.
These companies are actively forging ties with educational and training institutes to develop a ready-touse talent pool. The partnerships could indirectly bring in more business, say analysts.
The programmes are designed to help companies position their products in the global marketplace. Availability of talent pool could be a differentiating factor in a closely-contested deal.
In a multi-million dollar deal, when a client is selecting a product partner, they will look at market capabilities, mainly the number of professionals who have trained on the product technologies. “With more and more businesses outsourcing their services to India, it is important for major product development companies to create a large techsavvy resource pool here,” said Gartner principal analyst Kamlesh Bhatia.
IBM, for instance, has imparted training on open standards-based technologies to more than 80,000 students across 745 colleges in India in 2006.
“As part of IBM Academic Initiative, we offer workshops and certification programmes on various technologies . The aim is to develop strategic linkages with universities and colleges and to assist them in developing Talent pool,” says Amol Mahamuni, programme director, IBM.
Microsoft India has also partnered with the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) in Karnataka to address the training needs of students in BITES member institutes.
These companies are actively forging ties with educational and training institutes to develop a ready-touse talent pool. The partnerships could indirectly bring in more business, say analysts.
The programmes are designed to help companies position their products in the global marketplace. Availability of talent pool could be a differentiating factor in a closely-contested deal.
In a multi-million dollar deal, when a client is selecting a product partner, they will look at market capabilities, mainly the number of professionals who have trained on the product technologies. “With more and more businesses outsourcing their services to India, it is important for major product development companies to create a large techsavvy resource pool here,” said Gartner principal analyst Kamlesh Bhatia.
IBM, for instance, has imparted training on open standards-based technologies to more than 80,000 students across 745 colleges in India in 2006.
“As part of IBM Academic Initiative, we offer workshops and certification programmes on various technologies . The aim is to develop strategic linkages with universities and colleges and to assist them in developing Talent pool,” says Amol Mahamuni, programme director, IBM.
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Microsoft India has also partnered with the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) in Karnataka to address the training needs of students in BITES member institutes.
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