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VIRTUALISATION Recession impacts certification, training
VIRTUALISATION Recession impacts certification, training | Recession impacts certification, training |
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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Thursday, 23 July 2009 | |
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Gartner’s principal research analyst, Asheesh Raina, says that although the software certification and training market has played a pivotal role in developing quality resources and addressing the long-term skills shortage within the IT industry, smaller training institutes and franchise setups in the region are under severe strain and are “finding it difficult to sustain themselves in the current economic climate while larger organisations are also experiencing considerable decreases in revenue.” Raina says that training budgets are usually among the first to be cut as part of cost containment efforts with the result that investments have been temporarily suspended and expansion plans deferred. However, despite the current challenging market, Gartner says it is confident that the ongoing need for qualified IT personnel in Asia Pacific will fuel major opportunities for IT training and certification in the region. Gartner estimates that around 1.5 million IT experts will be needed by 2012, and Asheesh Raina says that key drivers for this longer term growth include enhancements in collaborative tools and technologies, backed by increasing Internet penetration to deliver online content. According to Gartner the entire certification and training ecosystem in the region is becoming “increasingly vibrant due to the amalgamation of ‘mega vendors’ such as IBM, Oracle, SAP and HP; public sector undertakings such as HPCL in India, training enterprises such as Aptech, Genovate and NIIT and various niche and small players.” CONTINUED page 2 |
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