Bangalore, March 14. (PTI): Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd and IT trainer NIIT on Tuesday said, the companies will offer training in the growing Open Source Computing through Sun Solaris Training Programs.

"This strategic initiative will lead to the inclusion of a solaris system into the curriculum to train students and enterprise segment," Sun Microsystems India Chief Learning Officer G Bhaskar said at a press conference.

Two specialised Labs would be set up by SUN at Delhi and Mumbai in the first phase and later expanded to 50 cities.

"Ninety per cent of the offtake in the training programme comes from Enterprise Houses," he said.

NIIT CEO Vijay K Thadani said, "We are looking at training two lakh people in one year and the IT industry requires about two million workforce."

As part of the alliance, NIIT will offer specialised training programmes through its network of education centres as well as specialised solaris labs, he said.

SUN Microsystem Vice President and Chief Learning Officer Karie Wilyerd said, the company invests in several training programmes and declined to quantify the investment.

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