Lanka yet to utilise IT knowledge to full potential

Shirajiv Sirimane

EDUCATION: Sri Lankans are yet to utilise their IT knowledge to its maximum potential and the initiatives taken by President Mahinda Rajapaksa will drive the nation towards reaching higher levels of IT literacy, said founder and President of NuMatrix Inc. Rukmal Fernando.

'Today's organisations increasingly rely on the Internet and complex internal networks to compete in the new global economy and need skilled professionals to keep networks working smoothly and expanding seamlessly," he said.

Fernando now based in USA says that opportunities in the global IT sector are enormous and there are over 200,000 Indian IT professionals employed in USA. He said that he saw a great opportunity in the IT education sector and decided to invest in Sri Lanka.

"I negotiated with Cisco in providing a price scale that was affordable to establish an offshore Cisco Training and Development Program in Colombo, Sri Lanka," he said. Sponsored by a Cisco(r) Learning Solution Partner NuMatrix has started internet working training program which brings Authorized Cisco(r) Training at a affordable price and also provides Authorized Cisco(r) Training in Detroit, MI, Las Vegas, NV, Ohio, Indiana, and Sweden.

NuMatrix Inc. partnered with Network Learning Inc (CCbootcamp) to bring an affordable solution in helping students prepare for the CCIE(r) R&S and CCIE(r) Security exam. NuMatrix provides Authorized Cisco(r) Training sponsored by Tech 2000 a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner. "Our objective is to help students to prepare to pass the CCIE(r) lab exam and to increase long term earnings potential.

Fernando who has over 15 years of experience in Investment Research and Financial Analysis background working for a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Money Management firm that is ranked as one of the top private money management companies in USA with over 1 Billion dollars under management said that their center in Rajagiriya already most advanced equipment." Some of our training equipment is even not available in India as we have invested heavily on them," he said.

He has also developed a successful business model where NuMatrix has setup Cisco classroom equipment racks to conduct all Cisco courses from CCNA to CCIE, Voice, and Security and is one of the few companies in the world that has such equipment racks and provides technical services.

All the lecturers at the Rajagiriya CISCO Authorized Training Centre are CISCO Certified System Instructors and offers a 2 to 1 student to equipment ratio with unlimited Practical and Lab Facility. More details could be obtained from www.routertraining.com