3M adds value to IT industry through experiential training

3M Sri Lanka hosted it seventh Volition Integration Professionals (VIP) Installer certification programme to key customers and business partners recently in a bid to boost the IT sector in the country. The three day workshop saw 61 participants from 30 corporate and government institutions converge to experience hands-on training on premise cabling.

Chansool Park - APAC Application Development Engineer in the Communication Markets Division was at hand to deliver valuable training to the participants, which included an overview of structured cabling, international standards, design concepts, intelligent pair management concepts, estimation, splicing and termination methods, testing, validation, site certification and its warranty procedures.

Suren Rajanathan, Vice President 3M Sri Lanka, states that "with emerging market trends in the infrastructure development sector, we believe that Sri Lanka should maintain global standards and be innovative to attract the emerging market opportunities such as BPO's, e-health services, data storage centres. This will be based on performance-oriented user patterns such as speed, clarity and continues connectivity of the network. The future is fibre and we will make every attempt to introduce innovative solutions to the local market".

"Our goal is to increase productivity in companies by conducting training and events of this nature, as such programmes will enhance employee skills and productivity as well" elaborates Derrick Ferdinandus, Sales Manager - Electro-Communications Division at 3M.

"This event served as a forum to recognise the loyal service of our valuable and long-standing partners. It also enabled 3M to add value to the IT industry through education and sharing best practices. We will continue to share global knowledge with our community and contribute towards the development objectives of the country".