Cisco Speeds Up Training in India

BANGALORE, India -- Cisco Systems Inc. has launched a program here to accelerate the training of workers on its networking technology, adding to similar efforts begun last year in South Africa and Jordan.

The Global Talent Acceleration Program compresses the typical training period required for a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert certification from three or four years to as little as nine months, said GTAP Director John Livingston.

Cisco expects to train about 100 people in India during GTAP's first year there. The program also covers communication skills for interacting with customers, Cisco said.

-- John Ribeiro, IDG News Service