I dont know what category to put this in. Just heard of this. Sounds
like a decent job opportunity for Delhi Linux folk.
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re
rahul
Accel to set up Linux centers
The competency centers, to be set up with an investment of Rs 2 crore,
will enable ISVs to simulate client environments and critically analyze
the solutions.
Monday, March 29, 2004
CHENNAI: Accel ICIM, provider of IT solutions and system integration, will
very shortly set up Linux Competency Centers in Chennai and Delhi. These
Linux competency centers, to be set up with an investment of Rs 2 crore,
will enable ISVs to simulate client environments and critically analyze
the solution offered, in terms of ease and performance prior to buying the
product.
Briefing the media, president and COO of Accel ICIM, SV Sriram, remarked
that Linux is gaining ground in India too, especially in the e-governance
projects, which are running on the Linux platform. "Many of the public
sector units and large corporates are shifting to the Linux platform. The
key factor in Linux building ground is its cost saving factor. Though in
India, the market has already been created for Linux, when it comes to
support not many players are there in this space. And Accel will address
this segment through its competency center and call center."
The competency centers will offer proof-of-concept and development
environment, hands-on demonstrations, product benchmarking, Linux and open
source consultancy and implementation services, beta testing, Linux and
open source software support service. Each Linux competency center will be
equipped with Sun x86 range servers. These servers will have the various
applications like SendMail, Qmail, Samba, Oracle, MySQL, Apache, Squid and
others running in a clustered environment, so that a company may test and
analyze the technology before investing the same.
According to Sriram, "The Linux Competency Centers will generate revenue
to the tune of Rs 40 crore." What about the rate of conversion to Linux?
"Anybody who comes to our competency center will convert," he replied.
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