EMC, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore has signed an agreement with EMC (Benelux) B.V. SARL, a subsidiary of EMC Corporation, to join the EMC Academic Alliance Program (EAA) in India. Under this program, PSG College of Technology will offer a course in Information storage technology to its students starting from January 2008.

As part of the EAA, PSG College of Technology will receive vendor agnostic curriculum, course content, learning materials, faculty trainings and software simulators developed by EMC, to provide training to their students. EMC will also provide program support in terms of examination papers and sample assignments. Under EAA, EMC has forged alliances with over 75 education institutions across India. And today, more than 3000 students are enrolled in similar information storage courses across India as part of the EAA.

The EMC Academic Alliance is an initiative by EMC to work with the leading educational institutions around the world to address the emerging knowledge gap in storage technologies and developing a resource pool of skilled and certified storage professionals. This is the only program in the industry which offers a vendor neutral, product agnostic storage technology curriculum to the students. Some of the EMC Academies include BITS Pilani, IIIT Bangalore, UPTEC and Manipal Institute of Technology.

Commenting on the significance of the association, Dr. R Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology said “PSG is committed to offer quality technical education to its students. We are happy to partner with the world person in charge in information infrastructure solutions. This agreement with EMC will enable our students to learn about the latest technologies in the information storage and management space, the fastest growing segment of the IT industry.”

“We are confident that the partnership with EMC will help us impart the relevant skills to our students and produce industry ready graduates that are prepared to contribute efficiently to the fast growing information storage and management industry,” he further added.

Elaborating on the momentum of EAA in India, Manoj Chugh, President, EMC India & SAARC region, said, “We are pleased with the progress of our education program in India. We have already tied up with over 75 leading education institutions in India under the EAA program and are likely to cross the 100 mark very soon. We are proud to partner with PSG College, one of the leading IT education providers in Coimbatore under EAA.”

“Information is growing at an explosive rate and organizations are struggling to manage this dramatic growth*. In the background of this information deluge, Information management and storage has emerged as a promising career for students. At EMC, we are committed to empower the students with best-of-breed skills that will help them face the real world challenges and have a successful career”, he added.

On the successful completion of the course, students will receive a certificate from PSG College of Technology and EMC acknowledging the completion of the course. These students will be better prepared to clear the EMC Associate Storage Technologist Examination, one of the world’s most recognized information storage and management certification.

*According to the IDC whitepaper: “The Expanding Digital Universe: A Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010” information will grow at a CAGR of 57 percent between 2006 and 2010 and APAC excluding Japan will grow 30 to 40 percent faster than the mature economies*