Ottawa, Canada - January 16, 2004 - Eftia, a global provider of operations management software solutions designed to meet the business automation needs of communications service providers and large enterprises, today announced the launch of Eftia University. The program, designed to provide training and certification in Operational Support Systems (OSS) through courses given by Eftia subject matter experts, will be rolled out initially in the India market with an aim to creating a solid awareness of the fundamental processes that underpin OSS while offering in-depth skills training in Eftias products - Master.Scribe and Ai² Application Development Framework.
Hands-on instruction is available to customers, systems integrators, alliance partners and industry professionals alike, catering to a wide spectrum of interests. For example, OSS Graduate is a 1-day course that highlights both the technical and business aspects of OSS in the global arena as well as dealing with the elements and functionalities that make up a modern support system. The OSS Executive is a 4-day development program focusing on the economics and real time operational benefits of an OSS implementation, targeted at senior business managers. The first course at Eftia University will be conducted at the end of January 2004 in partnership with the Symbiosys Institute of Telecom Management in Pune, India.
For more information on courses, schedule and delivery, please contact Eftia University.
About Eftia
Eftia is a global leader in providing and deploying turnkey software solutions and extensible platforms that meet the business automation demands of communications service providers and large enterprises.
Ai², which stands for Adaptable, Intelligent, Integrable, is a next generation, state of the art, application framework and engine to provide enterprise automation solutions for any industry. It enables the rapid, cost-effective creation of custom resource management related applications to meet specific business needs, offering a level of adaptability not seen in other products.
Eftia is a significant contributor to the New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) led by the TeleManagement Forum, and is a focus member of the OSS through Java Initiative. Eftia is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
For further information, please contact:
Tejpal Singh Kang
Eftia OSS Solutions Inc.
Marketing Communications
Phone: +91 22 25704504
Email: Tejpal Singh Kang