For building the next generation of skilled software testing professionals, COBOL developers, support academic institutes, business organizations and students, Micro Focus has launched its Academic Program.
The company has also launched the Borland Scholar Program aimed to create India as a hub for World‐Class Software Testing Professionals. This program provides students a Competitive Edge in the IT industry by enabling them to be pre‐qualified on widely used Software Testing Tools from Borland.
The focus is to train the students on the latest technologies and business models. The company aims to roll out 10,000 industry standard professionals to support the growing testing market in India. Considering the present growth and potential in the software testing industry, the opportunities for software testers are enormous.
Nitin Dang, Country General Manager, Micro Focus India, said, “As the number of COBOL developers reaching retirement age increases, the demand for quality, skilled developers to support business-critical COBOL applications continues to rise. At present, COBOL supports 90 per cent of the Fortune 500 business systems every day and powers 85 per cent of all daily business transactions processed. As a result, university programs that teach COBOL programming skills, and importantly, connect those students to business organizations, are vital. Without them, the cost and risk scenario for COBOL-based businesses will continue to elevate.”
He also said that the Academic program aims to bridge the skills gap between old and new developers, unifying them through education, process and technology and empowering engineering students through hands-on training, to be pre-qualified on industry-relevant skills, before they step out of campus.
