Cisco Networking Academy in PCNET I-cafes

Any company that has got more than two computers and plans to work efficiently has to build a network. But if the network is not maintained by someone skilled to do so, then the risk of problems arising is greater and the company stands more “chances” of losing money because of computer problems.
Romania currently registers a 32% deficit of network administrators, as explained by Radu Jugureanu, Cisco Networking Academy professor yesterday. Which means the openings for such positions are 32% higher than the number of people who actually studied networking.
Cisco Systems Company has been training networking specialists through the Cisco Networking Academy for several years now.
The course consists in four semesters, which cost $140 each and the students may choose to apply for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification as soon as they finish training. The Cisco Networking Academy has approximately 250 students enrolled at the moment, whilst another 120 have already completed the four semesters and 20 of them have earned the CCNA certification.
For this year’s courses, the organisers have managed to rally a new partner to their side, the PCNET company, a major Internet Service Provider. PCNET and Euromania Foundation (which hosts a CNA Local Academy) signed a partnership deal by which PCNET allows the organisers to use two PCNET Internet cafes in Bucharest.
The partnership also entails a cash inflow from Cisco to PCNET, the exact amount of which none of the parties cared to reveal.
Although the partnership does not include an exclusivity provision for PCNET, it is unlikely that a similar partnership would be concluded with a rival ISP over the next year.
If the project in Bucharest turns out to be a success, it may be extended to all the other PCNET Internet cafes in the country. The partnership was concluded for only a year.
There are more than 10,000 Cisco Academies in 149 countries throughout the world, attended by approximately 260,000 students.