PACE Institute wins two prestigious Redhat ‘Overseas Training Partner’ awards

Sri Lankan IT training institute PACE bagged two coveted awards at the RedHat Training Partner Conference 2014 /15, held at Vivanta by Taj, Hari Mahal in Jodhpur, Rajasthan from 4-6 November. 

PACE was awarded the best overseas training partner of the year for courseware revenue and the best overseas training partner of the year for total revenue awards. PACE CEO Sajith de Silva and Vice President Kapila Withanage participated in the RedHat Training Partner Conference to receive these prestigious awards.

PACE was selected out of hundreds of training partners spread across the globe based on their brilliant performance within the last two years in delivering a number of best results holders in Sri Lanka. 

The PACE Institute is one of the two Redhat certified training partners in Sri Lanka with a strong history in delivering some of the best results in the island. PACE students have repeatedly scored full results during the last two years, making PACE the strongest option for RedHat certification. 

PACE Institute conducts training for an array of qualifications such as RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and also for a number of advanced RedHat Linux qualifications such as RedHat Certificates of Expertise (CoEs) including RedHat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA), RedHat OpenStack Administration, RedHat CoE in Hybrid Cloud Storage Administration and RedHat CoE in Server Hardening. Furthermore, the institute engages overseas resources to conduct specialised training in RedHat.

Conducted by a panel of experienced and qualified instructors headed by Rohan de Silva (RHCA, RHCDS, RHCE, RHCI, RHCVA), who is one of the country’s top industry experts in System Administration, RedHat certification courses at PACE are designed to build a generation of world-class RedHat Certified Linux professionals.  

These awards demonstrate PACE Institute’s commitment to building world-class RedHat Certified Linux professionals and its commitment towards developing the world-renowned Linux ecosystem locally as well as globally. 

“It is a great achievement. PACE always looks beyond awarding academic or professional certifications by offering a more comprehensive education based on values and career competencies to students along with qualifications. RedHat awards give us courage and determination to continue offering quality higher education that truly adds value to the students, employers and businesses alike,” said PACE Institute CEO Sajith de Silva.  

PACE Vice President Kapila Withanage stressed the importance of Linux in today’s business environment and said that every major platform today such as Facebook, Google and Amazon all ran on Linux servers. It is something that businesses today cannot live without. It’s one of the core ambitions of PACE to build right Linux professionals with sound qualifications as well as soft skills and values.

The Partner Conference was themed ‘the Change’. A number of prominent speakers made thought-provoking presentations on how the future of the world changes with Linux. They educated the gathering of RedHat Training Partners on the importance of developing Linux professionals as the world needs more than 1,000,000 qualified Linux professionals. The exponential growth of the Linux ecosystem worldwide is bound to fuel the demand for them even further. 

This year’s conference was a heady mix of knowledge, celebration and preparedness for the exciting prospects of the future. The participants got the opportunity to interact with the RedHat Leadership and to meet industry peers and witness some great speeches and presentations. The insightful content and sessions would open up a world of opportunities for a rewarding tomorrow. 

A highlight of the conference was the presentation by the world-famous Mumbai ‘Dabbawala’ organisation where they explained how they had delivered and returned more than 200,000 lunch boxes in a day with as such a tiny room for error as one in a million. This excellently run system is a perfect example of a planned and focused system yielding much higher productivity and efficiency. 

The RedHat GALA was a grand event which was held at Udaipur dessert in a most colourful and vibrant environment. The PACE Institute and many other education institutes received recognition for their untiring efforts in building top RedHat Certified Linux professionals.  

Since RedHat Enterprise Linux Certification represents the cutting edge of open source Linux System Administration, those who possess these qualifications are in high demand in Sri Lanka today as well as overseas. In Sri Lanka, PACE Institute is the best institute to study for these globally acclaimed Red Hat qualifications.

PACE is committed to fostering the growth of students, young professionals and entrepreneurs to achieve their life and professional goals through an affordable education aimed to create both professional and personal development. Thus, its helps students with education and career guidance, qualification development, personal and professional transformation and personality development to become the best they can be in life.