Are you based in South Africa?  Are you in IT?  Is your work focused on VOIP and related areas?  If your answer is yes to all of these questions, then you would be delighted to know that Connection Telecom is conducting a training course on Asterisk this month.  The idea is to inform and train individuals on how to install, configure, and maintain a complete Asterisk system.  I heard of this event from Tectonic.  The entry joyfully announces the training course:

Want to be an Asterisk guru? Then sign up for the first bootcamp to be run by Asterisk gurus Connection Telecom. The five-day course costs a whopping R23 400 but if you can get your company to cover the fees the course will be well worth attending. Connection Telecom has been involved with Asterisk since it first broke onto the IT scene.

Rob Lith, director of Connection Telecom, says this training course will assist participants with gaining a high-level knowledge of Asterisk and its potential, with particular focus on the SIP network. The course will focus on a combination of theory and practical labs, and participants will learn how to setup and configure Asterisk in a scalable enterprise or service provider network. Participants will also be able to achieve a dCAP-certification (Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional), a globally recognised programme that will be offered at the end of the Asterisk Bootcamp training course or can be taken separately, bringing a new skill set to their career or company. Various kinds of setups will be covered, giving participants insight into the design of real SIP networks using Asterisk, providing participants with a real competitive advantage in today’s demanding software environment.

The course will run from 14 to 18 April 2008 in Johannesburg.

Indeed, the course fee is a bit steep for an individual.  However, I think that if your company is even remotely interested in Asterisk and the potential that it offers your business, then I am pretty sure that you can convince your bosses to set you up for the course.  More so, compared to the potential savings that your company can make with Asterisk, the fee would become negligible.  Also, considering that this is the first ever training of its kind to be offered in South Africa, it is a very big thing to be able to complete this course.  It would definitely give an edge to the individual and to the company.

So what are you waiting for?  Visit Connection Telecom’s page for more information.

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