CTT, an eLandia Company, and CMC Limited, a Tata Consulting Services Ltd. Subsidiary, Sign Education Agreement for Latin America

CTT, a leader in talent development services for information and communication technology professionals, and CMC Limited, a Tata Consulting Services Ltd. Subsidiary, have signed an agreement to leverage their core strengths in Information Technology (IT) education. As a result of the alliance, CTT and CMC will jointly offer specialized professional advancement programs for software development specialists for the first time in Latin America. Management of CTT expects that this collaboration will contribute between US$3 to $4 million in sales for CTT during 2009.

“CTT’s mission is to help IT professionals in Latin America gain access to educational programs that will enable them to compete in the global IT job market,” said Hermann Gomez, President and General Manager of CTT. “By leveraging the best practices and core strengths in CMC’s education services, we are bringing the best and most innovative education programs in the world to Latin America.”

The specialized program entitled Next Generation Software Professional, which will be available as of December 1, 2008, is an alternative to traditional education that fills the gap between theory and practice and reduces time to job placement. Its courses integrate CMC coursework, which has been taught in more than 170 education centers in India, with CTT’s content and methodology in a portfolio of programs that are designed for career-minded IT professionals. The first course to be launched within the program is Next Generation Software Development, which is based on CMC-Pro product and includes certification, refresher and specialization options.

CTT’s extensive regional presence in more than 11 countries and vast penetration of the market, allows CMC to extend its educational services to millions in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

“We are very excited about partnering with CTT to extend the reach of our program to the Latin American region,” said R. Ramanan, Managing Director and CEO of CMC Limited. “The prestige and geographical footprint established by CTT has proven its credentials as a leader in education and training in the Latin American Region. CMC is certain this will be a successful partnership, bringing real added value to all of CTT’s customers.”

Next Generation Software Professional includes the CMC- PRO course, enhanced within a core framework of advanced programming concepts and languages aligned with today’s business environment. It also covers complementary business skills that contribute to enhanced job performance. The enhancements seek to not only provide technical certification, but also to teach skills that are commonly taught to college students or which senior technical specialists learn through experience.

About CMC Limited

CMC Limited is a leading IT solutions company and a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS Ltd.), one of the world’s leading Information Technology consulting, services and business process outsourcing organizations and a part of the Tata Group, India’s best-known business conglomerate. With 18 offices, 150 service locations, 520 non-resident locations and over 3,500 employees worldwide, CMC Ltd. provides a wide spectrum of unique Information Technology solutions and services to a clientele of premier organizations in the government and private sectors. CMC Americas, Inc. is a subsidiary and services clients in the US, while CMC branch offices in the UK and Dubai market the company’s products and services in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. CMC continues to focus on consolidating its dominant position in India, while expanding its reach globally.

About CTT

CTT is a leading education services integrator in information and communication technologies, business skills and best practices. CTT leads the education process, productive oriented (employment and business) for technology manufacturers, channels, individual, enterprises and government institutions in the Latin American region. CTT clients in Latin America range from technology manufacturers to Solution integrators and Channels.

About eLandia

With over 3,000 business customers and a presence in 18 countries, eLandia (OTC BB: ELAN.OB) and its family of companies deliver an array of information and communications technology (ICT) services to emerging markets experiencing rapid development, predominantly focusing on Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. eLandia assists its customers to implement world-class integrated infrastructure solutions and cutting-edge networking technologies, and to build highly-qualified local workforces to enable their businesses to transform and integrate into the global economy.

Contacts

CTT
Javier Rodriguez, SVP, Communications
& Marketing, 305-415-8830
jrodriguez {at} elandiagroup(.)com