DOVER, Delaware, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- E-learning Courses for High End IT Education

Increasingly, as organizations are going global and are hugely IT driven,
there is an acute need to reduce skill gap and massive shortfall of trained
professionals. With the severe recession around the corner, the focus is on
cutting costs and reducing cycle times with projects getting more and more
complex, there is a strong requirement for anytime, anywhere and cost
effective training. To address this enormous need of training and talent
shortage in the IT industry, http://www.qaiasia.com (QAI), announced their e
learning venture http://www.edistalearning.com (EdistaLearning)

QAI has partnered with e-learning gurus and internationally
renowned subject matter experts such as http://www.rspa.com (Dr. Roger
Pressman), whose book on Software Engineering is the most sold textbook in
the world, to create a suite of about 45 courses on 13 domains ranging from
Software engineering, Software Project Management, Software Configuration
Management etc. The courses available provide training on popular models like
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/ (CMMi), http://www.pmi.org (PMP) and
http://www.itil-officialsite.com/home/home.asp (ITIL).

EdistaLearning has been recognized as one of the "Top
Specialized Learning Process Providers List" for 2007 as issued by
http://www.trainingoutsourcing.com/exec_top20companies_list_2007.asp
(Training Outsourcing), one of the world's leading authoritative sources of
the emerging trends in the training and learning outsourcing space. Edista in
the Finnish language (edistaa) means "to enhance, to facilitate".

EdistaLearning responds to the shortage of large numbers of
consistently trained, readily available fully employable IT skilled manpower.
According to a NASSCOM (India's National Association of Software and Services
Companies) - McKinsey estimate, if offshore outsourcing work grows as rapidly
as expected, the study predicts, in just five years India will have a
shortfall of 150,000 IT engineers and 350,000 business-process staff. The
numbers at the global level are equally alarming.

It is estimated that the size of the global IT workforce is
5.2 million, out of which 0.88 million are Indians. The size of the IT
training market is 22.5 billion USD, out of which 10-15 % spent is on
Process, Quality & Project Management training (USD 2-3 bn). The only way
such large numbers of personnel can be rapidly and effectively deployed is by
leveraging technology to rapidly and effectively train the people.
EdistaLearning provides the much needed relief.

The global e-Learning space throws up some interesting
numbers. The space has a CAGR of over 70% and the estimates indicate that the
market will touch USD 75 bn by 2010. Moreover as much as 29 % of all IT
training was delivered through e-Learning last year.

"With our focus on Software Engineering and Quality
Management, we realised that the time was right to take the learning to the
learner and we moved into online training and launched our courses. The
initial response was even better than expected and we have christened our
offering EdistaLearning. Edista means 'To Facilitate' and today the call of
the hour is to facilitate learning," says Navyug Mohnot, CEO, QAI.

EdistaLearning has already tasted success in it's soft-launch
phase where Hewlett Packard, USA, a world leader in the Information
Technology sector, signed up for thousands of course user licenses of
EdistaLearning for its employees across the globe to get them equipped on
high quality, comprehensive content consistently. HCL Technologies another
leading IT organization, has purchased 55,000 + licences for it's employees
as a part of their induction process, amongst others.

The EdistaLearning courses are Shareable Content Object
Reference Model (SCORM) 1.2 & 2.4 compliant. They can be delivered both
through the Internet, using a Learning Management System (LMS) and Intranet.
The content is available to both individuals and corporations.

About QAI:

QAI is a leading global consulting organization set up in
Orlando, USA in 1980. QAI addresses 'Operational Excellence' in IT, BPO and
Knowledge intensive service organizations. QAI helps organizations do a
better job of Project Management, Quality Management, Process Management,
Human Capital Management, Innovation Management etc.

QAI, today has regional bases across the globe in the US,
Singapore, China, Malaysia, UK and India which help to innovatively
distribute and manage engagements across multiple locations. QAI facilitates
enhanced competitiveness through multi-faceted interventions leading to
Business Improvement through Consulting, Training, People, Process &l
Assessments, Benchmarking, Certification, Conferences, Resource provisioning
through Quality Outsourcing and e-Learning.

QAI clients include IBM, Accenture, Wipro, Prudential,
Genpact, American Express, Sony, TataMotors and 200 others across 30
countries. For more information, log in to http://www.qaiworldwide.org or
http://www.qaiasia.com

Contact :
    Myra
    Corporate Communication and PR
    myra@edistalearning.com
    Call at +1-9043283045