Continuing its bid to increase revenue from its emerging markets business, Cisco announced plans to invest $268 million into Saudi Arabia over the next five years and has set up an initiative to develop and recruit local network consulting engineers.
According to its news release, the company said Jordan would act as a hub and cater to trainees across the Gulf Cooperation Council the Levant and North Africa.
The initiative to develop NCEs is part of a bid in emerging countries to employ and train 96 recruits in fiscal year 2008 and 200 by fiscal year 2009, said Cisco.
According to Cisco, entry- or associate-level subjects for the program are typically recent college graduates and mid- or professional-level students who have significant prior experience with Cisco networking. After the completion of training, students will generally make the transition to full-time employment with Cisco Advanced Services as NCEs, working out of Cisco’s regional service delivery hub.
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