Singapore, 30th July 2011 – Training Partners, a leading IT infrastructure learning and development provider, announced that it has acquired the Intellectual Property Rights to IT Infrastructure Library's (ITIL®) training courseware from ITILICS Pte. Ltd.

Following the acquisition, Training Partners is also accredited by the British Computer Society as an ITIL® Authorised Training Organisation (ATO) and an Accredited Courseware Provider.  ITIL® is the world's most widely recognised set of IT Service Management standards. Its integration into Training Partners’ comprehensive range of certification courses will enable IT professionals to fully benefit from the extensive experience available from a single source – Training Partners.  "The role of IT in business has shifted in recent years. Organisations need to keep up with the adoption of best IT practices to support a business-centric approach to services strategy and delivery. The result is improved IT services, cost savings and enhanced productivity," said Esther Wong, General Manager, Training Partners. "For IT professionals, ITIL® training and certification offer globally-recognised credentials that raise their standing in the IT community and elevate their roles into that of key contributors to their organisations’ business growth. 

ITIL® qualifications are commonly recognised as the standard for IT best practices and have become the fastest growing, world-recognised qualifications in IT Service Management. Only ATOs and their authorised affiliates have licences to offer training courses that incorporate official OGC trademarks, brands and copyright material. These ATOs have been fully accredited by an approved Examination Institute. The accreditation process involves a rigorous assessment of the organisation’s management systems, course materials and trainers, assuring the quality of training provided. The Examination Institutes are in turn accredited by the APM Group, the Official Accreditor of the Office of Government Commerce.

Training Partners has been offering ITIL® accredited training via its partner network of ATOs for the past three years and has attracted consistently good feedback from clients. The acquisition will enable Training Partners to offer the content of the full ITIL® v3 qualification scheme and deliver training courses with greater flexibility, affordability and extended market reach than ever before.                                                                                                                                                 

About Training Partners

Training Partners is Asia Pacific’s leader in IT infrastructure learning and development provider, delivering advanced technology training as well as training consulting services to multinational corporations. Established in Singapore in 1994, Training Partners operates in 9 countries in the Asia Pacific region, deliver training programmes and services in five languages, and have successfully trained over 50,000 IT professionals. Training Partners is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data. For more information, please visit www.training-partners.com ITIL® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries.

For further information:

Bee-Kee Lim
Dimension Data Asia Pacific
T: +65 6322 6606

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