Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) saw the first batch of trainees graduated from NCS Technology (Suzhou) Co Ltd, a training centre under NCS (Suzhou) Co Ltd. The graduates were under the government-subsidised manpower shortage training.

The course was on Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), conducted by NCS (Suzhou) Co Ltd, and Microsoft MCTS series by Cuscapi Suzhou Co Ltd. The Eclipse RCP covers designing, coding and packaging of Java applications, while Microsoft MCTS is to build for in-depth technical knowledge and skills in using the key features and functionalities of key technology areas in Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft.NET Framework that are required for designing of software applications.

The training resulted from the successful collaboration between NCS Suzhou and Cuscapi Suzhou with the aim to develop and increase skillful resources for IT research and development.

The ceremony also saw the presence of the centre director, Tang Hao, representatives from both NCS Suzhou and Cuscapi Suzhou and training institutions.

Cuscapi Suzhou Co Ltd, established in January 2009, is growing its position as a significant provider of technical research and development in China. Cuscapi Suzhou is a subsidiary of Cuscapi Berhad, an IT services and business management solutions provider with over 30 years of industrial knowledge, expertise and experience and one of the leading and innovative players in the Asian region. Certified as a Microsoft gold partner and was awarded the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Level 3, Cuscapi has presence in 29 other countries with its headquarters in Malaysia. Cuscapi Suzhou aims to grow its position as a significant provider of technical research and development in China.

NCS (Suzhou) Co Ltd, established in 1998, is Singaporean-based NCS Group’s first offshore development centres in China and was awarded the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Maturity Level 5 in April 2006, the first centre in Suzhou city with such accreditation. The NCS Group, established in the early 1980s, is a leading vendor-independent IT and communications engineering solutions provider in the Asia Pacific region.