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BlackBerry development and training program announced
09 November 2009
Colleges and universities around the world will be able to access curriculum and course content in administering and supporting the BlackBerry solution and developing for the BlackBerry platform under the BlackBerry Academic Program, announced today by Research In Motion (RIM).
"Career opportunities in information technology are abundant, and there is increasing demand for people with expertise in managing BlackBerry products and services and developing BlackBerry applications," said Robert Crow, Vice President, Industry, Government and University Relations at Research In Motion.
"Millions of people are using BlackBerry smartphones in more than 170 countries today and the BlackBerry Academic Program will help colleges and universities prepare students for careers in technology and help to meet the growing demand for BlackBerry developers, administrators and technical support professionals in the global marketplace."
Course content is currently available for mobile application development for BlackBerry smartphones, administration of BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and support for BlackBerry smartphones.
The curriculum has been developed in collaboration with academic professionals and has been in pilot for over a year.
With Mobile Application Development Courses, students learn about the tools and techniques for developing applications for BlackBerry smartphones. Courses cover topics such as BlackBerry smartphone features and functionality, user interface design, multimedia application development, mobile web application development and Java application development.
Courses in administration help prepare students to administer, configure, troubleshoot, and perform essential tasks for managing a BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment.
Over 500 students have already taken courses based on the BlackBerry Academic Program as part of a pilot project and several universities in Canada and the US are now in the process of incorporating courses and course content from the program into their course offerings.
For more information, please refer to the following links:
BlackBerry Academic Program: www.blackberry.com/academic
BlackBerry application development: www.blackberry.com/developer
BlackBerry Certification Program: www.blackberry.com/certification
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