eHosting DataFort Honours 10 Talented University Trainees for Successfully Completing Internship Programme

Region’s Leading Managed IT Services Provider Offers Students Opportunity to Enhance Professional Skills.

Dubai: 23 December, 2009 - eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region’s leading Managed IT services provider and a member of TECOM Investments, today announced it honoured 10 talented UAE national trainees for their remarkable contribution to the company through a vigorous internship programme.

Driven by the students’ passion and ambition for professional development, the programme looked at creating a dynamic business environment that would nurture the student’s skills in the technical and professional field. The programme was part of eHDF’s commitment to strengthen and nurture indigenous talent in the UAE, as part of its overall Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.

Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort, presented awards to the students pursuing their bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science at Zayed University and the UAE University. eHosting DataFort is among the leading TECOM entities that recruits and trains promising undergraduates according to individual skills and human capital requirements.

Zeineldin said: “The entire team at eHosting DataFort is extremely proud of the interns who have demonstrated their superior skills during their tenure in the organization. We are committed to further improving the competitiveness of the nation’s talent pool which will boost the quality of the local workforce – the knowledge base for the technology sector.”

This year, eHosting DataFort has received more than 14 students for work placement from different universities and colleges including the Zayed University, UAE University, Dubai Women’s College and Dubai Men’s College.

Earlier this year, eHosting DataFort launched the Marifaty and Muthabara programmes, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative that stemmed from the vision of a ‘commitment to develop the knowledge base in the IT sector through targeting the local community and providing them with quality training, focusing on IT’.

Supported by world-class, data centres that have resilient and scalable infrastructure, eHosting DataFort remains the region's market leader in the field of managed IT and advisory services.