As part of its new roster of initiatives, the OSRC intends to fulfill the IT industry's growing demand by launching a Red Hat Linux (RHCE) Training Program. Its objective is to convince companies, public/ private organizations, institutes and SMEs to migrate to a more cost-effective open source working environment. The target audience includes any industry’s experienced IT personnel, network and system administrators, IT managers, telephone company/ network engineers, IT consultants who want to serve the IT market, and experienced professionals working in a Linux/ UNIX environment with IT companies in Pakistan. A pre-requisite for participants is a minimum of two years of network experience. Sound working knowledge of Linux/UNIX and its commands is an additional preference.