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Oct 01 2026
33Dijital Team has signed a two-year partnership with Winsys City University, strengthening the skills and capabilities its team members to support Managed Service Providers and IT service providers while elevating tech talent to immediate industry-readiness. With a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed recently, the partnership was formally launched on 9 September 2026 at Dijital Team’s office premises, Colombo.
Combining Dijital Teams’ international employer network and understanding of the capability requirements of MSPs and IT service providers across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom with Winsys City University’s training heritage of 21 years. The joint programmes create legitimate classroom-to-international-career pathways, offering structured learning and certification avenues that support deeper capability across cloud, cybersecurity, automation, AI and emerging technologies.
Speaking about the collaboration, Peter Ward, Managing Director, Dijital Team said, “Our partnership with Winsys is an important step in ensuring our team members continue to develop the modern, contemporary skills MSPs and IT Service Providers need today and into the future. By combining real-world industry insight with structured learning and certification pathways, we can build deeper capability across cloud, cybersecurity, automation, AI, and emerging technologies. For Dijital Team, this is about continually investing in our people so they can create even greater value for our customers.”
Uniting education, certification and industry, the initiative signals a progressive and accelerated response bridging gaps of certification-on-paper and real-world readiness for job-ready engineers, creating an efficient talent pipeline for MSPs & IT Service Providers seeking strong technical talent.
Discussing the potential of the initiative further, Ziyam Abdeen, Chairman of WinSYS added, “This is a partnership where the strengths of both organisations match each other very well. Winsys brings technical training and hands-on experience, while Dijital Team brings direct exposure to international industry requirements. Together, we can create a stronger pathway for students from education and certification into real-world technology careers.”
Elevating the significance of the partnership even further, the initiative significantly enhances the possibility of international careers for promising engineers and emerging Sri Lankan tech talent and a job-ready pipeline for MSPs in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK with panned joint initiatives. These include learning and certification opportunities across Cisco, Microsoft, Azure, AWS and Fortinet technologies, together with career-readiness activities, recruitment days and a cybersecurity challenge
For Dijital Team, the partnership represents a new chapter in its continued investment in the training, certification, and career development of its people. For Winsys, it amplifies the connection between technical education and practical industry expectations. Working in alignment, the organisations aim to develop relevant capability while expanding access to career-development opportunities for Sri Lankan technology talent.
About Winsys
With over 21 years in the industry, Winsys is one of Sri Lanka’s oldest and pioneering networking training institutes, renowned for introducing Cisco certification training in the country. Its state-of-the-art lab facilities, equipped with enterprise-grade switches, firewalls and networking devices, provide students with real-world, hands-on learning experiences that closely mirror industry environments.
About Dijital Team
Dijital Team builds specialist offshore and remote technology teams for Managed Service Providers and IT service providers across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — investing in the training, certification and career development of the talent it places.
