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Ibm, Universities Partner on 'big Data' Skills Training
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IBM recently announced nine partnerships with global universities to help prepare the next generation of big data professionals.
The new offerings will include a master of science in business analytics at George Washington University, an undergraduate course on big data analytics at the University of Missouri, and a center for business analytics at the National University of Singapore. Participants will have access to IBM big data and analytics software solutions, case studies, and guest lecture appearances by IBM thought leaders, says an IBM spokesperson. The schools will benefit from access to technology and other resources, and IBM and the industry will benefit by grooming the next-generation of big data consultants, data scientists, and developers.
Over the next eight years, demand for data analytics skills will grow 24 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. Big data jobs have increased 127 percent on tech jobs board Dice.com, with about 1,500 daily job listings, making it the site's fastest-growing job category, while other major categories have stayed mostly flat year-over-year.
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