{"id":41890,"date":"2013-08-21T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=41890"},"modified":"2013-08-21T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:46:19","slug":"ibm-adds-another-9-universities-to-its-big-data-training-program-roe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/08\/21\/ibm-adds-another-9-universities-to-its-big-data-training-program-roe\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM adds another 9 universities to its big data training program [Roe]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/cms\/information-management\/ibm-cranks-up-big-data-analytics-training-programs-as-government-continues-cloud-moves-infographic-022142.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IBM cranks up big data analytics training programs as government continues cloud moves [infographic]<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cmswire.com by\u00a0David Roe<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">IBM is clearly concerned about the big data skills shortage.<\/span> It has announced the addition of another 9 universities to its big data training program. The economic importance of the program was also underlined this week by the announcement that it has just secured a <span style=\"color: #800000;\">US$ 1 billion federal contract for cloud computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Big Data, Analytics Skills Shortages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The problem for IT giants that are currently muscling into the big data market is that the development of the technology has been so rapid the number of big data\/analytics projects currently underway far outweighs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/cms\/information-management\/sexy-enough-to-be-a-data-scientist-heres-what-it-takes-where-to-begin-infographic-022024.php\" target=\"_blank\">number of people that have appropriate skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In fact between now and the end of 2015,<strong> IBM estimates that there will be 4.4 million jobs worldwide in big data support. <\/strong>At the moment it is not clear where all the people required to fill these positions are going to come from.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM cranks up big data analytics training programs as government continues cloud moves [infographic] &#8212; from cmswire.com by\u00a0David Roe Excerpt (emphasis DSC): IBM is clearly concerned about the big data skills shortage. It has announced the addition of another 9 universities to its big data training program. 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