More and more major companies have taken an interest in furthering educational opportunities for college students pursuing careers in business analytics. These companies are funding state-of-the-art analytics labs and courses to help with research and education designed to meet the growing demand for business analytics professionals.
This week’s Data Analytics News Roundup contains articles about analytics in higher education:
- A-B InBev Opening New “Bud Lab” at University of Illinois at St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “The company sees the lab as a way to innovate and attract new talent. ‘Our collaboration with the University of Illinois provides a tremendous opportunity to work with the best and brightest in the field,’ A-B InBev’s Chief People and Technology Officer Claudio Garcia said in a statement.”
- IBM to Set Up Business Analytics Lab at The Times of India: “The CEBT programme focuses on major areas of business transformation where software plays a critical role and brings together the latest software content, real-world industry experiences, hands on lab course, best practices and case studies all into a single education programme.”
- Universities Expanding Big Data Analytics Courses with IBM Aid at DataInformed: “Technology vendors such as IBM and SAS have been aggressive in training students and working IT pros to help meet the expected demand for analytics professionals over the rest of the decade. Both companies have partnerships with universities around the globe that teach big data and analytics, and both offer online tutorials and certifications for the growing analytics workforce.”
- Big Data Education Hinges On Business, University Partnerships at InformationWeek: “Data analysis is expected to play a greater role in day-to-day business operations, a development that will require many university graduates to attain at least a basic understanding of big data tools and technologies. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts a 25% percent growth in the need for analytics-trained workers through 2018.”
- Visualizing University Research Activities at Innovation Excellence: “During a lecture at EMC’s 2nd Annual University Day recently, I held a dialogue with faculty and students gathered at our Santa Clara campus. I described how EMC uses an analytics framework (Pivotal/Greenplum) to accelerate the innovation that emerges from our global academic research partners.”
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