The company also announced industry hackathons and for women coders, diversity programmes, all based on Bluemix. The open-standards-based Bluemix catalogue includes over 100 tools and services.
“Putting Bluemix in the hands of today’s and tomorrow’s innovators creates the opportunity to foster a new generation of talent in cloud application development,“ said IBM General Manager for Cloud Ecosystem and Developers Sandy Carter. ”Our commitment to provide deep cloud expertise to programmes aimed at future cloud developers from academics to professionals is necessary to sustain the growth our industry forecasts.”
IBM’s new Academic Initiative for Cloud will introduce students to the latest cloud technologies and solutions as they build the transferrable skills needed to launch their own businesses or become industry leaders in the workforce. This new programme continues IBM’s leadership and commitment to closing the skills gap between higher education curricula and workforce needs, which already includes big data analytics and cognitive computing academic programmes.
Starting roughly in September to November, universities around the world will commence more than 250 courses and programmes that will utilise educational materials, technologies and methodologies from IBM with a focus on using Bluemix in courses ranging from computer science, information technology, analytics and data science to mobile and entrepreneurship. The list of over 210 institutions features a number from Asia, including:
International Institute of Information Technology, India
National University of Singapore
University of Tokyo
Faculty members will receive 12 months of access to the Bluemix trial for themselves as well as up to six months access for students in their programme. Both faculty and student accounts are renewable and do not require a credit card.
IBM is also launching a new student developer community that helps students get started on their journey of cloud education, and provides quick access to learning resources and information on how students can join Bluemix U, where students can showcase their accomplishments and the impact of their real-world projects.
In addition, IBM supports diversity and believes it drives innovation. With only 14% of computer science graduates being women today, down from 37% in 1984, IBM is committed to innovation-driven cloud development by supporting programmes that empower women in technology and address the lack of women in technology professions.
IBM is announcing a new collaboration with GSVlabs on the ReBoot Accelerator for Women, a programme designed to help women become current, connected, and confident as they return to work after a multi-year sabbatical. IBM will host several instructional sessions that will focus on cloud development using Bluemix, aimed at demystifying coding and making it more approachable. IBM will also be providing mentorship and assistance with job placement strategies in hopes of attracting more women back to the workplace, including at IBM.
Hackathons have become the key way for individuals to use the latest cloud technologies, collaborate with peers and ultimately get real-world experiences that translate into innovation for the enterprise. As such, IBM has sponsored 25 of the AngelHack hackathons in the Eighth Global Hackathon Series, a series that will reach 10,000 developers, designers and entrepreneurs, connecting the world’s most vibrant communities of code creators to drive open innovation for products, platforms and brands. These events will showcase how Bluemix and Watson technologies are impacting various industries, including healthcare, travel, food and emergency responsiveness.
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