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Presented by:

IBM Academic Initiative

Janine Gerber

May 21, 2015


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Universities have to nurture a new kind of thinker to

meet the demands of startups and enterprises today

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The marketplace is in high demand for skills –

especially in cloud

40% of organizations

report having

moderate-to-major

skills gaps

Only

14% of organizations

have all the cloud

skills they need

Source: Raising the Game - IBM 2014 Business Tech

Trends Study (August 2014)

http://www.ibm.com/ibmcai/biztechtrends

http://www.ibm.com/ibmcai/biztechtrends


The best preparation for today’s job market is a mix of

classroom learning and real-world experiences

“Our best employees are problem solvers and are

able to weave everything they know together,” said

Artim, of Enterprise. “They can think on their feet.”

- Washington Post

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Talent + Technologies = Leading markets & disruptors

Bringing insight directly to

their maintenance

engineers via mobile

Using weather data

to predict real time

inventory needs

Sourcing new innovation

from mobile developer

communities


Citi Mobile Challenge

and IBM


September 2014

January 2015

April 2015 July 2015

First Customer

From Academia to Entrepreneur, in less than a year


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The app revolution: fundamentally changing the way

the world interacts with technology

Apps are Everywhere

The quantity and

usefulness of web and

mobile apps has led to

an “app revolution”

among consumers and

businesses alike.

Experience Matters Cloud Makes it Possible

Customers and

employees now expect a

delightful and

seamless multi-channel

experience across all

interactionswith a

business.

Apps today can be

stitched together

quickly with pre-built

assets. Cloud & PaaS

makes the API

economy possible.


IBM is ready to partner with you to help students learn new digital innovation skills and inspire them to create the next killer app.


World Class Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Business Apps

OAuth

Digital Innovation Platform

IBM Cloud is Open by design ™

Hybrid Cloud


Students can select from over 100 services to design their killer apps

Bluemix provides expertise and services across market leading

categories:

Security

Database

Internet of Things

Web and application

Cloud Integration

Business Analytics

DevOps

Portability

Mobile

Watson


IBM Cloud infrastructure insures your students will have a world class experience

World Class

Cloud

Infrastructure

40 global cloud centers

Secure integration to on-premises systems

– Open, secure, and scalable

- Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service choices

- On-premises private cloud and systems

– Global cloud footprint

– Secure, high-speed network

– Expert services and tools


Students can showcase innovative applications on the

new student developer community


Why partner with IBM and join the Academic Initiative?

IBM Offer

Open cloud technologies – most transferable skills

Watson, Internet of Things, Big Data and more – differentiated skills

Opportunities to showcase their work - recognition for skills


Announcing the IBM Academic Initiative for Cloud

Free Trial No Credit Card

Required

Industry-Standards

Based

Learn skills and gain experience on IBM Bluemix

Build unlimited apps and access

services like Watson, IoT, Big

Data, and more!

You will never get charged for

unexpected overage charges.

Use tools built on open source

standards like Docker and

Cloud Foundry

Student

6+ mo. free trial

Renewable account

Student projects featured on

new Student Developer

Community

Faculty

12+ mo. free trial to teach

selected courses

Renewable account

Virtual and local Cloud

training

Researchers:

24 mo. free trial for select

researchers in the 13 IBM

Collaborative Innovation Centers

Renewable account

http://www.research.ibm.com/university/cic/index.shtml


Faculty gain access to robust set of classroom

resources to enhance your curriculum

Available in April: IBM Bluemix, IBM Bluemix DevOps Services, Cloudant, Watson Services on Bluemix,

Big Data on Bluemix + others in plan

Cloud Certification is coming 2H this year

Faculty Guides to navigate courseware options

Instructor-led tutorials and labs


“As a professor, I am delighted to see not just innovative

projects coming out of this academic alliance but the

entrepreneurial thinking in students which was evident

by some cool solutions developed using Bluemix.”

Ranjan, Rakesh, Lecturer AY-A, Computer Engineering, San

Jose State University

“I am using Bluemix DevOps Services and Bluemix in my

new Agile Development class to help students collaborate

on group assignments and get familiar with online

collaboration practices using the latest tools used in the

industry, without the hassle and cost of setting up servers."

Alan Kan, Lecturer, Unitec Institute of Technology, New

Zealand

“ IBM and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) pressed students to

formulate innovative solutions to civic challenges. Integrating the hacking

experience with new technologies and an understanding of infrastructure

and society really brings about new solutions with big data."

Marianne Thellersen, executive vice president of innovation and

entrepreneurship at DTU

Professors already using IBM Cloud are excited by the results


As are Students….


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SJSU projects examples:

Grad students enjoy learning and innovating on IBM

Bluemix

“As a professor, I am delighted to see not

just innovative projects coming out of this

academic alliance but the entrepreneurial

thinking in students which was evident by

some cool solutions developed using

Bluemix.”

Ranjan, Rakesh, Lecturer AY-A, Computer Engineering, San Jose State

University


IBM-led Big Data Hackathon enabled students to solve

real-world problems

1st place: Students used BD&A

tools on Bluemix to develop an

app that makes it quick and easy

for municipalities to select energy-

saving solutions


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CHARTS


The academic ecosystem benefits from the IBM

Academic Initiative for Cloud

Faculty: Maximize your time

and build skills with

extended no-charge

access to IBM

Bluemix.

Researchers: Innovate quickly, create

breakthrough research,

and learn about the

IBM Collaborative

Innovation Centers.

Students: Build skills on the Cloud

and connect with a global

network of entrepreneurs

and developers.

Universities: Gain efficiencies with

cloud technologies and

prepare students for in

demand jobs.

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Bluemix Platform Services Catalogue offers an

abundance of services and APIs

IoT Watson Analytics


Frontline

decision making

New mobile apps are consolidating decision making at the fingertips of people who need to act

Disruptors are reinventing business processes and leading digital transformations

Real time insight

driven processes

Insight from nontraditional data sources is being infused in business processes to create new business moments

Digital

Innovation

New innovations are composed leveraging digital services from a broad ecosystem


Disruptors are recomposing their business with: Front-line decision making

New apps are bringing

decision-making capabilities

directly to people who are

empowered to act

• Securely Connected

• Assembled Services

• Ensure Performance


Disruptors are recomposing their business with: Insight Driven Process

Nontraditional data

embedded in business –

critical processes to create

new business moments

• Integrated Data

• Real-time Analytics

• Delivered Anywhere


Disruptors are recomposing their business with: Ecosystem-based Innovation

Tapping into the broad

ecosystem to deliver deeper

customer experiences

• Integrated Services

• Agile Development

• Orchestrated


Digital Business Transformation

National Express becomes

right-time railway with IBM

Cloud mobile and analytics.


Dow Water & Process Solutions uses digital transformation for new business innovation

Dow Water & Process

Solutions, with the help of IBM

Cloud, is engaging more

deeply with its customers to

enable better system design


Understanding how to leverage data from multiple sources and provide secure access are key cloud skills

Business processes and transactions span

multiple environments creating new risk for security, visibility and control at

each touch point

Maximizing flexibility for the future to use any data, apps, services, and mobile

devices as needs change going forward

Fast, secure access to only the data

your app needs identifying, integrating, and analyzing

the right data from the vast types

and volumes available


Expertise to guide you on your cloud journey with the choice and flexibility of proven:

– Business Apps

– Digital Innovation

Platform

– World Class

Infrastructure

IBM Cloud Accelerating Digital Business

Speed & Productivity

through integration and

portability of data, apps and

services and hybrid DevOps

Data & Analytics

through data management and

localization to unlock insights

and bring data closer to apps

Transparency & Governance

through operational visibility and

control and security at every interaction

point


Why are cloud skills so important?


Train students to develop an Agile mindset for

competitive advantage in the job market

“Be Agile”

vs.

“Do Agile”

“…Using DevOps Services also helped with testing and

tracking. It made testing a much better process and was

successful.” “Bluemix seems to be very powerful and user

friendly.” - Unitec Student

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