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Research and curriculum to prepare students with 'in-demand' skills to support 21st Century jobs
OTTAWA, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM and the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa today announced they are collaborating to create an international center of excellence for business analytics at the University's Telfer School to help prepare students for careers in "economy of tomorrow" industries that are expected to benefit from the billions in provincial and federal government stimulus investments.
To initiate the new IBM Center for Performance Management, IBM and the Telfer School will invest more than $4.8 million in cash and in-kind time of IBM research and development, software, services, consulting and support staff. IBM will contribute hardware and software, while the Telfer School will establish a new $1 million endowment fund as an institutional contribution to the new Center.
Through the new Center, The Telfer School of Management and IBM will collaborate on new business analytics research, focused on performance management innovation that will help guide curriculum for students as they prepare for work in key industries, including healthcare, green infrastructure, clean energy and utilities, education, transportation and public service.
This joint research will center on two key areas of business analytics - performance management, and business intelligence - capabilities that help organizations better integrate their global operations, sense and respond, predict and then take action for smarter management, better business decisions and improved performance.
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