Business Analytics Innovation Centre

NYP and IBM officially launched the Business Analytics Innovation Centre (BAIC) on 18 August 2011 – the first on-campus IBM Software Centre of Excellence in the ASEAN region – to help students at NYP develop the business analytics know-how and enterprise skills to meet the growing demand from the industry for such capabilities.

Enterprises and businesses increasingly see the imperative and value of harvesting actionable business insights, through analytics, from structured and unstructured data generated from their daily business operations and processes. According to a recent global study by IBM of more than 3,000 global chief information officers (CIOs), 85 percent of the CIOs surveyed in Singapore cited "insights and intelligence" as their top focus for the next five years. While the CIOs are hard at work to integrate and gain sophisticated insight from Big Data, 80 percent of them are also concerned about acquiring the right talents that will help them leverage the wide array of innovative tools and methodologies to turn data into actionable information.

In its Infocomm Manpower Development Roadmap v2.0 (MDEV 2.0), the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore has also identified business analytics as an emerging IT skillset that is critical for Singapore's IT manpower to remain competitive both globally and within Singapore.

Located in NYP's School of Information Technology, the BAIC will train students through academic modules, project development, internship and professional certifications. Industry attachment opportunities to local and overseas IBM offices will also be facilitated through this partnership to give the students another dimension to their training. The Centre will further act as a platform for industry partners to engage NYP staff and students in industry project development.

For more information:

Ms Loh Chuu Yi

LOH_Chuu_Yi@nyp.gov.sg
Tel: 6550 1755
Fax: 6452 0110

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