Teradata University for Academics Expands Data and Analytic Training; Offers Hands-on, Educational Access to Vantage
August 26 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Expanded partnership with the University of
Arkansas brings Vantage into the classroom for faculty and students
from academic institutions around the world
Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the cloud data and analytics company,
today announced a significant expansion of the Teradata University
for Academics program, ensuring that students looking to build
careers in the growing big data and analytics marketplace are fully
prepared and already familiar with the leading data analytics
platform, Teradata Vantage.
The Teradata University for Academics program, which for twenty
years has provided access to Teradata technology and resources for
schools who opt into the curriculum, is now offering complimentary
technical education for anyone in the academic community –
regardless of their association with Teradata. Also expanded is the
coursework offered from Teradata, which now includes more than 145
hours of online technical training. These on-demand web-based
courses, which can be taken for free as part of any university
syllabus, include lab simulations and certification programs meant
to teach both basic and advanced skills in SQL, Machine Learning,
Automation and more. Popular courses include Teradata SQL, Big Data
Concepts, Breaking the Language Barrier: When to Use Python, R and
SQL, and Introduction to Data Science Process.
In addition to this unprecedented access to technical training,
Teradata is also announcing an expanded partnership with the
University of Arkansas to allow students and faculty from any
university, worldwide, to gain hands-on experience with Teradata
Vantage.
“While the decades-long partnership between Teradata and the
University of Arkansas has always focused on preparing students for
careers in big data, the resources we are now able to provide are
truly unique for a university setting,” said Dr. Ron Freeze at the
University of Arkansas. “We pride ourselves on turning out students
that are not only educated in the theory of data and analytics, but
who can also hit the ground running with real-world experience and
insight. Offering this enviable academic opportunity to faculty and
students from other colleges and universities is our pleasure.”
Teradata recently donated a new, state-of-the-art Vantage
platform to the University of Arkansas, who agreed to provide
direct, hosted access to the platform for tens of thousands of
students from hundreds of colleges and universities. This is an
expansion of the existing Teradata University for Academics
program, whose most active participants hail from a wide variety of
colleges worldwide, from Duke University and Oklahoma State
University, to NIDA in Thailand.
“Teradata’s customers are some of the largest, most visionary
companies in the world and they run their businesses on data.
Nearly all of them need more data scientists and analytics experts,
so we’re doing our part to make an education in data and analytics
easily accessible,” said Susan Baskin, Director of Global Customer
Education and Teradata University for Academics. “Our long-term
partnership with the University of Arkansas is critical to that
education because it provides the real-world experience that
students need and companies value. When a graduate can lean on
their practical experiences of using Vantage in the classroom – and
showcase their certification to prove it – it heightens their
market appeal while also making it easier for our customers to hire
the qualified talent they need.”
To augment the practical experience of the program, Teradata
also partners with the University of Arkansas to provide curated
and anonymized data sets from companies such as Sam’s Club and
Dillard’s. Available for free -- courtesy of strong relationships
cultivated by the University of Arkansas -- students access, work
with, and find insights using these real-world, massive data sets
in the Teradata Vantage platform, ensuring that their academic
experience can easily translate to a real-world setting.
About University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas provides an internationally
competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in
more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new
knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and
creative activity while also providing service to academic and
professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the
University of Arkansas among fewer than 2.7 percent of universities
in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S.
News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its
top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the
University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and
maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal
attention and close mentoring.
About Teradata
Teradata transforms how businesses work and people live through
the power of data. Teradata leverages all of the data, all of the
time, so you can analyze anything, deploy anywhere and deliver
analytics that matter. We call this pervasive data intelligence,
powered by the cloud. And it’s the answer to the complexity, cost
and inadequacy of today’s approach to analytics. Get the answer at
teradata.com.
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