"What do you need to know to create a "smart planet "? " - Open educational seminar on this topic was held on May, 21 in a big physical lecture hall of NTUU "KPI". However, representatives of IBM, who were the organizers of the seminar, set a goal not only to inform participants - among them were students and teachers from several faculties and institutes of the university - the concept of IBM «Smarter Planet», but also to talk about the company, its strategy , areas of work , products and some new developments. But also the were talking about the educational programs of IBM, training opportunities for employment there , the requirements for candidates, working conditions and career aspects.
Today IBM offices exist in 170 countries , and people who work there are over 450 thousand. Last year, IBM brand took the third place in the top list of world's most famous companies. The company is constantly updating its range of products and sometimes these updates change the whole world.
IBM representatives who came to the seminar, told us not only about the basic principles of the company , but also about company profiles and their new projects. So the opportunity to know about them from the " first hand " has caused great interest among the students who has serious interest in their future profession and who would like to succeed in it . Moreover , the concept of "smart planet ", which has already begun to be implemented in many areas, will be sooner or later implemented in our country as well , that is a potential for knowledge and skills to future professionals. Its effectiveness was proved in the format of " Smart City", where specific functional areas ( public safety , traffic , education, water supply , urban management , etc.) combined into a single structure , thereby the optimality of management decision has been made - the elements of those systems are already in use in some countries. Directly related to the information about the concept of "Smart Planet" was a story about the activities and the necessary professional competence of business architects. The aim of these professionals is to create an organization that supports the most efficient, reliable and secure IT environment. Therefore, they are the main ideologists of the modern enterprises, and altogether they are complex system. Their instrument is a specific software, such as, IBM Rational System Architect - software solution of corporate architecture which use interactive visualization and analysis of business processes.
It should be noted that the seminar was held as part of the initiative of IBM University Relations (communication program with universities), so while it was holding students learned a lot about the free courses offered by the company , its educational resources and benefits to students and teachers at the preparation of certification exams. And also about a major program of cooperation with universities, which implements IBM for many years at the corporate level. For example, as part of the IBM Shared University Research company provides for the leading universities of the world, resources to create centers of competence in information technology and innovation, moreover collaboration between company and higher education institute keep in view for the long time, which relate to conducting certain studies, training staff and promotion to market new technologies. These centers are operating in Russia: in Bauman Moscow State Technical University opened center in the field of large scale computing system ( mainframes ) and Moscow State University of Management opened Competence Centre for Education and Research in Services Science. And as coordinator of academic initiatives of IBM in Ukraine, Alexander Dan’ko has informed the participants, at the end of 2013 , Competence Center of IBM «Smarter City» in NTUU "KPI" plans to be opened.
Although the basic form of the seminar was thematic presentation, they were pretty informal, so some participants for their knowledge, interest in the subject matter got material reward, such as flash drives, t-shirts and baseball caps with logo of IBM.
IBM Day at University / «IBM University Day»
Attention to students and teachers on May 21 in a big physical lecture hall of NTUU "KPI", IBM company invites you to open an educational seminar on " What you need to know to create a " smart planet "?» («Skills for a Smarter Planet»)
Why you have to come ?
- You can get acquainted with the IBM concept «SMARTER PLANET»
- by discussing ways of our planet development, we understand that have to act more thoughtfully and more effectively
- HOW TO BECOME A BUSINESS ARCHITECTURER ?
- Our technical seminar will be an excellent guide to the world of high technologies in the future
- learn how to build a career
- IBM offers free traineeship, resources and preferences on certification exams for students, teachers and graduate students. Learn how to use these possibilities!
- combine all together : opportunities from IBM and something more ...
- You will learn about the main idea of cooperation programs between IBM and leading universities of the world, you can get information about programs of students’ training in the office of IMB in Ukrainian and foreign laboratories of the corporation, possibilities to get grants for teachers , scientists and graduate students