Temasek Polytechnic and Cloudera form academic partnership to empower students with big data analytics skills

SINGAPORE, July 18, 2016 – Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and Cloudera
today announced a partnership to work together to cultivate the next generation
of data professionals through the Cloudera Academic Partnership (CAP) program.
Through this program, students from Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Informatics
& IT (IIT) have access to the latest Apache Hadoop curriculum, software and
skills training for the Hadoop platform.

Leveraging CAP,
Temasek Polytechnic has integrated the content provided by Cloudera into both
its full-time Diploma in Big Data Management & Governance and the part-time
Specialist Diploma in Big Data Management. Available to post-secondary
students, Temasek Polytechnic’s full-time program is the first and only
full-time program dedicated to big data skills. The part-time program caters
better to working professionals who are seeking to upskill in this area.

“Temasek Polytechnic is committed to training
students with deep skills in managing big data. Our partnership with Cloudera
in implementing the CAP program is already helping our students acquire the
necessary skills and experience to respond to the needs of industry for skilled
professionals,” said Mrs Lee-Lim Sok Keow, Deputy Principal/Temasek Polytechnic
and Director/TP School of Informatics & IT.

Daniel Ng, Senior Director for APAC, Cloudera
said, “We are seeing a strong demand for skilled data professionals, especially
for workers who are able to deploy and manage big data initiatives on the
Hadoop platform. Cloudera’s CAP program provides institutions with the
appropriate resources to streamline and accelerate the adoption of Apache
Hadoop, as well as help prepare and certify students for the demands of a
changing market and increasingly new big data-related roles across industries.”

Through CAP, Cloudera provides partner
institutions with a free, complete, industry-standard Hadoop curriculum that
can readily be incorporated into computer science and business analytics
courses. Teaching staff and students of affiliated institutions also get access
to software and discounted training to help accelerate the adoption of the
Hadoop platform. Currently, over 100 academic institutions around the globe are
members of CAP.

Besides academic partnerships, Cloudera also recently
launched the Cloudera
BASE Initiative in Singapore, which Temasek Polytechnic is also a part of.
Through BASE, Cloudera has brought together partner organizations across the
private and public sectors to form an ecosystem that will work collaboratively
to empower more data professionals in Singapore. In line with Singapore’s Smart
Nation initiative, these partnerships mean that workers getting trained on data
and analytics skills can better gain access to employment opportunities and
contribute to the economy and industry as part of the workforce, while the
private sector will gain from having a larger pool of data professionals.

Through the CAP
program, Cloudera provides partner institutions with a complete, free,
industry-standard Hadoop curriculum that schools can incorporate into their
courses. Teaching staff and students affiliated with CAP program institutions
can freely download a wide selection of Cloudera supplementary training
material and receive discounts on all Cloudera Certification examinations.
Teaching staff also qualify for deep discounts on Cloudera University
professional training delivered by Cloudera’s team of expert Hadoop
instructors, and benefit from up-to-date classroom tools, instructor forums,
dedicated program support, and the world’s largest Hadoop knowledgebase.

Accredited, non-profit
academic institutions can also take advantage of the more robust features of
Cloudera’s software suite through a special University License. CAP members
have free access to Cloudera Enterprise: Data Hub Edition for 12 months to
support data-intensive testing, development, and research. In conjunction with
Cloudera’s industry-leading open-source platform, the University License
provides CAP participants with the tools needed to achieve major breakthroughs
in big data.

The CAP program
curriculum was developed from the industry-leading training courses and
technical certifications offered by Cloudera University, which focuses on
Apache Hadoop, its ecosystem and data science. Cloudera University offers the
world’s most complete and comprehensive Hadoop education programs for data
professionals.

To date, Cloudera has
trained more than 40,000 participants and certified more than 10,000 Hadoop
professionals. Over 65% of the Fortune 100 and all 20 of the top 20 global
technology firms have leveraged Cloudera’s expertise to train employees on
Apache Hadoop. http://university.cloudera.com/