Cloudera Advances Its Mission to Close the Data Skills Gap; Offers Performance-based Testing and Education on State-of-the-Art Data Solutions

Cloudera Advances Its Mission to Close the Data Skills Gap;
Offers Performance-based Testing and Education on State-of-the-Art Data
Solutions

Cloudera
University Adds New Courses and Certifications to Prepare the 
Next Generation of Data Professionals

STRATA+HADOOP WORLD
SINGAPORE — December 07, 2016 — Cloudera, the global provider of the fastest, easiest, and
most secure data management and analytics platform built on the latest open
source technologies, today announced an updated lineup of training courses and performance-based certification exams for data analysts, database administrators, and developers. The expanded training offerings directly address the
skills gap around the industry’s most in-demand solutions, such as Apache
Impala (incubating), Apache Spark, Apache Kudu, Apache Kafka and Apache Hive.
Cloudera’s dynamic training curriculum ensures data professionals are set for
success in real world situations.

According to Dice, the most in-demand technology skills are in big data,
Spark and Hive. Although the need for these skills has increased in the past
few years, employers are still challenged to find qualified candidates. The
Taneja Group saw similar findings in a global survey sponsored by Cloudera of nearly 7,000 technical and
managerial-level professionals working in big data. The survey found that
nearly half of the respondents see the big data skills gap as the most
significant challenge to deploying Spark, and one-third named complexity in
learning Spark as a barrier to adoption. Cloudera is directly addressing these
concerns and offering more foundational courses along with opportunities for
hands-on learning through Cloudera University, which has trained over 45,000 people and certified
more than 10,000 individuals to date.

“Cloudera University has established
itself as a valuable resource for preparing data professionals across every
industry. We’ve seen throughout the years that organizations which invest in
training up front drive deeper results from their big data initiatives and move
more quickly from proof of concept into full production environments,” said
Mark Morrissey, senior director, Education Programs at Cloudera. “The skills
gap continues to be the biggest hurdle in our industry, so we’ve made it our
mission to overcome this challenge by offering the world’s most comprehensive
training curriculum, and performance-based certifications, for the Hadoop
ecosystem.”

Cloudera University’s new training and
certification offerings include:

●     Updated Cloudera Data Analyst Training

○     Teaches
SQL developers how to apply traditional data analytics and business
intelligence skills to big data using leading open-source engines like Impala
and Hive interact with Hadoop and Spark

○     New
course content includes Hive on Spark and complex types in Impala

○     Available
now

●     New Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst
Performance-Based Certification Exam

○     Assesses
foundational SQL analysts skills, such as how to query and pull information
from existing data sets using Impala, Hive, and Pig

○     Exams
can be purchased today; first exams begin January 1

●     Updated Spark and Hadoop Developer Training

○     Teaches
developers how to import data from relational systems using Apache Flume and
Apache Kafka, write and run Spark applications, how to analyze incoming data in
real-time with Spark Streaming, and much more

○     Provides
a general overview of various CDH platform components and how they work with
Spark and Hadoop

○     Available
now

●     Updated Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Spark and
Hadoop Developer Performance-Based Certification Exam

○     Assesses
a candidate’s ability to leverage standard development tools (typically solved
using Spark) to ingest data, and transform into new values or formats

○     Update
available early 2017

●     Updated Cloudera Administrator Training

○     Provides
a comprehensive understanding of all the steps necessary to operate and
maintain a Hadoop cluster using Cloudera Manager

○     Now
teaches concepts for managing your cluster using Cloudera Director

○     Update
available early 2017

●     New Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Administrator
Performance-Based Certification Exam

○     Assesses
how to install CDH, maintain clusters and do basic troubleshooting in Cloudera
Manager

○     Includes
a performance-based exam suited for IT professionals who manage Hadoop clusters
using Cloudera Manager

○     Available
early 2017

●     New Introduction to Apache Kudu Training Course

○     Provides
a high-level course on Kudu fundamentals, use cases, strengths of the platform,
basic architecture concepts, and how to develop Kudu applications with Impala

○     Available
through Cloudera’s OnDemand course library in early 2017

●     New Introduction to Machine Learning Training Course

○     Provides
a high-level look at Machine Learning, including coverage of collaborative
filtering, clustering, classification, algorithms, and data volume

○     Available
through Cloudera’s OnDemand course library today

Employers who are
tasked to build a highly skilled workforce to implement new digital strategies
already expect certifications in the latest technologies. Cloudera supports
this movement by providing the education and certification needed to push
forward innovations in big data and open source initiatives. Since it’s
founding, Cloudera has been dedicated to expanding professionals’ skillsets to
reflect the biggest demands in the tech industry.  With the addition of
hands-on, performance-based certifications focusing on administrators,
developers and data analysts, that replicate real world scenarios in a big data
environment, Cloudera continues to support organizations and individuals who
wish to maximize their abilities to gain insights from their data.