Why are colleges getting free Big Data services?” by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor of eCampus News
Many colleges and universities are finding that Big Data analytics services aren’t included in the axiom preaching that there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Hoping to mold a generation of college graduates specializing in analyzing data using certain proprietary Big Data software, companies are offering their services for free to campuses nationwide.
The latest offer is from California-based Predixion Software, which announced its Predixion in the Classroom (PIC) initiative Jan. 28.
Students at St. Joseph University, University of Maryland University College, the University of Washington, and the University of Western Michigan will have free access to Predixion’s predictive model software and related services through the PIC program.
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