IBM, TerraEchos and the University of Montana collaborate to teach students how to analyze big data to tackle complex challenges. Data Scientists Command $300K in Annual Salaries

Finding good talent is always important, so why is there a sudden onslaught of data scientist job requirements? And why is it difficult, if not impossible, to find enough data scientists? More importantly, what are we going to do about it?

"The collaboration between IBM http://www.ibm.com, TerraEchos http://terraechos.com/ , and The University of Montana http://www.umt.edu/ is a creative and definitive step in educating students for today’s workforce needs. Introducing our students at the undergraduate level to the concepts of big data is innovative education at its best," said Royce C. Engstrom, president of the University of Montana.

Watch the video describing the new course at University of Montana, with Eric Tangedahl, the course instructor, and Alex Philp, who conceived the course. http://ibm.co/RVsSF0

Christy Maver

Full Story: http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/addressing-big-data-skills-gap

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Data Scientists Command $300K in Annual Salaries

The reason for the heady salaries is the high demand for a set of analytic, computational and statistical skills in fairly short supply.

by Ted O’Brien

http://www.project1.com/expertise/data-science-analytics/data-science-report/item/2448-http–blogswsjcom-cio-2012-11-28-how-cios-draw-big-data-talent-?mod=wsj_valettop_email&goback=.gde_35222_member_191140270#.UMIMMXewV7E

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Gartner Sees 4.4M Big Data Jobs by 2015

Gartner Inc. says worldwide IT spending will increase 3.8 percent in 2013 to reach $3.7 trillion, and that excitement for big data is leading the way. By 2015, the analyst and market research firm says, 4.4 million jobs will be created to support big data.

By Jim Ericson

Full Story: http://www.information-management.com/news/Gartner-Sees-4-Million-Big-Data-Jobs-by-2015-10023420-1.html?goback=.gde_35222_member_193058028