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Academic Initiative >
Skills for the 21st century
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The best way to keep from falling behind is to stay ahead. These key areas are growing concerns
for modern businesses, and they will require skilled IT professionals who can anticipate the social and technical
impacts and develop innovative solutions. Explore our resources and find out how you can keep apace, or lead the field,
in these important fields of study.
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Accessibility
Accessibility means enabling everyone to use IT hardware, software and services, regardless of their abilities or
disabilities. It brings together social, business, and technological considerations to meet the needs of employees,
customers and students — in their jobs, their education, and their personal lives. Learn about the ongoing work
that is being done to make technology and information accessible to all. |
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Globalization
The Internet has eliminated geographic boundaries. In many ways the world has shrunk, some say the world is now flat,
and we are just starting to see the ripple effect in social and economic institutions. Globalization brings together
the technologies and processes that help organizations operate effectively in a international environment — across
multiple languages, business conventions and cultural preferences. Learn how to plan for and apply technology in a
global ecosystem. |
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Internet-scale computing
IBM and Google have jointly established the Internet-scale computing initiative to improve students´ knowledge of
highly parallel computing practices and prepare them to address the emerging paradigm of large-scale distributed
computing. The initiative features a cluster of several hundred computers powered with open source software.
Students can access the cluster through the Internet to test their parallel programming projects. |
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOA uses loosely coupled software services to support the requirements of the people, processes, and applications
within an enterprise. By delivering information as a service, an enterprise can move towards a more dynamic information
infrastructure, leverage existing resources to meet business and IT objectives, and respond rapidly to today's
changing business climate. Learn more about SOA, its different entry points, and effective implementations. |
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Services Science, Management and Engineering (SSME)
The service-providing sector is the fastest growing segment of the world economy and it has its own complex set of challenges.
SSME is a new academic discipline that focuses on the application and integration of scientific, management, and engineering
principles to this expanding economic sector. Learn more about this exciting area of research and development. |
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