1. Academic Initiative Launch 2.0

2. Changes Impacting Education Today
Skills Gap
Student Loan Debt
MOOC (Massive Open On-Line Courses)
Continuous Education: Coursera, Udemy, edX, Udacity, Khan Academy, IBM Learning Lab
Degrees/Certifications/Badges
Education Competition: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook
Code Schools: ACLTC, Acadgild, Ecole42, Knod
Global Government Priority

3. Over 200 resources in the IBM inaugural catalog OnTheHub.com
40+ Software downloads*
Faculty only
WebSphere Application Server
WAS ND
WebSphere Commerce
Sterling Order Management
BigInsights
Cognos BI
Cognos TM1
Data Studio, DB2
ILOG, SPSS Modeler, Guardium, QRadar, Security AppScan, Security Access & Identity Mgr, Worklight Server and Studio,
RQM, RTC, RSA
Bluemix trial promo codes
Feauturing Spark, Cloudant, dashDB, DataWorks, Watson IoT Platform, Watson APIs
Digital Analytics SaaS account
Power Systems Academic Cloud
z Systems Academic Cloud
Close to 150 Restricted Courses available*
Faculty only
7 Cloud
7 Commerce
9 Data & Analytics
1 Mobile
55 Power Systems
35 Security
27 z Systems
*Faculty will have ability to let IBM know they can’t find something they previously had access to

4. Paz Maoz
Kivuto has deployed the IBM Academic Initiative directly to nearly 6100 schools’ OnTheHub sites worldwide.
515 schools are in the process of being customized and delivered their own special Academic Initiative experience.

5. In Taiwan, Customized OnTheHub Sites for Our 11 Universities

6. Bluemix free trail application website
IBM Bluemix Academic Initiative Program for Faculties
Bluemix free trail application website
1 year for faculties
6 months for university students – Need to apply by faculties

7. How to register? 1

8. Select your country and school.. and2

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10. Programs remain the same Ex:Bluemix trial promo codes:
Log in with your IBM ID or click to register 5
Programs remain the same
Ex:Bluemix trial promo codes:
1 yr for faculties
6 months for students

11. Programs remain the same Ex:Bluemix trial promo codes:
Register steps
Programs remain the same
Ex:Bluemix trial promo codes:
1 yr for faculties
6 months for students 6

12. Fill in your information and click “register”7

13. Confirm your email address8

14. Add IBM Bluemix to your cart

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