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BD111EN (FREE course): This course teaches you how to take advantage of the SQL language to access big data stored in HDFS or HBase using SQL.
The course presents the different alternatives for SQL access, such as Hive, Impala, and Big SQL. It explains the similarities and differences between these three technologies.
The course includes hands on exercises and access to a Hadoop cluster with Hive, HBase, HDFS and Big SQL, so you can try these technologies first hand.
At the end of the course you will understand the different alternatives for accessing Big Data with SQL, and you will gain hands-on experience with these technologies.
Audience: Beginners accessing Hadoop using SQL
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BD500EN (FREE course): This course teaches you the basics of stream computing using IBM InfoSphere Streams. Stream computing allows you to process and analyze big data in real time. This type of computing can be applied in many industries, from health care to manufacturing, finance and more.
Audience: Stream computing beginners.
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BD110EN (FREE course): This course teaches non-technical users how to take advantage of Big Data technologies without having to learn how to write a program to run Hadoop, JAQL, and so on. It uses BigSheets, a plug-in that can be run on top of Hadoop, and is designed for the business user who is familiar with spreadsheet tools like MS Excel.
Audience: Business users who want to perform analytics.
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MI710EN (Free course): Java Fundamentals is a free course provided by SciSpike (www.scispike.com), a partner company of Big Data University. In this course you will learn the basics of the Java Programming Language. Having some knowledge of Java is very helpful in many areas in IT. For example, for Big Data related technologies, you can write MapReduce jobs in the Hadoop framework using Java.
BD700EN (FREE course) - Brought to you by Jaspersoft (jaspersoft.com)
"Success in the Big Data era is about more than size. It's about getting insight from these huge data sets more quickly." - Doug Henschen, Executive Editor, InformationWeek
This course teaches you importance of Hadoop Reporting and Analysis and provides instructions to build your own Hadoop/Big Data reports over relevant Hadoop technologies such as HBase, Hive, etc. It provides guidelines to choose between various reporting techniques: Direct Batch Reports, Live Exploration, and Indirect Batch Analysis.
BD506EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of IBM InfoSphere Streams, Cloud Computing and what the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise has to offer. Practice building your Streams cluster on the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise.
Audience: Streams and IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Beginners.
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BD100EN (FREE course): This course shows you big data analytics at work. It provides real-life scenarios or demonstrations than can help you understand the value of big data analytics. It includes a collection of videos from several IBM solutions that support the IBM Smarter Planet agenda.
BD001EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of Hadoop. You will learn about the Hadoop architecture, HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, JAQL, Flume, and many other related Hadoop technologies. Practice with hands-on labs on a Hadoop cluster using any of these methods: On the Cloud, with the supplied VMWare image, or install locally. This course is part 1 of 2 courses.
Audience: Hadoop Beginners.
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BD005EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of Hadoop, Cloud Computing and what Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) has to offer. You will learn how virtual machines are created on the cloud using AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and understand various storage options. You will also learn how to get your data in and out of the cloud, and about RightScale, a cloud management platform. Finally, you will be learn about building your Hadoop cluster on AWS.
AWS, the sponsor of this course is also offering to a limited number of students a $25 AWS credit!
Audience: Hadoop and Amazon Cloud Beginners.
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BD006EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of Hadoop, Cloud Computing and what the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise has to offer. Practice building your Hadoop cluster on the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise.
Audience: Hadoop and IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Beginners.
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BD104EN (FREE course): The analysis of emails, blogs, tweets, forums and other forms of unstructured text data constitutes what we call text analytics. Text analytics is applicable to most industries; for example, if your company is suspicious about company secrets being leaked to competitors by employees, text analytics can help analyze millions of employees’ emails. If you would like to find common pain points your customers face when using your products, you can analyze their comments and questions in forums. If you would like to measure positive or negative perceptions of a company, brand, or product, you can perform sentiment analysis using text analytics. This course teaches you the basics of text analytics. It includes hands-on exercises!
Audience: Text Analytics Beginners.
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BD105EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of Text Analytics! This course will teach you how to retrieve relevant text from structured, semi-structured or unstructured documents based on criteria you define using a complete case study. Apply these same criteria to big data by running them on top of a Hadoop cluster! All materials and software used are FREE!
BD102EN (FREE course): This course is restricted to those who have participated in the IBM Big Data Developer Day event. It contains the presentation materials for download and a forum you can use to ask questions about the labs.
This course requires an enrollment key which is provided at the Developer Day event.
Audience: Participants of the IBM Big Data Developer Day event.
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BD502EN (FREE course): This course is restricted to those who have participated in the Big Data Meetup. It contains the presentation materials for download and a forum you can use to ask questions about the labs.
This course requires an enrollment key which is provided at the Meetup event.
Audience: Participants of the Big Data Meetup event.
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UCSC - CMPS290H (FREE but restricted course): This course is offered by UC Santa Cruz as part of the Large scale data integration - Text Analytics course. This course will teach you the basics of Text Analytics: how to retrieve relevant text from structured, semi-structured or unstructured documents based on criteria you define. It uses a complete case study. Apply these same criteria to big data by running them on top of a Hadoop cluster! All materials and software used are FREE!
DB001EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of the relational database model and the SQL language using DB2 Express-C, the free version of IBM DB2 database servers. You will learn how to create, read, update and delete data using SQL. This course is part 1 of 2 courses.
Audience: Database Beginners.
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DB101EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of DB2 using DB2 Express-C, the free version of IBM DB2 database servers. You will learn how to download, install, and use DB2 Express-C including its tools. This course is part 1 of 3 courses.
Audience: DB2 Beginners.
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DB102EN (FREE course): Continue learning the basics of DB2 using DB2 Express-C, the free version of IBM DB2 database servers. This is part 2 of 3 courses. You will learn about the DB2 architecture (memory, process, and storage models), connecting to a DB2 server, working with database objects, and more!
Audience: DB2 Beginners.
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DB111EN (FREE course): Learn the basics of IBM Data Studio, an eclipse-based free tool for administration and development of databases. You will learn how to download, install, and use IBM Data Studio with DB2 Express-C.
Audience: IBM Data Studio Beginners.
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DB101PT (Curso GRATIS): Aprenda os princípios do DB2 usando o DB2 Express-C, a versão gratuita de servidores de banco de dados IBM DB2. Você vai aprender como fazer o download, instalar e utilizar o DB2 Express-C, incluindo suas ferramentas. Este curso é parte 1 de 3 cursos.
Audiência: DB2 iniciantes
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| | | DB101RU (Бесплатный курс): Основные сведения о DB2 с использованием DB2 Express-C, бесплатную версию DB2 IBM серверов баз данных. Вы узнаете, как загрузить, установить и использовать DB2 Express-C в том числе ее инструментов. Этот курс является частью 1 из 3 курсов.
Аудитории: DB2 начинающих
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| | | DB101ES (Curso GRATUITO): Aprenda los conceptos básicos de DB2 utilizando DB2 Express-C, la versión gratuita de servidores de base de datos IBM DB2. Usted aprenderá cómo descargar, instalar y utilizar DB2 Express-C, incluyendo sus herramientas. Este curso es parte 1 de 3 cursos.
Audiencia: Principiantes en DB2
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| | | AA001EN (Free course): This course prepares you to take the IBM DB2 Academic Associate exam. Those passing this exam earn the title IBM DB2 Academic Associates: DB2 Database and Application Fundamentals
Content for this course is similar to the one offered as an onsite classroom course at selected universities.
Audience: DB2 and database beginners.
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MI001EN (FREE course): Learn how to create and host a course in Big Data University!
This is a free, open course for anyone interested in developing and posting his course on our site. The course explains how to create the course, including the creation of videos, transcripts, and more!
All topics are welcomed, not just Big Data or DB2-related topics!
BD111EN (FREE course): This course teaches you how to take advantage of the SQL language to access Hadoop data stored in HDFS or HBase.
The course presents the different alternatives for SQL access, such as Hive, Impala, and Big SQL. It explains the similarities and differences between these three technologies.
The course includes exercises and access to a Hadoop cluster running Hive, and Big SQL, so you can try these technologies first hand.
At the end of the course you will understand what SQL access to Hadoop can offer you and your company, and how quickly it can deliver access to big data. You will also gain hands-on experience using Hive and Big SQL. If you already know SQL, you will be able to use these technologies in no time.
Audience: Beginners accessing Hadoop using SQL
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BD103EN (FREE course): This course is restricted to those who have participated in the IBM Big Data Developer Day event. It contains the presentation materials for download and a forum you can use to ask questions about the labs.
This course requires an enrollment key which is provided at the Developer Day event.
Audience: Participants of the IBM Big Data Developer Day event.
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