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Find out how IBM can help you teach all the topics related to business analytics and optimization on a wide range of operating systems.
Overview of business analytics and optimization
Industries have a growing need to analyze vast amounts of data to plan, understand, manage and predict financial and operational performance. Students who understand the importance of business intelligence and have the skills to model, analyze, and predict outcomes will be well-prepared to compete in the market place.
IBM Cognos software offers reporting, planning and the full range of capabilities for business intelligence and performance management.
IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics software enables organizations to model and predict future events, allowing for decisions to be made at the point of impact and ultimately better business outcomes
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization provides optimization and constraint programming modeling for planning and scheduling, combining mathematical programming and constraint programming with a tightly integrated IDE and modeling language.
Learn about IBM business analytics and optimization software
How can IBM help me teach about business analytics and optimization?
The IBM Academic Initiative has links to many publicly available tutorials, technical articles, IBM Redbooks, and white papers to help you and your students learn about business analytics and optimization.
The program also offers software, courseware, discounted faculty education, and many other benefits to its members at no charge. Not a member? Join now.
Academic Initiative members can download full versions of our IBM business analytics and optimization software and professionally developed courseware to use in classes and labs.
IBM resources for teaching business analytics and optimization