Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has unveiled a Big Data Solutions training and certification program for the HP Vertica Analytics Platform. The idea is to train IT executives to leverage structured, semistructured and unstructured data. The challenge: HP needs to evangelize its Vertica business as aggressively as it evangelizes this ExpertOne certification program.
Vertica Systems is an analytic database management software company founded in 2005. HP acquired the company in March 201 as part of a push into information optimization, business intelligence and analytics for enterprise companies and the public sector. But Vertica started losing some of its top talent in 2012, according to CRN, with roughly 20 of 150 employees exiting the company.
No doubt, the HP Software business is seeking to get back on track after a turbulent 2012. The challenges included a massive Autonomy write-down and allegations that former Autonomy executives participated in accounting fraud prior to the HP deal.
Despite that turbulence, HP is seeking to move forward with more software training and certification offerings. According to HP:
“This new training and certification program validates the skills and proficiency of HP Vertica system administrators, database analysts and application developers responsible for managing Big Data analytics. Gaining certification enables IT professionals to demonstrate their ability to optimize and monetize Big Data analytics for organizational growth, while accelerating career development.”
HP also said ” hundreds of customers and a growing partner ecosystem rely on the HP Vertica Analytics Platform to monetize Big Data at hyperspeed and massive scale.” True believers in the strategy include Interworks, an IT services and business solutions provider that’s partnering with HP.
HP Vertica Big Data Solutions certification is now available to all worldwide partners and customers by visiting www.hp.com/go/ExpertOne.
Alternative options include Apache Hadoop Big Data training and certifications from Cloudera and HortonWorks, among others.
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