Strathmore signs agreement with IBM to deliver undergraduate IT course

NAIROBI, KENYA: Strathmore University has expanded its innovation partnership with IBM to include IBM z Systems training as part of its computer science undergraduate program. Under the agreement, the initial training of faculty will run during the first week of October and the undergraduate course will officially commence in January 2016.

IBM and Strathmore University’s @iLabAfrica, the region’s leading centre of excellence in ICT research have signed an agreement to expand their partnership into skills training for the IBM z Systems (Mainframe) technology. Following the agreement, Strathmore becomes first university in Africa with the capacity for training on IBM z Systems (Mainframe) technology.

IBM will deliver the training via cloud at @iLabAfrica and impart transferable skills on the technology to 20 senior lecturers at Strathmore’s Faculty of Information Technology.

IBM z Systems enables enterprise-wide infrastructure for cloud delivery, integration of operational data with analytics, and mobile optimization – and are driving new levels of performance and cost efficiency in businesses around the world.

IBM’s z Systems seeks to provide computing infrastructure to companies and governments around recent mega trends including big data, Cloud, Social, mobile & security trends. It provides computing infrastructure for the new apps economy — enabling organizations to transact at the scale and speed of mobile, bring on-time analytics to every transaction, and ensure the highest levels of security and trust in the cloud.