National College of Ireland to mentor Indian SMEs on cloud and data analytics

National College of Ireland (NCI), a leading European education institution with strong links to SURGE and the WebSummit series (SURGE is Web Summit’s first conference in India. In 5 years, Web Summit, held annually in Europe, has grown from 400 attendees to over 42,000 from more than 134 countries. It’s been called ‘the best technology conference on the planet’), will now mentor high-potential Indian startups on how cloud and data analytics technologies can improve funding opportunities to expand their business. Dr Horacio González-Vélez, NCI’s associate professor of computing and head of Cloud Competency Centre has been invited as a world-class mentor for high-potential startups during the SURGE event.

The NCI Cloud Competency Centre operates globally and its postgraduate programmes offer a solid theoretical formation coupled with pragmatic, industrial skills, which are second to none. Its MSc programmes in Cloud Computing and Data Analytics provide compelling career opportunities to graduates to improve their technology background. Students not only learn about the latest Cloud and Big Data technologies, but also significantly increase their employment opportunities. NCI graduates are currently employed at major multinational companies and high-potential startups in Ireland and abroad.

“An initiative like this promises to bring together the talent and knowledge of these young minds who want to invest their time and ideas towards a startup. The pace of IT progress In India and around the globe has really increased with the advent of cloud and data analytics technologies, Cloud and Data Analytics are now pervasive and NCI is highly committed to educating students and practitioners in these field,” said Dr González-Vélez.