IBM has announced that it will establish a new Big Data and Business Analytics Center of Competence in Athens, in order to enhance its ability to deliver technical and consulting capabilities in the region, drawing on an emerging generation of highly skilled local expertise.

It will be one of a total of nine such centers that IBM operates around the world, but the only one in Southeast Europe. The new center will help companies to better leverage analytics and cognitive computing capabilities, improving business operations and enhancing their competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Furthering its focus on big data and analytics in Greece, IBM is also collaborating with Athens University of Economics and Business to provide lectures, case studies and workshops on big data and business analytics, and with the University of Piraeus on the development and design of hands-on practical sessions in business intelligence and analytics modules of MBA programs.