Date: On Demand
Duration: 1 Day
Course Overview
With the advent of digitalization of functions in organizations, increasingly more and more digital data are created and stored. Data is now the oil that drives organizational business intelligence for greater value. It is collected, stored, extracted, analyzed and reported. Traditionally, database systems have been used to store them for the purposes. With the advancement in database technologies, new ways of storing data have been proposed to store and process, particularly, big data. This course teaches the concepts of data, big data, and database systems for managing data as well as big data.
This module is part of Professional Certificate in Database Management.
Course Objectives
This course will equip learners with the following competencies:
- Learn what is data and big data
- Learn the types of database structure
- Learn the types of relationships in databases
- Learn to determine which database is right for an organization
- Learn what is NoSQL or non-relational database
- Build a strong foundation in managing data and big data in organizations
Who Should Attend
Data Analysts, Business Analysts
Prerequisites
Diploma
Course Convener
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Assoc Prof Danny Poo

Assoc Prof Danny Poo
Assoc Prof Danny Poo brings with him 35 years of Software Engineering and Information Technology and Management experience. A graduate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England, Dr Poo is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining the University, Dr Poo was with the System Operations at DBSBank, Singapore.
A Steering Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, Dr Poo is actively involved in Information Management and Healthcare Analytics research. A well-known speaker in seminars, Dr Poo has conducted numerous in-house training and consultancy for organizations, both locally and regionally. Dr Poo is the author of 5 books on Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Java Programming language and Enterprise JavaBeans.
Dr Poo notable teaching credentials include:
- Data Strategy
- Data StoryTelling
- Data Visualisation
- Data Analytics
- Machine Learning
- Data Management
- Data Governance
- Data Architecture
- Capstone Projects for Business Analytics
- Software Engineering
- Server-side Systems Design and Development
- Information Technology Project Management
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Analytics
- Health Informatics Leadership.
Industry Credentials
- Deutsche Bank
- Gemplus
- Micron
- NCR
- PIL
- PSA
- Rhode-Schwarz
- Standard Chartered Bank
- ST Electronic
- Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Infocomm Development Authority
- National Library Board
- Ministry of Manpower
- Nanyang Technological University
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- National University Hospital.
Course Fees
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
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Course Code:
TGS-2022012370 (Classroom Learning)
TGS- 2022012368 (Synchronous e-learning)
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Course Fee Breakdown
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