SINGAPORE, March 11, 2025 – Denodo, a leader in data management, announced that Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a leading institution of higher learning in Singapore, has joined the Denodo Academic Program, which prepares students to become future leaders in data and analytics.
Through the Denodo Academic Program, students can learn about data management, including data integration and data architecture, through virtual, self-paced training modules, live workshops, and test drives of the Denodo Platform (alongside access to Denodo Express, a complimentary, entry-level version of the Denodo Platform, purpose-built for developers, data architects and technical professionals who want to explore the power of data virtualization). Offering a mix of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience, the program prepares students to participate in comprehensive, production-ready data management projects.
Denodo blends into the overall curriculum that Ngee Ann Polytechnic is providing as part of their Diploma in Data Science, to empower the institution in building a modern, professional-ready curriculum. By providing modern data management expertise, Denodo equips students with an upgraded toolkit of data management approaches, ensuring a holistic, comprehensive education.
“At Ngee Ann Polytechnic, we place industry at the heart of our curriculum to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for a rapidly evolving, data-driven world,” said Dr. Joel Yang, director, School of InfoComm Technology, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. “Through our collaboration with Denodo, students gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools and practices, such as data virtualization and data integration. This prepares them to drive innovation and contribute meaningfully to the future of data management.”
Ngee Ann Polytechnic joins a host of other higher-education institutions around the globe, including Roma Tre and the University of Padua, both in Italy, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College in India, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s E-Business Consortium (UWEBC) in the United States. For these institutions, Denodo offers both practical and theoretical data management content, delivered via hands-on workshops and consulting capstones covering a range of topics, including data virtualisation in the cloud and advanced analytics with machine learning. Conversely, by collaborating with these institutions, Denodo enriches its Academic Program content through exposure to a diverse range of global institutions.
As Singapore continues to be a trailblazer in business innovation and developing cutting-edge technology (such as its strides towards becoming the regional AI hub), it is vital that academic institutions future-proof their education experiences for their students to stay relevant and stay ahead. What Denodo offers is a new, modern way of data management that complements the classical approaches (ELT, ETL) to equip students with a holistic set of data tools aligned with current industry practices, that can be used in tandem to solve a wider variety of data problems, more efficiently.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic addresses the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skill gap in the APAC region by offering schools dedicated to engineering, health sciences, information and communication technology (ICT), and life sciences and chemical technology. To better prepare students for tomorrow’s technology landscape, Ngee Ann Polytechnic is teaching students advanced data management topics such as logical data management and data virtualization, and their critical role in providing generative AI (GenAI) applications with “AI-ready” data. This is what initially brought Ngee Ann Polytechnic to Denodo.
“We’re in an exciting time for data management,” said Shanmuga Sunthar Muniandy, director of Data Architecture & chief evangelist, APAC at Denodo. “As more companies deploy emerging technologies like generative AI or agentic AI, Singapore will see an increasing demand for modern, agile data management solutions that can process the vast amounts of data needed to power these technologies—and the demand for talent who can apply those solutions will also rise. Denodo’s partnership with Ngee Ann Polytechnic is instrumental for imparting comprehensive knowledge about data management and providing students with the hands-on experience they need to excel in today's data-driven world.”
About the Denodo Academic Program
The Denodo Academic Program prepares students through virtual, self-paced training modules, live workshops, and a free version of the Denodo Platform.
The Denodo University Challenge invites students from all around the world to solve real-world data integration, combination and visualization problems using Denodo's cutting-edge data virtualization technology. The next Denodo University Challenge, focused on AI, is open for pre-registration.