The impact of IBM cloud solutions on students in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

IBM is one of the top companies in technology and business field, the aim of the research is to measure the awareness gauge of computer science students and graduates about some of the main IBM cloud solutions which are IBM Bluemix, and Watson Analytics in Saudi Arabia. The method used in the research to measure the awareness was publishing both online and paper surveys. The surveys got a total of 208 participants, they come from different universities, and with different majors in the computer science field. The survey results show that 139 out of 208 people did know about IBM company and their knowledge about the company come from colleges and social media network, but not from the IBM website or its charity and community works, also the study show that few people know about IBM solutions where (Only 16 people know about IBM Bluemix and Only 14 people know about Watson Analytics).