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How neurodiverse superpowers are unlocking innovation in tech
Adelaide’s 42 coding school, inspired by École 42, is a focal point for neurodiverse tech talent, employing a learning model centered on peer collaboration and project-based coursework. With over 40% neurodiverse students, the school offers an alternative pathway, and through partnerships with AWS, it integrates industry-relevant training, such as the AWS Cloud Quest, enriching learners with practical cloud skills and enhancing their potential for successful tech careers.
ITSkills4U: Rediscovering a childhood dream for a career in tech
Learn how ITSkills4U helped Ivan Mospan build marketable skills for a career in cloud computing.
New courses and certification offerings from AWS Training and Certification in December 2023
Dive into our 21 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including seven new game-based and interactive trainings and certification preparation courses to help you build AWS Cloud expertise, from AWS Industry Quest: Manufacturing and Automotive, AWS Card Clash, to the new AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam prep resource, AWS Escape Room. You can also recertify for your AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner by playing the beta AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner Recertify – no need to take an exam. We also have four new learning plans with digital badges to guide your knowledge-building, and for executives, we’ve added cloud education for Chief Human Resource Officers and for executives wanting to build their security know-how.
Orangetheory Fitness: transforming workouts through data excellence
Leveraging AWS technology, working with AWS experts and upskilling its team with AWS Training, Orangetheory Fitness enabled rapid growth and the introduction of new workout types based on data from millions of members for personalized, smarter workouts.
Learn to build machine learning models and generative AI applications using new AWS courses
To meet the generative AI training needs, AWS Training and Certification has launched courses focused on the decision maker, data scientist, and the developer personas.
The BMW Group upskills 2,500 employees with Platform Academy, builds sustainable workforce in South Africa
To redefine automotive innovation, the BMW Group is equipping itself for the future with the necessary tools and expertise for collecting, analyzing, and managing data. The company worked alongside AWS to launch an expansive learning program that upskilled more than 2,500 employees in data analytics, data science, and software development. A pivotal development was the establishment of the BMW Platform Academy with a focus on AWS Cloud skills, which empowered the company’s next generation of engineers.
New AWS skills initiatives help APAC get AI-ready
From Japan to Indonesia, and further south to New Zealand, organizations and individuals from diverse communities are actively embracing and integrating the latest and most advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to improve their lives and work. AWS Training and Certification is helping them build the skills they need to innovate today and tomorrow.
Compass UOL cloud job training program exclusively for AWS re/Start graduates in Brazil
Compass UOL, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner specializing in digital transformation services, has hired 14 graduates of the Brazil AWS re/Start program into the Compass Academy program. Compass Academy provides internships with on-the-job technical training, in areas such as cloud development, data engineering, machine learning, cyber security and DevSecOps, among others, with mentoring from Compass UOL professionals. In partnership with AWS, the company plans to add 50 new positions exclusively to AWS re/Start graduates in 2024.
Introducing the AWS Builder Lab Observability Hub at re: Invent 2023
This year at AWS re:Invent 2023, we are launching the AWS Observability Hub, which will display LIVE Amazon CloudWatch dashboards showing some of the Observability we care about from the AWS Builder Labs experience, from a business, developer, and support perspective. Come see it in action at the Mandalay Bay.
New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in November 2023
In November, we launched 16 digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including 9 new AWS Builder Labs and self-serve AWS Jam events in AWS Skill Builder subscription. For executives, we’ve added more digital training to help you build your knowledge of cloud – this time for small business owners and risk and compliance officers. For AWS Partners in technical roles, check out the major update to the classroom course AWS Partner: Advanced Migrating on AWS.