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Creating an inclusive culture where technical women can thrive

Today marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday designed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It’s also a call to action to advance women’s equality. This post shares key topics discussed during AWS re:Invent 2021, when we brought together an esteemed group of professionals to share how they are #BreakingTheBias in a powerful conversation called Cultivating a Culture Where Technical Women Flourish . . .

Cloud training trends driving business growth in 2022

Maureen Lonergan, Vice President of Training and Certification for Amazon Web Services (AWS), shares the following five trends that are driving training strategies and priorities in 2022: 1) retaining talent supersedes hiring new talent, 2) cloud skills training moves beyond the IT desk, 3) making space and time to prioritize learning, 4) skills training as the innovation enabler, and 5) personalized training becomes the standard . . .

New Twitch series: Keep your security skills sharp

This intermediate-level training series helps security professionals continue to build their ongoing security skills. Episodes are structured around specific security scenarios and occasionally delve into in-the-moment and timely security-response topics. You’ll gain valuable information that aids your day-to-day work in secure systems, regulatory compliance, vulnerability and penetration testing, incident response, and more. . .

Competitive tennis player turned techie – Zaiba’s AWS Tech U Story

Editor’s note: This is article three of a four-part series that highlights AWS Education Programs. Our Education Programs remove barriers to education and forge new paths for individuals to develop cloud expertise and enter the technology workforce. If you’ve been following along, you know we’re celebrating the fourth annual International Day of Education (IDOE) by […]

New courses and updates from AWS Training and Certification in January 2022

Editor’s note: Below, you’ll find descriptions of new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification courses and offerings for cloud learners, AWS customers, and AWS Partners for January 2022. We’re announcing new information about digital badges for AWS Storage. New courses include Design Patterns for AWS Step Functions, Amazon Elastic Container Service, AWS IoT Greengrass, […]