AWS Training and Certification Blog

March 8th marks the annual International Women’s Day, the aim of which is to “help forge a gender equal world.” One way to do this is by celebrating women’s achievements to increase visibility. And that’s why we’re highlighting some amazing women that have successfully launched cloud careers following completion of free workforce readiness and cloud-skills training from AWS.

If your organization is investing in cloud, providing employees with the necessary knowledge and skills can drive increased efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness. By conducting an LNA and developing a targeted training plan, you can ensure your investments are driving maximum value for your business.

As information technology continues to transform our lives and work at an individual, organizational, and macroeconomic level, Gallup, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has conducted the largest global survey of its type to shed light on the tremendous economic, innovation, and career benefits of investing in advanced digital skills. Learn more about impact of digital skills on individuals, organizations, and the global economy.

In February 2023, AWS Training and Certification released 16 new self-paced courses for learners on AWS Skill Builder, including AWS Jam Journey: DevOps, three new AWS Builder Labs, and four new training courses for AWS Partners. For leaders at customer and partner organizations, AWS Skill Builder Team subscription is available in four new countries and features new Administrator reporting.

The classroom course, Systems Operations on AWS, has been renamed to Cloud Operations on AWS to better align with the evolution of the technology landscape, providing a more accurate representation of managing operations on the cloud. If you’ve signed up for this class prior to the name change, the links to join will automatically route – no action required.

Are you in the process of studying for your first AWS Certification—or additional AWS Certification(s)? We’re both solutions architects at AWS, and between us, we hold 10 active AWS Certifications. This blog breaks down five tips AWS Solutions Architects swear by to prepare for and pass AWS Certification exams—and you can borrow these techniques!

Learn how BMO Financial Group utilized AWS Skills Guild to train its employees, and then partnered with PLATO to provide cloud workforce development training focused on building a fresh pipeline of talent within Canada’s Indigenous communities with the AWS re/Start program.

To keep pace with customer expectations, AWS Partners must reimagine their global workforce development strategy. Learn about the quantitative and qualitative value AWS Partners gain from AWS Partner Training. The Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) of AWS Partner Training and Certification study, commissioned by AWS and conducted by Forrester Consulting, examines the revenue stream, operational efficiencies, and customer and employee experience attribute to training and certification.

Learn how Cisco continues to invest in building its employees’ cloud expertise in order to keep delivering cloud solutions that meet its customers’ changing needs. With AWS Training and Certification, Cisco has built an agile training program with AWS Skill Builder for teams that meets its diverse learning needs at scale.

Dive into our first AWS Digital Learning Badge for Cloud Game Development via a flexible Cloud Game Development Learning Plan through AWS’s online learning center, AWS Skill Builder. Created by AWS for Games solution experts, this free learning plan provides a deeper examination of game-specific solution design and operational considerations for developing games on AWS.