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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.

In January 2023, AWS Training and Certification released 20 digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including a games-focused AWS Jam Journey for AWS Skill Builder subscribers, two new learning plans (and earn digital badges) for Solutions Architects and Game Developers, and updates to two AWS Certification exams.

Registration is now open for the updated AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam. These updates reflect changes in trends, the industry landscape, and the work practices of cloud professionals. If you are preparing for this exam or need to re-certify, you have the option to retake the current on or before March 6, 2023, or the updated AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional starting March 7, 2023.

Registration is now open for the updated AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam. The first day to take the updated AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam is February 28, 2023. The changes to the updated exam are not significant and reflect changes in trends, the industry landscape, and the work practices of cloud professionals. If you need to re-certify, you have the option to retake the current or updated AWS Certified Developer – Associate, or upgrade to the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, which will automatically re-certify the AWS Certified Developer – Associate.

In this blog, learn how an AWS Sr. Solutions Architect prepared for the AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty exam, and the 10 areas you can study to prepare yourself to take this certification exam. Earning the credential will validate your expertise in designing data solutions and using analytics services to derive insights from data. This credential also helps organizations identify and develop talent with critical skills for implementing cloud initiatives.

Which skills will keep your workforce competitive? What types of professional development do you need to keep up with rapidly evolving technology, macro-economic trends, and organizational strategies? Coursera, an AWS Training Partner, has released the 2023 edition of The Job Skills Report revealing insights that guide answers to these pressing questions.

In October of 2021, Cloudreach, a leading cloud consultancy and AWS Partner with a global footprint, began an ambitious and inclusive training program. With a robust internal AWS Training program in place, Cloudreach is experienced in turning conventional technologists into cloud specialists. This program was different, though. The aim of Cloudreach’s Talent Academy was to take people with little to no technical background and, within two years, transform them into fully fledged cloud developers.