By training your internal team on the latest AWS Cloud technologies you could benefit from having the cloud experts you need to innovate at speed and scale, without having to hire in expensive external resources who don’t understand your startup business model.

To survive and thrive, startups must constantly innovate. With AWS Training, you’ll learn from the experts how to use the AWS Cloud to iterate more quickly and accelerate innovation.

AWS Training can enable project teams to more quickly and effectively configure key services and leverage elastic compute power to rapidly deliver demonstrable business features.

The AWS Cloud is flexible, scalable, and can deliver real cost savings to startups. AWS Training gives you the opportunity to learn from the experts how to run your environment in the most efficient way possible.

In the highly competitive startup environment, there can be a fine line between sinking and swimming. Having AWS trained resources working on your AWS Cloud environment could be the difference. AWS offers free and paid digital and classroom based training on a range of essential services, as well as introductions to specialties like Big Data and Machine Learning. Make sure you’re building to best practices and leveraging cutting edge services in the most effective way possible to give your startup the best possible chance of hitting the big time.


Take the online training and learn about cloud foundations at your own pace. Then have the skills you acquire validated when you take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam and become an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

To deepen your AWS Cloud knowledge, the one-day, classroom-based AWS Technical Essentials course will help you get on top of the technical side of AWS with the assistance of expert AWS Technical Trainers. AWS Technical Essentials is also an important step on the path toward other role-based certifications on AWS such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.

Our free digital training lets you learn AWS at your own pace, giving you what you need to know so start using AWS. There’s a wide range of courses covering everything from the AWS basics, security and storage to getting started with AI and machine learning. Here are some popular free courses:


Gain a solid understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles.

Discover machine learning concepts and the role data plays. Explore use cases, smart applications, and review the AWS frameworks and services you can use for machine learning.

Gain familiarity with the communication architecture and components that make up AWS IoT. Learn how AWS IoT works with other AWS services and see a case study of AWS IoT in action.

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AWS Certification validates the skills and technical expertise of developers, architects, operations and business strategists in the AWS Cloud. Certified staff gain the confidence of knowing they are designing and building in line with best practice, delivering stable, high performance and efficient systems and apps that use the AWS Cloud to its best advantage.

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This Certification is for suitable for all job roles and provides validation of cloud skills and knowledge, giving the recipient the confidence to drive cloud projects and also qualifies them to take more advanced AWS Training and Certifications, including speciality certifications such as Big Data, Advanced Networking and Security.

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Growth and investment in startups is huge across Asia Pacific, with a massive rise in the uptake of cloud platform services. AWS Training and Certification could help your startup to get ahead in an intensely competitive landscape.

Has been invested in Asia Pacific tech startups, 2012-2017

Source: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/asia-startups-most-well-funded 2017

Almost half of global VC investment in 2017 went to Asia Pacific startups

Source: https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/04/the-rise-of-the-rest-of-the-world/558401/

Across Asia Pacific, cloud platform services are experiencing huge growth (CAGR)

Source: Asia Pacific Tech Market Outlook For 2017 To 2018, Forrester

AWS free digital training provides a huge number of short courses on all kinds of AWS tools and services, below are some of the top picks for startups:

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Machine Learning? Artificial Intelligence? It’s the tech that startup dreams are made of, and you can get started straight away on AWS. This short course covers the awesome AWS tools available and the competencies you’ll need to get it right.

Quickly get up to speed with Amazon Cognito, a crucial AWS service for managing users and authentication for your mobile and web apps. This short course discusses key features and demonstrates the tool in action!

Learn how to quickly overcome the challenges of developing and managing IoT devices with AWS. This course reviews core components and concepts of the AWS IoT service, helping you to jump start your IoT development!