Amazon to skill 29 million people in cloud computing by 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) which is the Cloud arm of Amazon has reported that by 2025, it will assist 29 million individuals with developing their specialized abilities with free cloud computing aptitudes preparing. 

Teresa Carlson, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector at Amazon, said that the organization will give preparing openings through existing AWS-planned projects, just as grow new courses to meet a wide assortment of timetables and learning objectives.

"We are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to provide free cloud computing skills training to people from all walks of life and all levels of knowledge, in more than 200 countries and territories," Carlson stated during the 'AWS: re Invent 2020' annual conference being held in digital mode.

The preparation goes from self-guided online courses - intended to help people update their specialized aptitudes - to concentrated upskilling programs that can prompt new openings in the innovation business. And all the courses will be delivered through training partners across the world.

"We are building out our library of more than 500 free courses, interactive labs, and virtual day-long training sessions. Individuals looking to learn about cloud technology at their own pace have two robust resources in AWS Training and Certification and AWS Educate," Carlson informed.

In 2020, AWS Training and Certification has dispatched 50 new advanced courses notwithstanding the several free courses that are effectively accessible with their training partners across the globe and will keep adding more substance and better approaches to learn.

"We will continue to invest in free digital training and exam preparation courses to help people prepare for AWS Certifications, which show technical expertise working with AWS," she said.

The arrangement to give 29 million individuals around the globe with abilities preparing expands on the responsibility the organization made a year ago to contribute $700 million to prepare 100,000 Amazon representatives.

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