Tag: cloud skills

May 31, 2024

Guess what? 95% of IT decision-makers say their team has been negatively impacted by the cloud skills gap. If that’s not bad enough news, by 2030, more than 85 million roles could remain vacant because there aren’t enough skilled people […]

January 31, 2024

As an industry underpinned by innovation, the technology sector can be its own worst enemy when it comes to skills. Cloud technologies are evolving more rapidly than previous generations, but workers aren’t being trained or upskilled quickly enough to meet […]

January 5, 2024

The majority of IT workers earned more in 2023 than in 2022. Indeed, average annual salaries increased in 2023 by nearly $20,000. This is according to Skillsoft’s IT Skills and Salary report. As most may have guessed, cloud skills are […]

March 6, 2023

As banks target core systems for cloud migration, difficulty sourcing cloud talent is a major risk factor, Accenture’s annual banking cloud report found. Banks perceive core migration as high-risk for several reasons, the report said, including “a lack of staff […]

November 29, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a cloud skills-focused three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK government’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). The arrangement will see AWS provide three years’ support to the MoD’s Digital Skills for Defence programme, which […]

August 16, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification has launched two digital subscriptions aimed at helping organizations and individual learners deepen their cloud skills. An Individual subscription bolsters cloud skills through interactive, challenge-based learning in live AWS environments; a Team subscription […]

August 2, 2022

For businesses aiming to reap the benefits of cloud migration, finding and developing the necessary tech talent remains a major obstacle. Three-quarters of the over 9,000 IT leaders, human resource professionals and industry experts polled for Skillsoft’s 2021 Global Knowledge […]

May 18, 2022

Google Cloud is embarking on a push to help more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue careers in cloud with the help of global non-profit youth employability programme provider Generation. The initiative, known as the Katalyst programme, is being spearheaded […]

April 29, 2022

If you’ve been looking to improve your cloud computing skills, you’re in luck as Coursera has announced that more than 500 cloud-focused projects from Google Cloud are now available on its online course site. At a time when business leaders […]

July 28, 2021

Building up cloud skills within an enterprise remains an essential part of transformation, according to experts such as Cloudtamer.io, a cloud solutions developer, and A Cloud Guru, a cloud training provider. Old school, legacy technical skills will need to be […]

September 8, 2020

Thinking about adding more cloud skills to your repertoire? Stop thinking. The time to do it is now. For IT professionals, cloud computing skills are becoming an essential resume item. Companies are actively – and increasingly – looking for employees […]

May 26, 2017

Whether to manage scalability or encourage collaboration, cloud skills are in demand across businesses and industries. In fact, the Cloud Industry Forum reported that cloud adoption across UK businesses had reached 88%, with over two-thirds of survey respondents expecting this […]