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Expand Your Multicloud Resume With New Courses And Skill Badges

A majority of businesses use services from multiple clouds, and with 84% of mid-to-large companies adopting a multicloud strategy this year, multicloud is positioned as one of the year’s defining trends in cloud computing. Moreover, Hashicorp’s recent State of Cloud Strategy Survey found that 76% of employers are already using multiple clouds in some fashion, with more than 50% flagging lack of skills among their employees as a top challenge to survival in the cloud. With the rise of multicloud architecture and agile environments, coupled with the growing cloud skills gap, Google Cloud Learning has released new on-demand learning content…
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Digital And Cloud Skills Programs For The Future Workforce Launch In Australia And Thailand

Countries across the Asia Pacific region continue to launch programs to develop digital and cloud skills for the future workforce. In Australia and Thailand, Google is working with governments, not-for-profit organizations, and universities to bring development programs to enable the next generation of workers with the right digital skills. Learners at universities, and individuals supported by specialist not-for-profit organizations will be able to learn new skills in a range of growing future careers, such as IT Support, Cloud engineering, Project Management, Digital Marketing or User Experience design.In Thailand, the Samart Skills program launched at the beginning of October, with support…
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12 No-Cost Ways To Learn Google Cloud Over The Holidays

The holiday season is upon us! If you are making your list and checking it twice, we’ve got a few learning gifts you can tick off the list and share with others too. For the season of giving, we’ve wrapped up some of our most popular training and certification opportunities and made them available at no-cost. This December we’re aiming to offer something for everyone, whether you’re just getting started with cloud, or knee deep in preparing for a professional certification exam. Start with the fundamentals to gain a deeper understanding of cloud whether you’re in a business or technical…
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Cloud Skill Boost Preparation For GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

A GCP Associate Cloud Engineer requires broad knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform. There is a large range of things to study, and while it may not need a deep level of practice, a good amount of hands-on experience is still recommended. The exam might not be hands-on or laboratory-based (as of now). Accomplishing the following will certainly improve your skills.   If you have Cloud Skill Boost account and subscriptions here are some of the Quest, Course and Lab that can be taken to study for the exam:   Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure [Course] Create and Manage Cloud…
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Google Cloud Certifications Adds New Sustainable Benefits And Donation Opportunities

We are thrilled to announce some new Google Cloud certification benefits that reinforce our commitment to Google Cloud certified individuals and our global sustainability strategy. Read on for a look at what’s to come for our certified community. New Google Cloud certified digital toolkit for all Google Cloud certified individuals An official Google Cloud certified digital toolkit will now be awarded to all Google Cloud certified and recertified individuals, including those with the Cloud Digital Leader, Associate Cloud Engineer, and Professional Google Cloud certifications. The assets in this digital toolkit are an exciting new addition to the Google Cloud certification…
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How To Use Google Cloud To Find And Protect PII

BigQuery is a leading data warehouse solution in the market today, and is valued by customers who need to gather insights and advanced analytics on their data. Many common BigQuery use cases involve the storage and processing of Personal Identifiable Information (PII)—data that needs to be protected within Google Cloud from unauthorized and malicious access. Too often, the process of finding and identifying PII in BigQuery data relies on manual PII discovery and duplication of that data. One common way to do this is by taking an extract of columns used for PII and copying them into a separate table…
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Four Non-Traditional Paths To A Cloud Career (And How To Navigate Them)

One thing I love about cloud is that it’s possible to succeed as a cloud engineer from all kinds of different starting points. It’s not necessarily easy; our industry remains biased toward hiring people who check a certain set of boxes such as having a university computer science degree. But cloud in particular is new enough, and has such tremendous demand for qualified talent, that determined engineers can and do wind up in amazing cloud careers despite coming from all sorts of non-traditional backgrounds. But still – it’s scary to look at all the experienced engineers ahead of you and…
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A Visual Tour Of Google Cloud Certifications

Interested in becoming Google Cloud certified? Wondering which Google Cloud certification is right for you? We’ve got you covered. Check out the latest #GCPSketchnote illustration, a framework to help you determine which Google Cloud certification is best suited to validate your current skill set and propel you toward future cloud career goals.       Follow the arrows to see where you land, and for tips on how to prepare for your certification on Google Cloud Skills Boost:  Cloud Digital Leader -This certification is for anyone who wishes to demonstrate their knowledge of cloud computing basics and how Google Cloud…
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Why IT Leaders Choose Google Cloud Certification For Their Teams

As organizations worldwide move to the cloud, it’s become increasingly crucial to provide teams with confidence and the right skills to get the most out of cloud technology. With demand for cloud expertise exceeding the supply of talent, many businesses are looking for new, cost-effective ways to keep up. When ongoing skills gaps stifle productivity, it can cost you money. In Global Knowledge’s 2021 report, 42% of IT decision-makers reported having “difficulty meeting quality objectives” as a result of skills gaps, and, in an IDC survey cited in the same Global Knowledge report, roughly 60% of organizations described a lack…
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New Research Shows Google Cloud Skill Badges Build In-Demand Expertise

We live in a digital world, and the future of work is in the cloud. In fact, 61% of HR professionals believe hiring developers will be their biggest challenge in the years ahead.1 During your personal cloud journey, it’s critical to build and validate your skills in order to evolve with the rapidly changing technology and business landscape. That is why we created skill badges – a micro-credential issued by Google Cloud to demonstrate your cloud competencies and your commitment to staying on top of the latest Google Cloud solutions and products. To better understand the value of skills badges…
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