Level Up Your Cloud Skills with the Intel® Cloud Business Professional Competency
Understand, adapt to, and thrive in the cloud-native business landscape.
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Become an In-Demand Cloud Professional
By 2025, over 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms and three of the top five in-demand digital skills will be cloud-related. These trends, part of the ongoing mass migration to the cloud, are dramatically impacting business models, IT operating models, and the types of solutions demanded by customers of every size, in every industry. Get ahead of the curve and prepare for the cloud-native future with the Intel® Cloud Business Professional Competency from Intel® Partner University.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the cloud, cloud technologies, trends, the business drivers behind the cloud, and more
- Explore the top considerations when evaluating the cloud, including various architectural and service offerings, steps required to drive cloud transformation, and how Intel technology can generate more business value
- Generate more value for your cloud investment by understanding and optimizing for Intel based technology
- Earn an Intel® Solutions Pro digital badge, display it online, showcase your expertise, and differentiate yourself as a cloud expert
- Position yourself with the skills, knowledge, and insights to succeed in the burgeoning cloud market
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Benefits of the Cloud
IT operating cost savings¹
Better IT service delivery¹
Faster IT service delivery¹
Don’t Just Adapt. Get Ahead, Gain an Edge, and Win with the Cloud.
Be an in-demand cloud professional, stay at the forefront of your field, and level up your career with a highly focused, business-centric curriculum from Intel® Partner University.
- Define end-customers’ business drivers and business requirements
- Guide organizations through the complex stages of a cloud transformation strategy
- Assess and recommend workload placement strategies
- Understand the pricing fundamentals of the big three Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), including purchasing methods, billing decomposition and reporting
- Deploy cost management techniques, native and third-party cost optimization tools to get the most value from cloud budgets
Why Complete the Intel® Cloud Business Professional Competency?
- Open the door to more business opportunities and increase your revenue potential
- Earn and leverage the digital Competency badge to boost credibility and marketability
- Take the on-demand courses anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace
- Advance your career and position yourself as a cloud specialist
- Keep pace with competitors and the fast-changing cloud market
- Dive Deeper with Cloud
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Deepen your understanding of cloud fundamentals, learn to address customer needs more effectively, and gain a grasp of the technical side of the cloud with the Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency and the Intel® Cloud Technical Competency.
Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency
The Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency training is a series of easily digestible trainings designed to instill cloud industry and technology knowledge and build the competency needed to achieve a competitive advantage. After completing the 5.75 hour training series, you’ll be able to:
- Articulate cloud industry fundamentals and business value
- Communicate the benefits of cloud orchestration and the Intel products supporting this technology
- Drive customer conversations around data analytics, software-defined networking, security and risk concepts, DevOps for cloud environments, and more
Intel® Cloud Technical Professional Competency
The Intel® Cloud Technical Professional Competency builds upon the Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency and delves into technical topics, including cloud security, cloud workloads, containers, orchestration, and relevant cloud instances.
- Learn the specifics around building and operating a cloud infrastructure
- Understand the functional components and technologies that make up various cloud solutions, the tools that help achieve the best configurations, and Intel’s unique technical benefits that bring the most value to the cloud
- Take a deep dive into the most common datacenter workload solutions migrated to the cloud, the components and procedures for building containers, system configuration, advanced networking, and more
How to Enroll in the Intel® Partner Alliance
- Go to intelpartneralliance.intel.com/ and click Join now
- Enter your details and verify your email address, then create a password and accept the terms and conditions
- Once you receive the welcome email and sign in, you will be invited to join a community
- Select the option to add communities
- Choose Intel® Cloud Insider Partner as a Selected Community, and submit selections
How to Enroll in the Cloud Competencies
- Log into Intel® Partner University at https://partneruniversity.intel.com/
- Select Competencies
- Select the Data Center and Cloud category
- Choose View Details and Enroll to sign up for the course you would like to participate in
If you are not yet a member of Intel® Partner Alliance, you can join Cloud Insider Communities during the registration process (see previous tab for instructions).
If you are already a member of Intel® Partner Alliance:
- Click on your profile icon
- Select Profile, Program and Settings in the next menu to open your list of memberships
- Choose Intel® Partner Alliance
- Choose Community
- From the list of available communities, select Cloud Insider Communities
How Cloud Competencies Deliver Real-World Results
Increasing Sales and Professional Success at Ingram Micro
A newly hired business development manager at Ingram Micro used the Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency to increase solution sales and professional success. With the insights gained from the Competency, he was able to build knowledge of cloud technologies and its benefits, increase his confidence, add more value to his team, and grow solution sales by bringing a broader perspective to client conversations.
Sell with More Confidence
Perry Szarka, a Data Center Solution Architect at Logicalis, used the Intel® Cloud Fundamentals Competency to learn about the benefits of Intel cloud technologies and help clients choose the best solutions for their business objectives. Thanks to the training, he is able to better sell and steer clients towards new opportunities.
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