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Nutanix partners with
Udacity to offer hybrid cloud
nanodegree programme
N
utanix, a leader in enterprise
cloud computing, has announced
a partnership with Udacity, the
global online learning platform, resulting in
a new hybrid cloud nanodegree programme.
This programme will enhance learning
opportunities in the emerging cloud
technologies market that are essential
for organisations to uplevel their IT
infrastructure. As part of the collaboration,
Nutanix will also sponsor 5,000 scholarships
to help IT professionals advance their
knowledge with this initiative.
As more services move to the cloud,
IT teams require the knowledge and
expertise it takes to properly manage these
infrastructures that increasingly stretch
across on-premises and public cloud in
a hybrid model. Although hybrid cloud
technology continues to grow and evolve,
educational opportunities in this field remain
at a standstill. In Nutanix’s recent Enterprise
Cloud Index survey, 85% of respondents said
that hybrid cloud is the ideal operating model.
However, 32% of respondents reported a lack
of in-house hybrid cloud skills.
To fill this educational gap, Udacity and
Nutanix have collaborated closely to develop
a nanodegree programme that will advance
the knowledge of seasoned IT professionals.
To strengthen professional development in
this space, the nanodegree programme will
cover modern private cloud infrastructure
and the design of hybrid application
deployment. Ideal students are those
managing traditional business applications,
legacy infrastructure or cloud-native
applications on public cloud infrastructure.
“One of our primary goals at Nutanix
is to ensure that cloud technology
professionals continue to stay on the cusp
of innovation in this developing field,” said
Wendy M Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix. “We are
excited to have worked closely with Udacity
to develop the hybrid cloud nanodegree
programme, and now open access to
thousands of leading cloud professionals
through this scholarship programme.”
To ensure all participants looking
to increase their education within the
cloud environment have an opportunity
to do so, Udacity is opening applications
to the Nutanix hybrid cloud scholarship
programme. For the first phase of the
scholarship programme, Udacity will select
5,000 applicants to participate in the
hybrid cloud fundamentals course. From
those 5,000 students, 500 high-performing
students will be awarded a full scholarship
to the hybrid cloud nanodegree programme.
“At Udacity, we strive to empower
professionals with the most demanded,
forward-looking skills in their fields,” said
Udacity CEO Gabe Dalporto. “We’re delighted
to team up with Nutanix, a pioneer and
leader in the cloud computing field, to
create the new, cutting-edge hybrid cloud
nanodegree programme.”
The hybrid cloud nanodegree programme
will focus on four subject areas:
• Modern private cloud infrastructure:
Learn to configure and manage a
hyperconverged infrastructure cluster,
providing a scalable, distributed storage,
network and compute fabric for virtual
machines and advanced services.
• Hybrid cloud application design: Learn
about the evolution of hybrid cloud
workload management and design for
multiple infrastructures.
• Automating private cloud: Create a
scalable web application and life cycle
operational model with governance
to enable on-demand, self-service
workloads on-prem with fiscal oversight
and quotas.
• Designing hybrid cloud infrastructure:
Learn public cloud concepts, manage
hybrid workloads and drive to global load
balancing of workloads. •
Wendy M Pfeiffer,
CIO at Nutanix
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