The partnership aims to help millions of current and future developers advance their skills in key Kubernetes disciplines to improve their level of cloud-native knowledge
PARIS, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud-native software, has partnered with Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), the leading online skills marketplace and learning platform. Published in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024this new partnership will support content to support CNCF’s audience of more than 233,000 project contributors and millions of current and future cloud developers worldwide to help them prepare for various CNCF certification exams.
“Cloud native technology has become the backbone of what drives the world’s infrastructure,” he said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. “Thousands of leading organizations from Spotify to Zendesk rely on cloud-native technologies to drive innovation and scale infrastructure. Udemy has a huge catalog of relevant course content, and we believe that together––through the support of courses created by CNCF ambassadors and project maintainers who are also instructors on Udemy––we’ll enable developers to quickly learn and keep pace with innovation.”
Through this new partnership, developers will be able to leverage Udemy’s high-quality technical course content, including a comprehensive library of cloud-sourced content and customized learning paths, to prepare for many organizational certification examsincluding the prestigious Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
As the need for cloud native developers continues to grow, recent study by CNCF found that nearly 55% of programmers were able to find a new job as a result of training and certification courses. Additionally, 67% of respondents said it made them feel more engaged and fulfilled in their work.
“As one of the world’s largest providers of IT certification training, with more than 10 million IT certification course enrollments in the past year alone, Udemy is uniquely positioned to help developers and organizations grow at scale,” he said. Greg Brown, President and CEO of Udemy. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with CNCF to together advance skills and empower the next generation of cloud native developers.”
In fact, over 840,000 Udemy learners have enrolled in a Kubernetes course over the past 12 months. Additionally, as students prepare for certification exams, demand for Kubernetes certification prep courses is up 18% year-over-year, with more than 140,000 enrollments on the Udemy platform.
To get started with CNCF-approved courses on Udemy, developers can visit: https://business.udemy.com/cncf-endorsed-content/.
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