What People Are Saying about AWS Training & Certification

Director, Foghorn Consulting
Advanced APN Consulting Partner
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

"As a company that is part of the AWS Partner Network (APN), we need to maintain a baseline number of AWS Certifications to meet partner status. Meeting these requirements are important as it scales our business opportunities and adds more value to our company.

AWS Certification has forced us to broaden our view on AWS, working with services that we don’t necessarily focus on but our customers may. Having broad knowledge allows Foghorn to give the best advice and value add for our customers and their unique architectures.

Unlike other IT certifications that seem to focus on the technology, AWS Certification focuses on feature sets with real-life scenarios that can help provide my customers with different ways to solve their problems.

AWS Certification has made me a better consultant. When I get into complex customer situations that leverage combinations of AWS services, the wide baseline that AWS Certification has provided enables quick understanding of new environments. That allows me to immediately add value in architecture considerations and requirements.

The AWS building blocks are vast and ever-changing. Most companies that may have dismissed a service months ago are surprised to find it suits their requirements now. AWS Certification is how you establish a foundation as a consultant to know how and when to use those building blocks.

AWS Certification requires both technical and practical knowledge. You cannot simply read a book and pass the exam, and I like that aspect. You need hands-on experience with AWS, applying an array of services to actual customer scenarios in order to prepare for AWS Certification.

Thankfully, AWS offers plenty of resources to help you prepare for certification, such as instructor-led courses and self-paced labs."

Cloud Operations Engineer, Adobe Systems Incorporated
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

"After completing my AWS Certification, my suggestions at work were taken more seriously. AWS Certification has helped me establish my technical credibility at Adobe.

At Adobe, we use just about every AWS Service. AWS Certification has forced me to take a deeper dive into AWS Services that I was not already familiar with.

For a person studying the exam, look at the core services. If you want to deploy and get your hands dirty and test different scenarios in various environments, I’m big promotor of CloudFormation.

Before getting AWS Certified, clients were coming to us with basic AWS requests such as account setup. Since getting AWS Certified, business has picked up. Not only are we picking up more clients, we’re providing AWS solutions for our clients from start to finish.

I felt like previous IT exams did not really test my skills. You could pass exams by reading a book. The AWS exam was quite different. The AWS Exam is built on solution scenarios and made you think. There were a few questions with several right answers, but there was always a better answer. Not only do you have to look through some documentation and study, you also have to have hands-on experience with the AWS Console."

IT Architect
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

"I have over 20 years of experience with software development and infrastructure related projects. I’ve helped with moving datacenters from one location to another and have experience with security related projects. That said, AWS Certification helped bridge my development, architecting, and administrative skills and bring them up to date with the latest and most powerful enterprise technologies related to Amazon Web Services.

Earning AWS Certification is a big confidence booster. Saying I have knowledge on AWS is one thing, but it’s a completely different feeling when you go through the rigor of taking the AWS Certification Exam as a way to validate your expertise with AWS.

AWS Certification has allowed me to confidently propose and architect environments. I can now talk to project teams and offer them best-of-breed solutions to many of the infrastructure limitations that have been slowing down our app development."

Architect
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

" Having an AWS qualification is respected in the marketplace. It is a must-have. It’s table stakes in my career."

• Became AWS Certified to develop capability and build agile digital delivery platforms
• Delivers high value to clients, quickly, with AWS
• Engages clients at an earlier stage and a higher level, thanks to AWS Certification
• Influences more important decisions
• Assists his company to deliver AWS capability, with the credibility of the certification to back it up

Works for an Australian systems integrator and AWS Consulting Partner serving clients like insurance companies, universities, and government departments.

Developer, Griffith Hack
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate

"AWS Certification builds credibility, demonstrates my competency with the platform, and gives weight to my recommendations."

• Became AWS Certified to gain proficiency in designing highly available, enterprise-ready solutions
• Adding value to Griffith Hack through AWS expertise
• Building bespoke solutions, a differentiator for his company
• AWS Certification will be a selling point as custom product matures to general release
• Gained credibility with management and support for technology recommendations

Griffith Hack is Australia’s largest intellectual property firm, providing technical, legal, analytical, and financial expertise.

"Organizations will continue to move into the cloud. It’s important that our staff have the knowledge and experience to migrate and manage applications in the cloud."

Peter Wright
Executive GM – Enterprise Services, Melbourne IT
Premier APN Consulting Partner

• Needed to demonstrate cloud expertise to the market
• Requires all managed services staff to be AWS Certified
• 30+ AWS Certified Staff across business and tech teams and more training every quarter
• AWS Certification helps win customer trust and recommendations
• AWS Training and Certification aids in employee retention
  

Melbourne IT is a leading Managed Services Provider and one of the largest AWS Partners in Australia.

Solutions Architect, The N-Compass Group
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

" I refer to AWS Certification right up front with a potential client, to effectively support my claims to expertise in that area."

• Became AWS Certified in 2013 to stand out within the AWS Partner space
• AWS Certification enhances credibility in the market, for him and for the company
• Establishes track record, paves way to higher-value conversations with potential clients
• Recommends as a valuable resume addition
• Appreciates AWS Certified networking opportunities

The N-Compass Group, an AWS Consulting Partner, offers a range of services to the SME market including marketing and business development, engineering, automation, and ICT solutions.

• Became AWS Certified to establish credibility at the pre-sales stage
• AWS Certification and experience led to new role building Altimetrik’s AWS practice
• Certification wins customer and industry confidence
• Moved development and test environments to AWS
• Expanding the AWS ecosystem in-house, coaching Solutions Architects for AWS Certification

Altimetrik is a technology solutions partner to global enterprise customers. The company develops finance-based applications for SAP based customers.

Director, Cloudveda
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

"Our goal is to have 100% of employees AWS Certified to continue to increase our competitiveness."

Vijay Rayapati
CEO at Minjar Cloud Solutions

• Minjar runs a robust employee AWS training and certification incentive program
• Employees receive a pay rise with every certification
• Every project lead has 2+ AWS Certifications
• Values AWS training as it educates its engineers on global IT practices
• Using AWS to win business beyond India’s borders

AWS Customer and Partner, Minjar is a global cloud services company providing cloud consulting and big data solutions to enterprise organizations, startups and independent software vendors.

Ramprasad Gurumoorthy
Administrator, 8KMiles
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

• Became AWS Certified to earn credibility with enterprise customers
  
• Became a key member of the Cloud Team at 8K Miles
  Implements solutions for customers migrating to public and private cloud
• Develops roadmaps to transform client technical architectures
• AWS Certification has helped his company design, develop, and deploy cloud solutions

8KMiles provides Secure Cloud, Identity and Big Data Solutions for more than 200 Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Finance, Entertainment, and Ecommerce customers.

Deepak Panth
Architect, Accenture
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

• Became AWS Certified to boost his career path
• Became a valued cloud services resource within Accenture
• Helps colleagues and contacts gain AWS Certification
• Believes AWS Certification strengthens Accenture’s competitiveness in market
• AWS is used internally and with 75% of global Fortune 100 customers

Accenture is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, providing consulting and outsourcing services through its strategy, digital, technology and operations capabilities.