Cloud Computing and Big Data Talent Shortage

According to an analysis report by McKinsey, it is expected that by 2018, the demand for big data or data workers will surge. Among them, the gap between big data scientists is between 140,000 and 190,000. The job gap will reach 1.5 million.

The strong demand for big data talents undoubtedly provided an important opportunity for the birth of Alibaba Cloud Academy.

Cloud computing and big data industry "the tide has come", but lack of talent

Zang Kang, deputy general manager of Alibaba Cloud Academy, said in an interview with Dozhi.com that the domestic cloud computing and big data industries are "a big wave has come" for two reasons:

First of all, thanks to the rise and development of Internet companies, cloud computing technology has gradually become an important choice for IT infrastructure. Now, in addition to Internet companies, governments and public departments, traditional enterprises, etc. have begun to convert some or all of the traditional self-built IT architecture to use public cloud services.

"When cloud computing technology gradually begins to become the mainstream choice, the talent gap will inevitably increase, whether it is a developer, a system engineer, a network engineer, or an Internet entrepreneur, more and more will face the cloud IT environment, mastering cloud computing related skills can be said to be crucial. "

In addition, the powerful cloud platform has enabled the vigorous development of big data technology, making big data development and big data analysis capabilities a thing that small and medium enterprises can do.

"They originally lacked talents and technical reserves, but were very eager to obtain business capabilities through data analysis. Now although Alibaba Cloud meets their needs in infrastructure and tools, the problem of lack of related talents is becoming more prominent.

School-enterprise cooperation: Alibaba Cloud Skills Certification

Alibaba Cloud Academy includes six business sectors including Academy cooperation, Alibaba Cloud official certification, and Internet Academy.

Alibaba Cloud Academy's six business segments

In terms of Academy cooperation, Alibaba Cloud Academy has landed with Alibaba Cloud Big Data College and six universities. This is the joint operation of Alibaba Cloud Academy and the school at the level of secondary colleges. .

Zang Kang said that Alibaba Cloud Academy has been involved in the construction of cloud computing related courses with universities for a long time, as well as providing cloud training for governments, enterprises and institutions. The number of in-service technicians and students receiving training has now exceeded 100,000 people.

In addition, Alibaba Cloud also provides AUCP inclusive programs for 180 universities across the country, and provides free cloud computing teaching resources.

From the perspective of the Alibaba Cloud Academy team, the key mode of talent cultivation lies in school-enterprise cooperation. Through four years of undergraduate study, students can not only get the school's graduation certificate, but also get the Alibaba Cloud related skills certification certificate. These students will also have practical experience in Alibaba Cloud with the largest domestic market share. After graduation, they can meet the recruitment needs of Alibaba Cloud service providers and directly serve Alibaba Cloud customers.

In addition, the school-enterprise cooperation course also includes Ali's culture class and management class, students can better feel the domestic top Internet companies' corporate culture and management methods.

Alibaba Cloud Academy launches "Internet Academy"

Not long ago, at the Yunqi Conference in Hangzhou, a number of IT online education institutions within the United Nations of Alibaba Cloud Academy officially released the "Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy".

"An important innovation for the platformization of Alibaba Cloud Academy this year is the launch of the" Internet Academy "."

Zang Kang introduced that ‘Internet Academy’ is an online internet college based on online learning that builds cloud computing, big data, cloud security, artificial intelligence and other fields. Through advanced courses and nodal tests, students of different levels and different backgrounds can learn and apply, and master the skills of cloud.

The main advantage of Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy is the complete closed loop of “learning, training, evaluating, and outreaching” in the platform and ecological matrix to build a complete talent training.

Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy's closed-loop talent training

Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy's closed-loop mode can also show the user's ability portrait. For example, what is the specific score of a user in terms of website construction and website security?

The Alibaba Cloud website has a talent market segment. By communicating with Alibaba Cloud ’s core service providers and large customers, Alibaba Cloud Academy can provide excellent recommendation opportunities for users with cloud computing talent needs.

Certification system "wide entry and strict exit"

Regarding the official certification of cloud, Zang Kang said that Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy actually took some traditional enterprise-level training and certification courses of Alibaba Cloud, and after refining the technical points in it, it turned into online courses, experiments and exams. A teaching model that combines certification.

In terms of professional design, Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy has more than 15 atomic courses ranging from shallow to deep in each field of cloud computing, big data, cloud security, and artificial intelligence.

In the course learning part, Alibaba Cloud combined with the actual scenario requirements of users, extracted key skill points from the industry recognized "ACA (Ali Cloud Assistant Engineer)" and "ACP (Alibaba Cloud Certified Engineer)" certification courses and redeveloped The new course is accompanied by an online experiment to help the user's actual operation experience. After completing these two links, users can take the online exam and obtain the official online certification of Alibaba Cloud after passing.

"This novel lightweight, scenario-based online certification, we named it" Apsara Clouder certification ". We began to launch this certification in May, and currently more than 5,000 users take these certifications every month. This kind of customs clearance This type of skill point certification, combining learning with hands-on, helping users quickly acquire the ability to apply their knowledge is one of the important features of Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy. "

Zang Kang said that the gold content of certification does not depend on the price level, but whether it can train people into the most suitable talents, so that what you have learned and the certification you have tested can be used. The Apsara Clouder certification is lightweight, focusing on skill points and solving practical problems.

"We don't need cumbersome and complicated exam content, just respond to the actual work needs. So a single Clouder certification is cheap, the purpose is to test and use. Of course, the purpose of Alibaba Cloud Academy is" lend in and strict out ", If users want to take all Clouder skill points in the field of cloud computing or cloud security, it is still very difficult, as much as our ACP professional certification. "

According to Zang Kang, since the official online certification of Alibaba Cloud Academy went online on June 8, more than 10,000 people have passed the relevant certification.

Zang Kang also said that Alibaba Cloud Internet Academy is an open platform, through in-depth cooperation with well-known educational institutions in the industry, so that more users can benefit from this innovative model and modular skill point certification.

"In simple terms, Alibaba Cloud will authorize high-quality content to its partners. In their platform, they will integrate according to their own content system and students' learning habits. We will provide Alibaba Cloud official certification for students of the cooperation platform. The opportunity to take the exam and enter the Alibaba Cloud certified talent pool. "