AWS Certification and How Becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner can be Beneficial for Business Professionals in Every Industry

Rajesh Daswani
3 min readFeb 5, 2018

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Building sophisticated, scalable, applications is a vital aspect of businesses in any industry. Some key considerations to keep in mind when building those applications is cost and availability. You want to utilize tools and services that are cost-effective while maintaining peace of mind when it comes to up-time and availability.

One thing you do not want is to pay for products or services that you do not use. That is one of the primary reasons Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is the primary choice of professionals for all of their computing needs. With Amazon Web Services, you pay only for the services you use, making AWS solutions immensely cost effective compared to other options.

AWS is gaining acceptance at a rapid pace, for that reason, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioners are being sought after more than ever. With an AWS certification, the possibilities are virtually endless, whether building applications for your own business or your employer, the benefits of becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner are worth the investment.

Amazon Web Services offer tools for any cloud computing need your business may have, and an AWS certification is not limited to IT professionals. Professionals working in any industry, from sales and marketing to finance or law, can benefit from becoming an AWS certified practitioner. Even if you will not be the person building and managing the applications, by understanding and being familiar with Amazon Web Services, you can make more informed business decisions.

Obviously, IT professionals will benefit the most from becoming AWS certified, but as previously stated, any professional can find some value in the certification. Any successful professional knows you must understand every aspect of your business, if not, you may not make the most optimal decisions. By becoming AWS certified, you can make informed decisions about what services are best suited for your needs, how those services work together, and be able to discuss problems and solutions with the IT professionals who will actually be building and maintaining the applications.

If you are an IT professional, it is likely you are already familiar with Amazon Web Services and its offerings, even if you are not an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. If you are not an IT professional and instead involved in other aspects of your business, you may be less familiar with AWS and how it works, and this certification will enable you to understand the core service offering of AWS and validate your knowledge and expertise in making informed business decisions when looking to adopt cloud technologies for your business.

Online Courses

IaaS Academy offers online and live 1-Day Courses for professionals from any industry looking to embark on a career in Cloud Computing as well as those who need to validate their understanding of the Amazon AWS offering covering reliable and high available IT Infrastructure design and deployment, cost management, support, security and compliance. Visit their website and check out the next available batch.

Practice Exam Simulator

No matter your situation, it would be smart to take an AWS practice exam, ensuring you are adequately prepared to take the official AWS certification exam. The official exam offered by Amazon cost $100 and you are only allotted 90 minutes. By taking a practice exam, you can better understand where you currently stand and what aspects you need to study.

By completing the practice exam, you will be setting yourself up for success on the actual AWS certification test. IT professionals, sales and marketing, finance or law professionals can all find benefit in becoming AWS certified, so take the practice exam and start the process of expanding your knowledge on one of the most rapidly expanding and useful business services of this generation.

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Rajesh Daswani

Rajesh delivers in-house, corporate and online training services in Amazon AWS. He is also a founding partner of IaaS Academy