Oracle makes some certifications and cloudy content free, in case you have time on your hands
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/31/oracle_free_education_offer/
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The company's training division, Oracle University, said last night it will make all its content and certifications, including more than 50 hours of online training and six certificate exams, free until May 15.
The courses include material for Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure and Autonomous Database systems, as well as more general courses around data science, machine learning, and multi-cloud environments, such as integration with Microsoft Azure. Big Red had already made some of its courses free to developers in February, but is now opening up to all users.
"We're making high-quality videos, access to subject matter experts, and recorded demos of hands-on labs available anywhere, anytime so IT pros can accelerate their learning and gain highly sought-after skills," said Raghu Viswanathan, veep of education products and delivery at Oracle University.
Oracle's offer means it matches [1]SAP's recent decision to make some courses free during these messy months.
Oracle closed a strong quarter earlier this month, with revenues of $9.8bn - up three percent year on year. More than two-thirds of this came from the company's subscription services, the company's chief exec, Safra Catz, said in an earnings call.
Catz also said that Oracle was well situated to deal with the coronavirus fallout. "We're largely conducting business as usual with some modifications such as using video conferencing and asking our employees to postpone nonessential travel," she said.
The company also today opened a new data centre in Montreal as part of a plan to expand its cloud infrastructure across the globe.
The facility will use Oracle's second-generation cloud tech, which seeks to move away from renting virtual servers as rivals AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud do, and instead focus on renting entire dedicated machines. The company argues that this is more secure.
The company has opened 17 Gen 2 cloud regions since 2017, and plans to have 36 operating by the end of the year. ®
[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/24/sap_makes_some_online_courses_free/
Re: No rest for the wicked
Have an upvote.
People should remember that nothing from Oracle is ever truly free. They'll find a way sooner or later to get $$$$/£££££ from you. I'm surprised that they haven't (yet) put Oracle.com behind a paywall and only those who have fully paid up licences are allowed inside.
"more than 50 hours of online training"
Seems to me that there are going to be some people looking into ways of recording video streams - purely for archival purposes, obviously.
Re: "more than 50 hours of online training"
The most boring video ever but could be used for a museum piece/art installation for when the last Oracle DBA retires in about 8 years time. /snark
How to access?
Anyone know how to get access to these? I can't find any mention of free stuff on their website, still charging lots of dosh..
Oracle University
If I join is there a Fresher's Week where I can spend the whole time in alcoholic oblivion? And do I earn a degree, seeing as you call yourself a university? Can I be part of the University Challenge team? Travel by punt beneath those dreaming spires.........
No rest for the wicked
Why would IT people have time off during a lockdown?
And even they did, it's Larry. Later on he'll change the terms retroactively and hunt you down and charge you for it.