Tech Learning Consumption Trends:A Skillsoft® Signals Research Report

Mike HendricksonVP, Technology & Developer Products,

Skillsoft

RESEARCH REPORT

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report explores learning consumption data patterns across

a user base of nearly 12 million technology professionals,1

representing thousands of the world’s leading organizations,

including 65 percent of the Fortune 500. Our learning consumption

data, which captures over 25 million hours of interactions, provides

insight for technology leaders on what is happening in the

technology market in general, and how technology professionals

are using continuous learning to cope with today’s fast-changing

environment. The analysis represents what is hot, what is not, and

compelling patterns about these areas.

1 This represents non-unique users of Skillsoft’s Technology & Developer content. Some learners may consume content from multiple topics.

WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT?

1 Networking & Op Systems

2 Security

3 Programming Languages

4 Data

5 DevOps

6 Software Development

7 Cloud

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WHAT’S TRENDING IN TECHNOLOGY?

The following pages feature actual usage data showing what technology peers

from leading organizations are using to educate themselves. With a dataset in the

millions, it may also provide insight into technology usage among those peers.

We use this data to inform our content choices, curation of resources and decisions

to add new learning channels. Take a look at Skillsoft’s Aspire learning journeys

and you will notice the journeys map to the areas where we see high consumption.

Our data provides the rationale and informs our build plans and ensures that we are

responding to what organizations, teams and learners in technology need to adapt,

learn, perform and succeed.

THE DATA

The data was collected from Skillsoft’s fiscal year 19: February 1, 2018 through

January 31, 2019.2 It includes all modalities (videos, courses, books) however

books are represented with a very conservative 2-minute proxy per access to

a title. All assets measure English language usage and do not factor in translated

or localized content.

The areas we have defined are standard groupings (taxonomy) used by many

organizations and publicly facing retail outlets such as Amazon (fed from BISAC

codes) that carry technology-related content. In some views, we have omitted

details on productivity, tech & society and emerging tech because of sparse data.

KEY INSIGHTS

CAC TO AGILE

Usage patterns reveal that our users are educating themselves in topics

that fit the modern-day narrative of transforming an organization

from a classic, command-and-control management style of a company

with quarterly product/services releases, to a lean/agile organization

continuously deploying their product/services securely at scale.

SECURITY IS KEY

Security is vital for most enterprises. We delivered nearly 5 million hours

of training to security pros around the world and it is our customers’

second largest area of focus after networking & operating systems at

6.3 million.

IT’S ALL CONNECTED

Most of our areas are closely related to one another. How could an

organization move to the cloud without having, reliable security measures

in place? Likewise, how could a company make data more part of their

2 The date range of February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019 is known as FY19.

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business without governance, security measures and infrastructure

to support it? How can a company fully benefit from their data efforts

without having real-time pipelines built for their programmers to leverage

in intelligent apps?

FUTURE SKILLS

It is clear that most organizations are thinking about technology

adaptation for current tech stacks, future tech stacks and business

models. This is evident in the strong showing of CI/CD, DevOps, data,

cloud and security topics.

WHAT ARE TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPER LEARNERS DOING?

The average user on our platform

spends approximately 2.25 hours

consuming content.

Network & operating systems

learners (where we have well-

utilized certification content

coverage) spend an average

of 5 hours training on

relevant content.

Security users spend an average

of 3.55 hours consuming content.

Engagement is influenced by quality

content and the critical nature of

a subject.

Learners prefer courses

supplemented by books. The

modular options encourage

microlearning experiences.

Learners are completing content

in fewer hours. Three scenarios

come to mind when considering

this:

• Microlearning is contributing

to fewer hours being

consumed.

• Learners are seeking to

advance their careers—

for example technology

professionals preparing

for certification exams.

• Improvements in search,

browse, as well as a trend

toward learners consuming

more structured learning

paths with the content.

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MOST UTILIZED CONTENT TOPICS

• Data

• Security

• Microsoft (Windows, Azure, Server, etc.)

• Server (Windows, Linux, CompTIA, etc.)

• Manage (Devices, Services, Deployments, Performance, etc.)

• Service (Microservice, SOA )

• Create (Networks, Applications, Instances)

• Configure (Routers, Servers, OS, etc.)

• SQL

• Web

MOST POPULAR TOPICS (BY HOURS) SERVED

• Networking & Operating Systems

• Security

• Programming

• Data

• DevOps

• Software Development

• Cloud

• Tech and Society

MOST POPULAR CERTIFICATIONS OVERALL

• CompTIA A+

• CompTIA Network+

• Certified Ethical Hacker

• CompTIA Security+

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Network/Opsys6,354,672

DevOps1,928,046

Programming4,658,076

Security4,658,076

Data3,186,665

SoftwareDevelopment

4,658,076

Emerging Tech156,892

Productivity281,936

Cloud1,747,423

Tech & Society9,698

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YOY MONTHLY VIEW – COURSE COMPLETIONS

Course completions each month and completion rate

compared to number of accesses 02/01/2018 - 1/31/2019.

This represents the number of hours served out to consumers on a monthly basis.

Course consumption between 02/01/2018 - 1/31/2019. Our running total is 25+ million hours or ~4.1 million classroom days served (6-hour training days) in

the fiscal year.

Each month we serve roughly 2.1 million hours of content or ~69k hours each day.

COMPLETIONS

• The seasonality starts off the year consistently but takes a steep change

upwards in December and January. The spike upwards could be due to several

factors, including:

º Annual training requirements—common with many technical

service firms.

º Assigned training in conjunction with a performance review that needs

to be completed by year end—often compulsory for all employees.

º Seasonal downtime among our technology service industry learners

in correlation to visiting client sites.

º New content into Skillsoft platforms, including our ITProTV content that

featured new Cisco certification content.

º The addition of new Cisco content. Learners wanted to finish what they

started; the new content kept them engaged.

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WHAT TOPICS ARE IMPORTANT FOR TRAINING?

OVERALL VIEW OF OUR TOPICS BY HOURS SERVED

Network/opsys was the most popular topic consumed, with security taking a close

second. Certifications are spread throughout the areas, although networking and

operating systems have more due to the nature of the subjects for certifications.

The programming areas lead in both the number of assets available and the

number of users engaged with our content yet is third in this view. Use of our data

content is growing quickly.

TOPICS BY ASSETS AVAILABLE

Network/Opsys6,354,672

DevOps1,928,046

Programming4,658,076

Security4,658,076

Data3,186,665

SoftwareDevelopment

4,658,076

Emerging Tech156,892

Productivity281,936

Cloud1,747,423

Tech & Society9,698

TOPICS BY USERS

Network/Opsys1,283,168

DevOps756,399

Programming2,221,260

Security1,406,539

Data17,296

Tech & Society68,784

Emerging Tech155,222

Cloud1,231,696

Software Development

2,133,838

Productivity313,814

Network/Opsys16,219

DevOps10,861Programming

17,834

Security8,081

Data17,296

Tech & Society534

Emerging Tech693Productivity

8,136

Cloud7,651

Software Development

16,302

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OVERALL VIEW OF TOPICS BY EXPERTISE LEVEL

• Security and networking & operating systems featured the highest usage of

beginner books, but also as a percentage, the most expert-level content too.

• As a percentage, data had the smallest usage of expert-level content assets, but

one of the highest percentages of intermediate assets. This is largely reflected in

learners moving up the proficiency curve.

• As a percentage, DevOps has the least usage of beginner-level content.

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1,500,000

2,500,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

Cloud Data DevOps Network/Opsys

Programming Security SoftwareDevelopent

Beginner Intermediate Expert

6.98%

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IN SUMMARY

Today’s rapidly changing environment requires that technology professionals and

developers be well-versed in many topics as is evident by our user data.

Security is critical for most enterprises. We delivered nearly 5 million hours of

training to security pros around the world and is our second largest area of focus

after networking & operating systems at 6.3 million.

Compared to their strength in hours served, security and network/opsys have fewer

assets served as a percentage. The programming areas lead in both the number of

assets available and the number of users engaged with our content. Productivity

and collaboration tools also gain in the number of assets available.

The programming areas leads in the number of users engaged with our content

and software development gained the largest percentage growth compared to

hours served.

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There were nearly 8 million accesses to our software development content.

Network/opsys, where the majority of content exists, is by far the most popular

topic of our areas.

ALL CONTENT TITLES

Word clouds are based on raw data from all titles for a given area. We have omitted stop-words and numbers.

DevOps had the largest increase in share compared to hours served for all areas

and programming and software development had the most significant decreases for

all areas

The DevOps area had the highest percentage of completions while representing the

fifth largest area of content consumption. Programming and software development

had a significant decrease in completion rate. Productivity and emerging tech had a

large increase in completions.

On average, learners spent more time, 5 hours, training on network and operating

systems content, largely due to the higher amounts of certification content, while

security users spent an average of 3.55 of content.

Usage patterns reveal that our learners are educating themselves in topics that

fit the modern-day narrative of transforming an organization from the classic

command-and-control management style of company with quarterly product/

services releases, to a lean/agile organization, continuously deploying their

product/services at scale and in a secure fashion.

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Compared to the previous fiscal year,

• We saw more users assessing content.

• We saw more accesses to content (~5m more).

• We made more security-related assets (~540 more).

• In FY19 more users completed content than in FY18 (an approximately

18% increase).

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

• As we move more people onto our platform, Percipio, users are finding their

content more quickly and are not having to consume as much material to

become literate in their topic.

• Our higher completion rate also indicates that users are finding what they need

more efficiently.

• With more users accessing content, we observe that users are demonstrating

adjacency learning by accessing content in multiple topics.

SKILLSOFT ASPIRE LEARNING JOURNEYS

Inspired by our data, Skillsoft Aspire is a series of job, task, or function-oriented

journeys for individuals, teams, and organizations working in technology and related

areas. Journeys include sequenced instruction that methodically progresses on

prescribed tasks, functional responsibilities, application of knowledge so an entity

can move towards an aspirational goal. Visit this page to learn more.

ABOUT SIGNALS

Signals are, in essence, the directional findings that point to something you may

not have been aware of, but reveal a new correlation or connection. At Skillsoft

we have plenty of data, yet most of our data is not for public consumption. We’ve

chosen to take our non-identifying data to provide our stakeholders with insight

into what is happening in learning. Skillsoft aims to deliver insights from our 45

million users who are currently training with us. In particular, this report is a result

of analyzing our data and sifting out the noise to find the signals that have a bearing

on technologists consuming learning content.

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APPENDIX

DISCIPLINE DEEP DIVES

1. Networking & Operating Systems

2. Security

3. Programming Languages

4. Data

5. DevOps

6. Software Development

7. Cloud

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NETWORKING & OPERATING SYSTEMS

LARGEST AREA FOR HOURS DELIVERED

Approximately 16,219 networking & operating systems assets were measured.

Some compliance and business skills content may be related, but not included in

these results.

Networking & operating systems had the third most accesses and completion

percentage for all our areas. It had the most hours of consumption, likely because of

the number of certification preps. Certification preps keep learners actively engaged

because there is a clear goal of passing an exam. Even when certification content is

in play, company maturity with eLearning and corporate culture are key influences

on what gets completed.

Network and operating systems topics represent ~25% of our total number of hours

served out yet only 12% of our total users and 15% of our total assets, indicating this

area has a high attach-rate as there are fewer users and fewer assets, but the hours

of usage are higher than all other areas.

CompTIA content remains very popular. Windows and Linux also stand out of the

pack in this area.

Top Five Assets:

1. TestPrep 220-901

CompTIA A+

2. Windows Server

Administration

Fundamentals

3. CompTIA Network+

N10-006: Network

Architecture Part 1

4. CompTIA Network+

N10-007: Routing,

Switching, & IP

Addressing

5. CompTIA Network+

N10-007: Ports and

Protocols and the

OSI Model

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NETOPSYS BY NUMBER OF CONTENT ACCESSES

Sharepoint65,029

Network1,228,201

Windows1,068,763

A+1,068,763

Unix/Linux642,224

Config/Monitor397,905

Mobile/Wireless237,931

NETOPSYS BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

Sharepoint57,304

Network2,132,056

A+1,918,642

Windows1,813,357

Config/Monitor805,988

Unix/Linux601,673

Mobile/Wireless207,352

NETOPSYS TOPICS BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

Windows3,522

Config/Monitor1,897

Network2,526 Unix/Linus

1,316Mobile/

Wireless975

A+559

Sharepoint848

NETOPSYS BY NUMBER OF USERS BY TOPIC AREA

Sharepoint25,509

A+342,709

Windows321,061

Network306,460

Config/Monitor158,116

Unix/Linux149,265

Mobile/Wireless

68,955

NETOPSYS BY NUMBER OF AVG HOURS PER USER

Network6.96

A+5.60

Windows5.65 Config/Monitor

5.10Unix/Linus

4.03

Sharepoint2.25

Mobile/Wireless3.01

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SECURITY

A KEY PRIORITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS

We have roughly 6,737 security-related assets that were measured. Some

compliance and business skills content may be related, but not included in

these results.

Security has the highest completion rate likely because of its critical importance.

Security and security-related topics represent ~21% of our total number of hours

served out yet only 14% of our total users and 8.66% of our total assets.

There is a healthy amount of certifications in this area and plenty of tool- level

content for security professionals. CompTIA certification training, which represents

4 out of the top 5 assets, had the highest number of hours and average number of

hours per area.

Data is crucial in most secure organizations both as a tool and as an asset to keep

the organization safe. Risk analysis and mitigation are top-of-mind as well.

The signals show that quality content and the critical nature of the subject drive

engagement. CompTIA continues to dominate in security learning training. Certified

Ethical Hacker (CEH), although a relatively new certification, is certainly performing

above the average for other certifications. CompTIA and CEH may benefit in average

hours per asset because of fewer assets make people gravitate to what is available.

Quality content keeps them engaged after search surfaces the content.

The average security asset serves out 482 hours of training, compared to an average

of 198 for all Skillsoft Technology & Developer training assets. We see more courses

and modalities when compared to all topics across the Skillsoft training corpus.

Top Five Assets:

1. TestPrep SY0-401

CompTIA Security+

2. CompTIA Security+

SY0-501: The Present

Threat Landscape

3. CompTIA Security+

SY0-501: Cryptography

4. TestPrep Certified

Information Systems

Security Professional

(CISSP)

5. CompTIA Network+

N10-006: Network

Security

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SECURITY BY NUMBER OF CONTENT ACCESSES

CompTIA (A+)1,676,670

CISSP454,449

Crypt238,416

CEH247,488

Cloud181,350

Threat233,277

Cyber343,060

VPN/Firewall41,276

AWS19,351

Cisco17,358

Mobile61,814

Microsoft88,453

CCSP/Cloud46,099

ISC61,995

SECURITY TOPICS BY NUMBER OF HOURS SERVED

CompTIA (A+)1,655,640

CISSP504,384

Threat252,116

CEH232,752

Crypt242,152

Microsoft85,039

ISC(2)18,204

VPN/Firewall8,104

Cisco8,104

Mobile32,147A+

21,439

CCSP/Cloud85,340

AWS5,453

Cyber133,952

SECURITY BY NUMBER OF AVG HOURS PER USER CONSUMED

Network6.96

Windows5.65 Unix/Linux

4.03Config/Monitor

5.10

SharePoint2.25

Mobile/Wireless3.01

CompTIA (A+)5.60

VPN/Firewall437

Crypt416

Cyber316

CompTIA(A+)286

CISSP306

Cisco131

Threat253CCSP/Cloud

311

A+47

AWS74

ISC(2)19

Mobile110

Microsoft208

CEH56

SECURITY TOPICS BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

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PROGRAMMING

FEATURING JAVA IN OUR TOP FIVE

We have roughly 17,634 programming assets that were measured. Some

compliance and business skills content may be related, but not included in

these results.

Programming topics represent 18% of our total number of hours served out, 19%

of our total users and 20% of our assets served.

Java dominates in the number of assets and total hours, but Python leads in average

hours consumed. JavaScript is a distant third in all measures.

Program, Java and Web are distinct terms belonging in a programming view, with

Python, JavaScript, HTML, API, Develop and .Net being healthy secondary topics.

Top Five Assets:

1. Python: The Basics

2. Java SE 8

Fundamentals:

Introduction to Java

3. Java Spring: Spring

Application Basics

4. Java SE 8

Fundamentals: Classes

and Objects

5. Introduction to R

Programming

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PROGRAMMING BY NUMBER OF ACCESSES

Python1,817,960

Javascript334,354

C#324,689

Java1,318,962

C++236,839

Ruby18,160

Scala64,011

XML48,853

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

Java1,288,283

Javascript232,851

C#98,005

Python843,445

C++116,523

Scala31,053

XML26,261

Ruby14,953

PROGRAMMING BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

Java11,192

Python2,711

C++3,664

C#3,429

Ruby1,485

XML3.82

XML4,251

Javascript3,785

Scala398

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES BY NUMBER OF USERS

Python656,575

Javascript90,350

C#34,804

Java321,213

C++50,542

XML12,805

Ruby4,267

Scala11,388

PROGRAMMING BY NUMBER OF AVG HOURS PER USER

C#9.33

Javascript3.70

Ruby4.26

Java4.11

Python2.77

XML3.82

Scala5.62

C++4.69

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DATA

SQL IS TOP OF MIND

Data and related data technology and topics represent 12% of our total number

of hours served and 15% of our total assets and 13% of our total users.

Database topics, especially SQL, still remain top of mind for learners in this area.

Top Five Assets:

1. Introduction to SQL

2. The Big Data

Technology Wave

3. Data Visualization:

Essentials

4. Big Data Opportunities

and Challenges

5. Fundamental Methods

for Data Science in R

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DATA BY NUMBER OF ACCESSES

SQL1,017,260

Microsoft232,742

Table176,161

Visual206,249

Analytics557,521

Hadoop308,296Database

773,643

Oracle417,468

Spark82,926

Mining77,882

DATA BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

SQL1,141,256

Visual179,301

Table198,219

Analyic140,256

Hadoop163,364

Oracle352,901

Database677,565

Microsoft267,261

Spark53,939

Mining2,401

DATA BY NUMBER OF USERS

SQL246,537

Visual50,787

Table75,798

Microsoft71,440

Hadoop142,814

Oracle308,296Database

194,576

Analytic110,231

Spark23,131

Mining9,934

DATA BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

SQL2,669

Analytic837

Oracle1,312

Mining251

Hadoop678

Database2,442

Microsoft1,024

Spark257

Table159

Visual175

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DEVOPS

CI/CD IS FUNDAMENTAL

DevOps topics represent 9% of our total number of hours served out and 13%

of our total assets served.

DevOps is a relatively new area, and there is overlap with programming, software

development, network/opsys, cloud and security.

CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) is important in most

organizations as a fundamental activity for DevOps.

Top Five Assets:

1. DevOps Fundamentals:

Tools, Technologies, &

Infrastructures

2. Deploy Windows

10 with New and

Traditional Tools

3. Red Hat Certified

System Administrator:

The Environment

4. Red Hat Certified

System Administrator:

The Command Line

5. Software Defined

Networking

Fundamentals

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DEVOPS BY NUMBER OF ACCESSES

Admin196,006

Performance39,803 Virtualization

37,315

Monitor28,136

Windows106,046

Installation63,688

Storage177,435

Deploy16,046

Integration12,854

DEVOPS BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

Admin478,594

Virtualization52,015

Installation110,800

Monitor15,707

Windows106,046

Deploy184,660

Storage341,039

Performance14,557

Integration16,165

DEVOPS BY NUMBER OF USERS

Deploy72,786

Virtualization16,193

Monitor11,943

Windows39,970

Installation24,415

Admin62,493

Storage59,496

Performance15,526

Integration5,247

DEVOPS BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

Integration410

Windows169

Virtualization187

Monitor204

Installation384

Deploy313

Storage355

Performance145

Admin82

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

TESTING AND DEVELOPING WEB APPS ARE LEADING THE WAY

We have roughly 8,545 software development assets that were measured.

Some compliance and business skills content may be related, but not included

in these results.

Software development topics represent 6.4% of our total number of hours served

out, 16% of our total users and 10% of our total assets.

Software testing, quality and developing web apps lead the way in this area.

Software design and architecture are areas that have a good number of assets

with weak consumption.

Test, Develop, Model, Design, Agile stand out and Microservice, Web, Architecture,

Scrum and Service are secondary words visible.

Top Five Assets:

1. Software Practices

(SCRUM): SCRUM Roles

2. Introducing Agile

Software Development

3. Software Testing

Foundations: Testing

throughout the SLC

4. Selenium Automated

Web Testing

Fundamentals

5. Software Practices

(SCRUM): SCRUM

Meetings

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBER OF ACCESSES

Project1,097,266

Agile/S547,242

Test738,977

Design394,431

UX162,593

Arch256,157

Web106,491

Appli152,700

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

Test535,636

Agile/S260,765

UX99,796

Web92,479

Arch130,260

Design97,532

Appli36,731

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

Test720

Design544

Arch489 UX

180Web220

Appli527 Agile/S

427Project

366

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBER OF USERS

Test302,965

Agile/S174,743

UX57,334

Appli42,616

Arch43,267

Design52,413

Project83,786

Web28,764

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BY NUMBER OF AVG HOURS PER USER

Web3.22

Arch3.01

UX1.74

Appli0.86

Agile/S1.49

Design1.86

Test1.77

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CLOUD

DOUBLE DIGIT LEARNER ACTIVITY

Cloud topics represent about 7% of total hours served, and 10% of total users and

about 7% of total assets served.

Virtualization, Azure, AWS and other cloud platforms are dominant.

Top Five Assets:

1. Cloud Computing

Fundamentals:

Overview

2. Microsoft Azure:

Introduction

3. Network+ N10-007:

Cloud Concepts,

Network Services, &

Cabling Solutions

4. Getting Started with

Amazon Web Services

5. Architecting on

Amazon Web Services:

IAM and Object

Storage

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CLOUD BY NUMBER OF USERS

Cloud1,410,633

AWS980,587

Container53,114

Azure351,981

Virtualization353,713

GCP37,850

VMWare159,545

CLOUD BY NUMBER OF ASSETS AVAILABLE

Cloud2,269

AWS948

Container211

VMWare666

Azure1,520

GCP148

Virtualization207

CLOUD BY NUMBER OF HOURS CONSUMED

CLOUD BY COURSE COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

VMWare34.48%

GCP30.62%

Cloud15.40%

Azure25.66%

Container32.02%

AWS12.83%

Virtualization11.86%

Cloud734,921

AWS344,211

Container50,893

Azure291,117

VMWare285,878

GCP19,101

Virtualization210,769

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MIKE HENDRICKSON

Mike Hendrickson is Vice President, Technology & Developer Products at Skillsoft.

Prior to Skillsoft, Mike spent 15 years at O’Reilly Media, Inc. where he most recently

was the VP of Content Strategy.

Mike is a technology strategist with extensive experience establishing, building

and maximizing relationships with industry leaders, companies, and partners.

Throughout his career, Mike has demonstrated success leading, directing and

managing the development, sales and delivery of thought-provoking content.

Mike HendricksonVP, Technology &

Developer Products, Skillsoft

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@mikehatora

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