What Is a Vendor Neutral AI Certification?

“Vendor-specific or vendor-neutral”?—a valid question, which is often raised, but the mistake in that statement is the word “or,” which should be replaced with “and.” Here’s why….

For decades, the question of learning technology either from a vendor-neutral perspective or in the context of a vendor’s technology has persisted. The pre-cloud 2000s was the era of vendor-specific training. Everything was on-premises: servers, networks, databases—you name it. Organizations had fewer choices, and the choices they did have were often hardware dependent, which meant they typically chose a vendor based on the hardware they had or planned to acquire. Of course, there was a percentage of organizations that went down the route of open source and vendor-neutral, citing greater agility in what they needed. ?But the explosive growth of the Microsofts, IBMs, Ciscos, and Oracles of the world came from getting their technologies humming in almost every company’s data center.

Then #thecloud came along and disrupted the concept of hosting expensive on-premises data centers. OK, it took a few years of convincing, not least because of security, but trillions of dollars later—we’re here. In fact, you are reading this article from a device connected to a cloud service.

Adoption of the cloud also means that organizations don’t need to have the same level of loyalty to a vendor. Sure, you still need to pick which cloud provider will host your data, but in terms of ancillary technology that you use, and with the emergence of subscription software services, you can, with relative ease and minimal cost, change to something that suits you better— and that includes your #cloudservices.

What does this have to do with vendor-neutral #AItraining and certification? Great question…. Keep reading. I’ll start with a couple of analogies.

You’ve just graduated from university with flying colors, and you want to become a brain surgeon. Do you:

A.?????Look for the best neurosurgery residency.

B.?????Spend the first 4-6 years learning about the whole body and, once you have graduated as a doctor, specialize in the grey matter.

Or you want to be a commercial airline pilot. Do you:

A.?????Train on learning to fly a Boeing 777 from the word go.

B.?????Start with a single-engine crop duster that teaches you the concepts of drag, lift, wind shear, and instrument flight— and THEN, when you get your private pilot’s license that PROVES your “vendor neutral" skills and competencies in flying, apply to an airline that will put you through a 6-month type rating on the Boeing 777, or whichever aircraft they need pilots for.

The same thing applies to technology. Vendor-neutral #training helps you understand the general concepts in the field; for example, a solid foundation in #machinelearning is critical to have before specializing in the development of #AImodels in Azure Consulting , Amazon Web Services (AWS) , IBM , 谷歌 , etc., environments.

From a trainer’s perspective, if you’re certified to train students in preparation for AI-102T00 (Microsoft Azure #AIEngineer), then you will likely not have a problem with the CertNexus Certified AI Practitioner course and certification. Plus, holding this certification will broaden your audience, because you can also teach other students who want to eventually specialize in a multitude of different vendor technologies.

On top of that, we have also seen very innovative solutions that combine CAIP and AI-102T00 into one 7-day event (instead of a 9-day event). Why? Because there is an overlap —you teach the hands-on theory in the 5-day CAIP course, and then cover the specialized application of #AI to Azure in the remaining 2 days. Long story short, you don’t leave money on the table, and you provide students with a deeper understanding of AI as well as the application of it to the vendor.

If this has tickled some curiosity, then we would like to invite you to attend a complimentary CertNexus CAIP-210 Train-the-Trainer event on October 24-27, 2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM US Eastern Time. This session will be delivered by 普华永道 Academy’s Senior Manager and expert AI trainer, Dr. Semih Kumluk , who draws from his experience in industry and from teaching CAIP to hundreds of delegates around the world in interactive and enjoyable sessions.

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