BC NA December 2020

TOMORROW IS TOO LATE
Department of Defense agencies are under pressure to become more agile, protect
against rising security threats and continuously deliver innovation to meet mission-critical
objectives.
SLOWING DOWN IS YOUR BIGGEST
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strategy can be a painfully slow process.
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offers a way for organisations to upskill their
up teams with to the respond pace to of technological technology. It’s changes how in
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you America develop Presales skills at at the scale. company. “We have
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tech leaders with an implementation strategy
accomplish for their ecosystems. important goals, like switching
tech Since stacks 2019 the or migrating company has to the been cloud. working
closely with the United States Air Force as part
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of its Digital University initiative. “We’ve helped
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nice things about Digital U is that because it’s
With advanced roles analytics, you can
leveraging commercial products like Pluralsight,
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training and skill development that you’d find
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developing product engineers that are focused
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channel other. It’s completion been great and to understand engagement the by Air
Force’s mission and how we can best align to
individual. It’s all to give you confidence
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that outsider you perspective have the skills with needed a commercial to move partner
that’s able to bring in its own expertise.”
forward.
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