Google is acquiring Qwiklabs, a company that helps people learn how to use public cloud services to run applications without operating a data center.
It’s a helpful move for Google, which is trying to expand the use of its cloud platform and stands to gain when developers and IT professionals get a handle on making applications run in the cloud. The company will create tools to help get people up to speed on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and G Suite productivity service, said Jason Martin, the director of professional services for Google Cloud, in a blog post.
But there’s a wrinkle to the acquisition announced Monday: Qwiklabs’s existing portfolio is entirely focused on educating people about offerings from Amazon Web Services, including Alexa skills. For the time being, those offerings will still be available.
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Google acquires AWS training vendor Qwiklabs
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