Company will pay for cloud cert.....where to start?

So my company mandated that ALL personnel have a cloud certification by OCT this year because they plan on migrating to the cloud. They will pay for the cert and book materials only.

After looking at countless amounts of cloud certificates out there I am at a loss. What would be the best value (knowledge) cert for cloud that I can get?

So far I have gathered that there is:

Cloud+, VCP-cloud, AWS, Microsoft –Pcloud, CCNA:Cloud, ISC2 CCSP, CCSK…..

Coming from basic knowledge of cloud technologies, which would get me the best value for the cert?

Any advice would help!

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DigitalZeroOne

You go with whichever one your company is migrating to.

5502george

DigitalZeroOne wrote: »

You go with whichever one your company is migrating to.

Of course....But no solution yet. They just want us to get spun up on the technologies involved.

5502george

Forgot to add CLOUDU from Rackspace....seems interesting and vendor neutral.

iBrokeIT

Hahaha sounds like you work for management from the Dilbert cartoons. Would be a waste if you certified in X and the company chose Y. Push them for more details on specifics.

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5502george

iBrokeIT wrote: »

Hahaha sounds like you work for management from the Dilbert cartoons. Would be a waste if you certified in X and the company chose Y. Push them for more details on specifics.

In a nutshell I do. They literally got a pool of money and said we need to spend it. Sad really, but either way Ill get some good training on cloud technologies.

networker050184

Cert wise I don't know, but AWS is always good to learn. It might be a waste though if you go another route.

dave330i

AWS will be your best bet.

5502george

@net/dave

Any reason you both think AWS is the best route?

iBrokeIT

Based on market share of public cloud ops

dave330i

5502george wrote: »

@net/dave

Any reason you both think AWS is the best route?

What iBroekIT said. When certifying in a technology, it's usually a good idea to cert with the market leader.

If you're already virtualized internally, I would take a look at that vendor's cloud solution and certs.