Celfocus training to accelerate Cloud adoption

There is no question of “go/no go to Cloud" anymore, adopting cloud solutions is mandatory and it's a priority topic on organization agendas that want to continue competing in a market that is in constant evolution. It's not a surprise that most of the solutions that are now being implemented are aiming to be cloud first or cloud native. This means that gaining specialization in cloud services is nowadays a must to guarantee the success of projects and a competitive differentiator.

The challenge needs to be raised to implement multi domain applications in a multi cloud ecosystem, the complexity is increasing with trends like industry cloud platforms, blockchain, distributed cloud or edge computing. Organizations will continue to adopt cloud services and consume the native services that they provide to accelerate time to value, leveraging on composability to build differentiated digital products and services.

It's critical to work with strong cloud partnerships, prepare the workforce and even the organization culture for the market needs, the key is to continually adapt to clients’ expectations, unlocking cloud native capabilities such as Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In a nutshell cloud computing is a game-changer for businesses, enabling organizations to be more agile, efficient, and innovative in a constantly evolving digital landscape.

How can Celfocus Training help?

Cloud technology training and, by extension, cloud skills have a compelling influence on the rate of cloud adoption. An adequate cloud training strategy can enable organizations to accelerate cloud adoption and achieve their business objectives, as well as overcome concerns related to cloud adoption.

The organizations can benefit from a comprehensive cloud training approach i.e., a program that includes both cloud fundamentals training for a wide range of stakeholders and deep cloud training for key technical teams.

Celfocus training offers foundational training with introductory videos and webinars to help you and your team to learn cloud fundamentals and raise cloud awareness throughout the organization. There’s also intermediate and advanced technical training available for teams that use the cloud, to support them to reach expertise in compelling proficiencies of cloud technologies.

We will continue to launch cloud learning paths aligned with career paths and leverage cloud skills through the cloud learning journey. To learn more about the Cloud training offer, please explore our catalog here or contact us at celfocus.training@celfocus.com.

International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8^th, Celfocus invited all employees to an event that aimed to raise awareness about financial literacy. In this session, our guest speaker, Maya Prentis, discussed gender gaps, cultural disparities, and investment steps for beginners. You can watch the video on CALL TV.

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St. Patrick’s Day

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day - a festival that is, by far, Ireland’s most famous - on March 17^th, we shared a new travel guide about this lovely location with all our colleagues. We are currently working on a project in Ireland, and you can visit this document to learn more about the country and help colleagues travelling in the future.

If you’d like to create a guide like this one for your project – contact the communication team! These are living documents and we will be updating them when necessary. You can visit all our travel guides here.

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‍Porto 9^th Anniversary

On March 21^st, Celfocus' Porto office celebrated its 9th anniversary with a toast and a piece of cake. On this special date, we emphasized all the great things we have accomplished with our team in Porto, and we look forward to all that’s to come. Photos of the event here.

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‍Bites | Hyper-Personalisation: From B2C to B2me

The March Edition of celfocus.bites, presented by Luís Coelho and Gonçalo Cachola, aimed to demonstrate how Celfocus Hyper-personalisation solution is bridging Digital, Data & Cognitive capabilities to deliver unique and highly relevant experiences to individuals allowing service providers to reach out customers more efficiently. You can watch this session on CALL TV and past editions information on Sharepoint.

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Celfocus Get Together

To highlight our local traditions, Celfocus organised a get-together on March 29^th across all our geographies to celebrate Easter and Iftar (the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset). These moments intend to recognize that our diversity brings people together regardless of their background and creates an environment that celebrates those differences. Check out the photos here.

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Flex Benefits Sessions

With the beginning of the 2023 Flex Benefits Cycle there were several sessions available to provide information about upcoming renewals and clarification about the new benefits and how Celfocus employees can use them to their advantage.If you didn’t have the chance to attend these live sessions, you can watch the videos on the MyChoices Portal. If you still have doubts or questions about your benefits, contact the benefits team on ECare.

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Celfocus Academy

The Celfocus Plugin program now has an integration bootcamp for recent graduates: the Celfocus Academy. This is a program for selecting and developing talent among students graduating from universities, that counted with around two dozen recent graduates in March 2023. The bootcamp, which is one part of the  Plugin onboarding program, was held from the 13^th to the 18^th of March in Santarém, and aimed to give this young talent the knowledge and tools needed to begin a successful career at Celfocus. You can read more about this program here.

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‍Hack This: Unleashing Your Inner Hacker to Find Vulnerabilities in Our Products

As technology continues to advance, so do the threats and risks that come with it. In today's digital age, cybersecurity is of utmost importance, and companies need to take proactive measures to ensure the safety and security of their products.The idea behind Hack This is simple: we invite our internal teams to participate in a hacking competition where they are encouraged to find weaknesses and vulnerabilities in our products. We're on the 6th Edition of this internal initiative, counting with 30 registrations for a challenge that will ended on April 5th.The goal is not to harm or compromise the integrity of our systems, but rather to help us identify potential vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by malicious actors. Participants will be given access to our products and systems and will have the opportunity to explore and test their security features. The event is not just about finding vulnerabilities, it's also about fostering a culture of security and promoting collaboration among our employees. By participating in the event, employees will gain a better understanding of the importance of cybersecurity and the role they can play in keeping our products safe.

• Celfocus.bites | B2B2X - Elevating Business Services & Data - April 27th: As 5G, IoT and cloud-based applications continue to trigger new opportunities in the digital world, CSPs need to become more than just a connectivity provider. CSPs’ role in the global digital economy remains critical, but the value they extract will depend on their strategy.Join us in this talk about how we see Telco’s forward transformative journey and how we can leverage and position Celfocus’ strengths towards supporting telcos and beyond in the B2B2X value chain.

• Global Townhall – May 2nd: Townhalls are a new routine to promote open communication and engagement. This first edition of Celfocus Global Townhall is an opportunity to gain insights into our strategy and the crucial contributions of various teams, including: capabilities, value streams, market clusters, and client engagement, to its achievement and implementation.

• Celfocus Days – May 30^th and 31^st: This edition of Celfocus Days focuses on showcasing the practical applications of our products and services, and the benefits they provide to our clients. The event provides a platform for presenting case studies and success stories, where we can demonstrate how our offerings have helped or will help customers solve their problems, improve their business outcomes, and achieve their goals. Keep track of all Celfocus events on our shared calendar here.