- [Announcer] COVID-19 is clearly an event of consequence.
Your business might have been prepared
for the global pandemic
with the infrastructure that enabled workers
to continue their work at home.
Perhaps you were less prepared.
In a scramble, you purchased laptops for employees,
rapidly deployed secure connections
through virtual private networks
and identified hub-based solutions.
With just a credit card, many organizations subscribed
to new digital tools that had previously been considered
to take years to deploy.
The enabler? Everything as a service.
This broad category of computing,
sometimes called anything as a service
or X as a service,
refers to the way individuals and organizations
easily acquire a variety of computing-related services
over the internet.
There are so many emerging as a service models today
that the services now fall under the umbrella
of X as a service.
Hi. My name is Jonathan Reichental.
In this course, I'll explain what X as a service is
in business terms, why it matters,
the skills needed and what you need to be thinking about
and acting on now.
Leaders and teams who understand and embrace X as a service
are positioned well to succeed in the hyper-connected
and competitive 21st century global marketplace.
Ready to learn more about X as a service?
Let's get started.
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