Technology Magazine July 2025 | Page 48

CLOUD COMPUTING

“ WHAT’ S HOLDING US BACK IS IMAGINATION AND SKILL SETS... TECHNOLOGY IS VERY RARELY THE BARRIER NOW”

PHIL LE-BRUN, DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE STRATEGY, AWS
“ We aimed for two million people to gain AI skills by 2025, and we’ ve announced we’ ve already trained 500,000 a year ahead of schedule,” says Phil.“ We also have a global goal to train 29 million individuals on cloud skills by 2025, which we’ re making great progress on.”
The core challenge for enterprises now extends beyond technology access to imagination and conceptual limitations. Phil emphasises that organisational transformation requires both technological adoption and cultural change.
“ What brought me to AWS is not just the technology; we eat our own dog food around the culture, too. It’ s a very unique organisation, very heavily influenced by our leadership principles and our purpose. I love the fact we have the opportunity to take that to customers too.”
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