{"id":38867,"date":"2025-01-22T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=38867"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:59:48","slug":"graduation-of-saudi-students-from-the-itxcelerate-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2025\/01\/graduation-of-saudi-students-from-the-itxcelerate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation of Saudi Students from the &#8216;ITXcelerate&#8217; Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saudi students graduated from the 18-week &#8220;ITXcelerate&#8221; program, earning Dell Proven Professional Certifications in Information &amp; Storage Management and Data Science &amp; Big Data Analytics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The graduates gained practical experience by tackling industry-relevant challenges in four key areas: Multi-Cloud &amp; Deployment, Cybersecurity, HPC\/AI, and Data Lakehouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dell Technologies, Aramco, and NITA&#8217;s commitment to developing local talent aligns with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Vision 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Riyadh, KSA \u2013 January 22, 2025: <\/strong>Dell Technologies, Aramco and National IT Academy (NITA) celebrated the graduation of talented Saudi students from the 18-weeks \u201cITXcelerate\u201d program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These graduates have earned globally recognized Dell Proven Professional Certifications in Information &amp; Storage Management and Data Science &amp; Big Data Analytics, equipping them with advanced technical expertise and positioning them as future leaders in the tech industry. They also gained invaluable real-world experience through on-site job shadowing at Dell Technologies\u2019 Riyadh premises and tackled industry-relevant challenges in a collaborative Dell-Aramco use case project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this year\u2019s cohort, the use case projects were categorized by four groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Group one: Multi-Cloud &amp; Deployment: <\/strong>Focused on modernizing Aramco\u2019s data centers by integrating multi-cloud environments and advanced technologies like AI. The adoption of the solution could lead to potential enhancement on the scalability, flexibility, and innovation in IT infrastructure while aligning with global best practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group two: Cybersecurity: <\/strong>Prioritized safeguarding Aramco\u2019s data and operations by implementing advanced cybersecurity solutions from Dell Technologies. The group strengthened defences against evolving cyber threats, ensuring robust data protection and business resilience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group three: HPC\/AI: <\/strong>Leveraged high-performance computing and AI to transform seismic data analysis, improving speed, accuracy, and efficiency. This supported better decision-making in exploration and production, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group Four: Data Lakehouse:<\/strong> Addressed data management challenges by developing a unified data architecture combining the benefits of data lakes and warehouses. This approach streamlined data storage, retrieval, and analysis, accelerating decision-making and supporting future growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dell Technologies, Aramco and NITA remain committed to nurturing local talent and fostering a vibrant, innovation-driven technology ecosystem, that is aligned with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Vision 2030 to foster economic diversification and digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone underscores the success of the \u201cITXcelerate\u201d program in bridging the gap between academic learning and professional readiness, empowering Saudi youth to drive the future of the Kingdom&#8217;s digital economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony was attended by the students and their families as well as officials from Dell Technologies, Aramco&nbsp;and&nbsp;NITA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyadh, KSA \u2013 January 22, 2025: Dell Technologies, Aramco and National IT Academy (NITA) celebrated the graduation of talented Saudi students from the 18-weeks \u201cITXcelerate\u201d program. These graduates have earned globally recognized Dell Proven Professional Certifications in Information &amp; Storage Management and Data Science &amp; Big Data Analytics, equipping them with advanced technical expertise and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1816],"tags":[3499,6761,6760,6763],"class_list":["post-38867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","tag-aramco","tag-dell-technologies","tag-itxcelerate-2","tag-national-it-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}