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Orange Apprentice Training Centre aims to support young people in future digital jobs
Rackspace Technology helps Relay42 deliver up to 500,000 customer data events per second
Rackspace Technology , a multi-cloud solutions provider , has announced that its management of Relay42 ’ s Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) IT infrastructure is supporting the AI-driven data business to deliver up to 500,000 personalised customer data events per second .
Dutch-headquartered , Relay42 , turns data into meaningful relationships for its customers including Air France-KLM , Heineken , Mazda and FedEx . Speed , latency and security are fundamental components in data marketing , all of which AWS provides in its underlying infrastructure , helping Relay42 meet its business objectives of delivering personalised messages and experiences to end-users in a matter of seconds .
From the start of this new 2020 academic year , the Orange Apprentice Training Centre in France will support over 80 young people in initial training or retraining for the digital jobs of the future . The Orange Apprentice Training Centre offers a tailored work-study programme leading to certification , designed with leading partners and group experts . Five training courses , lasting 12 to 24 months , will prepare the students for jobs in cybersecurity , cloud computing , customer services and data . In conjunction with Orange Campus , the Orange Apprentice Training Centre is designed to attract new talented people with varied profiles to key professions for the group .
Orange is a long-standing player in workstudy programmes in France . The group hosts over 5,000 apprentices through partnerships with over 300 partner apprentice training centres . Orange has seized the opportunity provided by a recent French law concerning the freedom to choose one ’ s professional future to create its own Apprentice Training Centre .
Gervais Pellissier , Deputy CEO , Director of Human Resources and Transformation at Orange , said : “ Taking on the skills challenge is a priority for Orange . We believe that work-study programmes , which combine high-quality education with work experience , represent an important path towards the successful integration of young people . We are delighted to welcome these new apprentices in our teams and to help them prepare for future-oriented jobs .”
Rackspace Technology also optimised Relay42 ’ s cloud spend via CloudHealth , which identified cost savings of US $ 8,000 per month in the initial months of the pandemic with zero impact on performance .
The worldwide footprint of Rackspace Technology is enabling Relay42 ’ s global expansion plans as it aims to double the size of its European and Asian business in 2021 . As part of the ongoing project with Rackspace Technology , Relay42 also aims to continue its cloud-native journey , further utilising the newest services that AWS rolls out .
Rogier van Nieuwenhuizen , CEO at Relay42 , said : “ Relay42 ’ s transformational culture mirrors that of Rackspace Technology as we both constantly evolve to meet customer demands . We ’ re on a journey to provide data at scale with millions of customers and billions of touchpoints . This is all made possible through Rackspace Technology and its Fanatical Experience on AWS that it delivers to us .”
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