One of Udacity’s largest enterprise customers had its employees complete an analytics nanodegree, and one of those students used that knowledge to identify efficiencies that could yield as much as $10 million in savings annually. These types of successes have bolstered Udacity’s enterprise-facing business, as it saw 30 percent growth since the beginning of the pandemic.
All of the work completed with Google Cloud and DoiT leading up to the pandemic positioned Udacity to seamlessly manage activity surges and spikes in demand. Regardless of how quickly the company needs to scale up or down its VMs and SSDs, Google Cloud provides the requisite power and flexibility while DoiT maintains a close eye on spend, use, and opportunities for further optimization.
“DoiT and Google Cloud have enabled us to effectively navigate these increasingly unpredictable times,” says Will. “Best of all, they allow us to free up time for our engineers and other staff to focus on our core business of educating professionals and supporting career development rather than IT maintenance.”
Continuously adding to new specialties
Empowered with the right technologies and an efficient model for cloud spending, Udacity is expanding its nanodegree programs into even more areas. To help ensure blockbuster courses like its self-driving car and machine learning nanodegrees, as well as more standard ones such as data analytics, are accessible to professionals, the organization is looking to refine even further how it delivers services.
The flexibility and affordability that Udacity builds into programs offers more professionals the opportunity to learn and grow in their careers. Udacity is also working on approaches to enable on-the-fly skills assessments and mapping while greatly personalizing learning experiences.
“Google Cloud and DoiT will be important in giving us the agility we need to support increasing future demands. Together they enable us to improve operations, gain tighter control over our spend, and tap into analytics and microservices tools to deliver highly personalized experiences to learners worldwide.”