Cost Reduction Courses and Certifications

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Analyze Spend: Uncover Hidden Cost Savings

Unlock hidden cost savings through strategic spend analysis using data categorization, cleaning techniques, and pivot tables to transform financial data into actionable insights.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Optimize AI Prompts for Cost and Quality

Master prompt engineering to optimize AI outputs for quality, cost-effectiveness, and ethical alignment through structured templates and bias mitigation techniques.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Exploring Cost-optimization for GKE Virtual Machines

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this hands-on lab, you’ll learn how to determine and select the the most cost effective machine type for a GKE application. You will also explore the pros and cons of a multi-zonal…

• Coursera
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Network Tiers - Optimizing Network Spend

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you create one VM in the premium network service tier (default) and one VM in the standard network service tier. Then you compare the latency and routes for each VM insta…

• Coursera
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

AWS Migration Evaluator Getting Started

Learn to optimize workload placement and cost on AWS using Migration Evaluator's algorithmic analysis, simplifying on-premises resource assessment and cloud migration planning.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Optimize, Evaluate, and Forecast Your Cloud Spend

Master cloud cost optimization through data-driven analysis, pricing strategy evaluation, and predictive forecasting models to reduce infrastructure spending by up to 30%.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Hybrid AI Search Workflows

Discover how to architect hybrid search systems that combine generative AI with traditional search for accurate, context-aware results while optimizing costs and performance.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cost Optimization and Data Tiering with BigLake and Cloud Storage

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. Learn to how to potentially reduce your costs by archiving data, unused tables, and partitions from BigQuery into Google Cloud Storage

• Coursera
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Optimize LLM Costs & Streamline Processes

Discover how to reduce LLM costs through quantization and streamline ML workflows using Value-Stream Mapping for operational excellence in AI projects.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Scale Kubernetes: Optimize Your Systems

Master advanced Kubernetes resource optimization for ML/AI workloads through HPA configuration, utilization analysis, and cost-effective scaling strategies in production environments.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Optimizing AI System Operations and Costs

Discover how to automate AI system maintenance, optimize cloud costs, and implement data governance for enterprise-scale efficiency and compliance.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Deploy and Optimize Cloud AI Architectures

Master scalable ML deployment on Amazon SageMaker with distributed training, Spot Instances, autoscaling, and cost optimization through GPU monitoring and CloudWatch metrics.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Sell on Value

Master outcome-value framing for B2B sales by applying the Four Pillars of Value—revenue, cost, risk, and speed—to build defensible business cases and communicate ROI that earns executive trust.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Choose Cost-Effective ML Algorithms Fast

Learn to evaluate ML algorithms by resource utilization, benchmark XGBoost vs Random Forest, and select cost-effective models that are efficient, predictable, and production-ready.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Automate Cloud Costs & Governance

Master cloud cost optimization and governance automation to eliminate waste, enforce compliance, and build proactive systems that prevent violations before they occur.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course