In this special episode of the podcast, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham are joined by Rohit Rahi and Bill Lawson to talk about the free OCI training and certification being offered by Oracle University for a limited time.   Find out how you can choose from over 25 different Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Applications Business Process certifications and gain the knowledge and skills needed to boost your career.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community Free Certification: https://education.oracle.com/oracle-oci-certification LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   ---------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript:   00;00;00;00 - 00;00;39;02 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we’ll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started. Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast. I'm Lois Houston, Director of Product Innovation and Go to Market Programs with Oracle University, and with me is Nikita Abraham, Principal Technical Editor.   00;00;39;05 - 00;01;06;02 Hey there! We're very excited about today's episode, which will be all about the free training and certification being offered for a limited time by Oracle University. And we're so excited to welcome two of our OU product development leaders to talk with us about the free training and certificate that's available. Rohit Rahi and Bill Lawson are joining us today. If you've been listening to the podcast, you already know Rohit because he was our special guest last season.   00;01;06;04 - 00;01;29;22 Rohit is Vice President, OCI Global Delivery, and has extensive experience in the cloud space. Bill is the Senior Director of Cloud Applications Product Management. His team looks after the new content development for Oracle Cloud Applications. All the great training that helps you successfully implement and use our cloud apps—his team creates it. Thank you so much, Bill and Rohit, for being with us today.   00;01;29;24 - 00;01;59;14 We're really excited to talk with you both. So, to start, Rohit, can you tell us a little about the free certification promotion in general? So, we have had free OCI training for a while now and have just launched a free certification exam promotion worldwide beginning June 1st and continuing through August 31st. Each participant in the promotion will get free access to OCI and Cloud Applications Business Process training.   00;01;59;16 - 00;02;25;00 They will also get two free exam attempts that they can apply towards any exam in the promotion. And what's the benefit of getting this training and certification from Oracle? This free promotion will help you acquire in-demand critical skills in Oracle Cloud computing, database, security, AI/ML, and application business processes to boost your career and deepen your core expertise. All of this while eliminating the cost barrier for getting certified.   00;02;25;01 - 00;02;53;16 When we're talking about gaining access to training, is it strictly training content or are there any other resources that will be made available? Well, we have packed a lot into this promotion. You will get access to Oracle MyLearn, where you can book your exams and access a library of learning and exam preparation materials. MyLearn is our one-stop platform where you get access to the content, training content, skill checks, exam prep material, all of it.   00;02;53;22 - 00;03;24;05 You will also have access to brand-new hands-on performance exams for select OCI and Cloud Applications certifications that will really help showcase your hands-on knowledge in real-life scenarios. And then there's