Pluralsight Acquires Next Tech to Accelerate Skills Development through Hands-On Experiences
January 12 2021 - 8:00AM
Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology workforce
development company, today announced it has acquired Next Tech, a
San Diego, California provider of cloud-based computing
environments, enabling the authoring and hosting of labs in
software development, data science and machine learning.
“Digital transformation is no longer a nice to have but a need
to have. For large enterprises to successfully navigate their own
digital transformations, they have to invest in the skills of their
team and hands-on skill development can be a powerful tool in
delivering a faster path to upskilling and reskilling,” said Aaron
Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight. “There’s no question
hands-on skill development can make a big impact on results and the
acquisition of Next Tech enables us to offer a more comprehensive
solution by combining video content from our expert authors with
complementary hands-on experiences. Next Tech is a powerful
addition to strengthen our value proposition with our customers by
providing an all-in-one offering and we are excited to welcome them
to the team.”
The acquisition of Next Tech enables Pluralsight to strengthen
its technology skills platform for customers by integrating
hands-on experiences directly into existing content from its
network of world-renowned technology experts. Research shows that
hands-on skill development can dramatically accelerate the learning
process, and combining hands-on opportunities with Pluralsight’s
expert content will enable Pluralsight’s customers and their teams
to accelerate their skills transformations. For large enterprises
with significant skills development needs, the combination of
hands-on experiences with on-demand content in Pluralsight Skills
provides the most efficient way to upskilling and reskilling
teams.
“I’m proud of what we have built at Next Tech and all of the
opportunities we have created for learners over the past six
years,” said Saul Costa, Founder of Next Tech. “What started out as
an auto-grading tool for a former professor has developed into a
full platform for immersive, hands-on skill development. I’m
incredibly excited to join Pluralsight to bring hands-on
experiences and accelerate the path to developing tech skills for
large enterprises around the world.”
About Pluralsight
Pluralsight is the leading technology workforce development
company that helps companies and teams build better products by
developing critical skills, improving processes and gaining
insights through data, and providing strategic skills consulting.
Trusted by forward-thinking companies of every size in every
industry, Pluralsight helps individuals and businesses transform
with technology. Pluralsight Skills helps enterprises build
technology skills at scale with expert-authored courses on today’s
most important technologies, including cloud, artificial
intelligence and machine learning, data science, and security,
among others. Skills also includes tools to align skill development
with business objectives, virtual instructor-led training, hands-on
labs, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics. Flow
complements Skills by providing engineering teams with actionable
data and visibility into workflow patterns to accelerate the
delivery of products and services. For more information about
Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), visit pluralsight.com.
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