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After 5 months of intensive training, as well as completing final graduation projects, 24 students have successfully graduated from a special program in Advanced Digital Skills, which was created and delivered by IT Academy STEP Cambodia in partnership with UNDP Cambodia. Students had a unique opportunity to join training programs, which were offered with 100% scholarship, and study one of the majors: 1. Digital Marketing 2. Data Science and Analytics Fundamentals. Those programs included both soft and professional skills, as well as a strong focus on professional portfolio development. Students in the Digital Marketing program have developed marketing strategies for the brands of their choice, defining communication channels, brand strategies, creating communication materials and setting up communication KPIs. Students in Data Science and Analytics Fundamentals worked in the teams to create case studies with useful insights, following the data analysis and applying skil

IT Academy STEP Cambodia is honored to announce a new partnership with DataCamp, the leading international interactive learning platform for data science and analytics. Thanks to the partnership, students in Cambodia get free access to data science and analytics training to be ready for the growing demand for qualified specialists with a strong understanding of data science for the growing IT industry in Cambodia and abroad.  Students from the Advanced Digital Skills program, which is executed in partnership with UNDP Cambodia, receive intensive training in Data Science and Analytics fundamentals, as well as in Digital Marketing with a total duration of 6 months. By having an access to DataCamp resources, students now can have a better online learning experience, with a possibility to practice and make a progress faster under the guidance of qualified IT Academy STEP Cambodia trainers.  The aim of the program is to encourage diversity and inclusion in digital up-skilling

IT Academy STEP Cambodia is a branch of an international training center, IT Academy STEP, that was established in 1999 in Ukraine. Since the war in Ukraine was started by the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, many of our colleagues lost their homes, loved ones and some lost their lives. Some of IT Academy STEP branches are destroyed completely.  However, IT Academy STEP keeps working even during this devasting crisis, creating free online lessons for Ukrainian children on Youtube, as well as giving access to online learning with the Unicorn school.  International branches of IT Academy STEP in Switzerland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Poland work directly with the refugees. IT Academy STEP Cambodia joins an initiative to collect devices, such as tablets, smartphones and laptops to support Ukrainian refugee children in Poland, many of whom lost everything. The number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland has exceeded 2 million people, which is already more than t

If you want to work in cybersecurity, it's important to know what's expected of you. Besides developing an understanding of cybersecurity strategy, risking insurance, and policy analyses - the job typically entails everything from data breach responses to preventing cyberattacks. They have to know how to protect their company's data from hackers and viruses, as well as how to diagnose computer problems. It's also a good idea for them to understand how to use the programming language Java. What is Java? Java is a programming language that is used to create standalone applications or to run applications inside of a browser. It can be utilized for both client-side and server-side programming and has many features that make it a great option for cybersecurity coders. Java's cross-platform compatibility coupled with its security features makes it an attractive choice for those in the cybersecurity field. Why is Learning Java important for cybersecurity? Keepi

Web developers and software engineers are working with computers and coding. But what is the difference? Their jobs can include visiting customers to negotiate their desires and budget and then build what they want. But the main points are in actual development: Web developers focus specifically on web design and web creation, while software engineers develop more complex computer programs or applications. Engineers determine how computer programs work and write the code that ensures the proper functioning of the program.     Web Developer Web developers are responsible for how and how a website appears and functions. These professionals need to be creative in order to develop original site designs, and they also need to be able to work on a computer for long periods of time while programming the design of the site. They need to pay close attention to their work in order to avoid errors that affect the site's function. Web developers should learn severa

A programming language should be chosen based on the specific problems that you plan to solve. In this article we will discuss which programming languages are used in different professions, so you can have a better understanding of why do you need to learn more than just one programming language and which ones to focus on, depending on your career plans.     Frontend Developer A Frontend Developer creates the visual part of a website, makes it convenient to use. He/she would receive a description of an interface and its appearance from a designer. After that, he/she would create a page,  implementing functions that would enable  a user to interact with it, making sure that a website is convenient. A Frontend Developer works closely with a Backend Developer. So sometimes he/she can grow into a Fullstack Developer (a professional who can do both: frontend and backend development)   What languages are used by a frontend developer? HTML - in this language to