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When Partnership Meets Purpose: How Lenovo, WWT and Concordance Are Expanding AI Access in St. Louis

What happens when a nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives, a global technology manufacturer, and a technology solutions leader come together around a shared goal?
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•Sep 1, 2026

Quality, Reliability, Legacy: What HPE Means to an Early‑in‑Career Associate

A closer look at how WWT's Associate Academy partner series with HPE is shaping an early‑in‑career associate's view of edge‑to‑cloud, storage and data protection—and what that means for customers in the field.
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•Nov 25, 2025

The Associate Academy: What's Next in 2025

The Associate Academy, evolving from the ACSE Development Program, has significantly expanded since 2022. Integrating sales and engineering, it now partners with key teams to equip associates with essential skills. With a focus on continuous improvement and strategic growth, the Academy prepares early-career talent for diverse roles, driving impactful business outcomes.
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•Dec 31, 2024
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What Stepping Into the Spotlight Taught Me About Growth, Grit and Sales at WWT

When opportunity knocks, sometimes it comes with cameras. In this blog, I share my experience on The Channel Reality Show and lessons learned along the way.
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•May 29, 2026
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Encrypted Today, Safe Tomorrow: Arista's Head Start on the Quantum Era

An Associate Academy look at how Arista is quietly preparing networks for a post-quantum world, and why that readiness matters today rather than someday.
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•Aug 30, 2026

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When Partnership Meets Purpose: How Lenovo, WWT and Concordance Are Expanding AI Access in St. Louis

What happens when a nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives, a global technology manufacturer, and a technology solutions leader come together around a shared goal?
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•Sep 1, 2026
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From the Perspective of a Project Manager

A Project Manager reflects on trading certainty for curiosity, joining WWT's Associate Academy to finally chase a decade-long sales calling—discovering that confidence isn't a prerequisite for growth, but its reward. Sometimes the boldest career move is simply refusing to wait until you feel ready.
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•Aug 31, 2026
Stylized illustration of a network switch with glowing blue circuit traces and orange padlock and atom icons, symbolizing encrypted data and quantum computing.

Encrypted Today, Safe Tomorrow: Arista's Head Start on the Quantum Era

An Associate Academy look at how Arista is quietly preparing networks for a post-quantum world, and why that readiness matters today rather than someday.
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•Aug 30, 2026
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From Bad Prompt to Business-Ready: Prompt Power for the NMSDC AI Accelerator

A 60-minute virtual session took roughly 60 minority business owners through a prompting framework, rebuilt their broken prompts live and sent them off with a platform holding 20 copy-ready prompts. One participant, an eldercare provider, left asking where AI could recover time in his own operation.
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•Aug 18, 2026
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Built Once, Taught Twice: One Prompt Battle, a Corporate Hour of Code and a Youth STEM Camp

An AI fundamentals platform built for a WWT Hour of Code prompt-a-thon was rebranded and re-leveled to a 9th-grade reading level for a STEM summer camp. Every slide survived the move; only the reading level and examples changed. Same platform, same Prompt Battle, two entirely different rooms.
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•Jul 23, 2026
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Pressure Truly Builds Diamonds

Camille's journey at WWT highlights the transformative power of embracing challenges. Guided by Sophie's belief in her potential, Camille overcame her fear of presenting, discovering that growth stems from stepping outside comfort zones.
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•Jul 20, 2026
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Winners Fail, Losers Hide.

A reflection on my time in the WWT Associate Academy
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•Jul 1, 2026
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The Network Doesn't Lie: Getting to Know Arista Through WWT's Associate Academy

Three sessions. One operating system. A partnership built on the belief that everything — every transaction, every breach, every breakthrough — happens on the network.
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•Jun 23, 2026
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Meet Marcus T.: Building an AI Agent That Individualizes Instruction for Missouri Teachers

In a 60-minute workshop, Missouri K-12 teachers watched an AI agent build a full lesson plan for a ninth grader reading six grades behind — standards-aligned, no student data required. They left with the tool, the prompt behind it and a pattern they could point at any subject.
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•Jun 16, 2026
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What Stepping Into the Spotlight Taught Me About Growth, Grit and Sales at WWT

When opportunity knocks, sometimes it comes with cameras. In this blog, I share my experience on The Channel Reality Show and lessons learned along the way.
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•May 29, 2026
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From Prompt to Published: Ten Students, One Day and a Live URL

A free one-day AI venture lab in Denver took ten students in grades 6–12 from never having coded to publishing live projects. The day ran welcome to showcase, responsible AI, vibe coding, build, debug, publish. Students left with Lovable and imagi access, a certificate and a summer launch plan.
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•May 28, 2026
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Building Capability in Strategic Resourcing Through Early-Career Talent

Starting with uncertainty and growing into impact, this blog shares how one apprenticeship journey shaped a career in Strategic Resourcing. It reveals how curiosity, consistency, and real experience turn potential into capability.
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•May 26, 2026
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WWT's Associate Academy Named Best Apprenticeship in IT & Digital

The Associate Academy won the Best Apprenticeship in IT & Digital by UK Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2026! Thank you to the powerhouse community behind the win.
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•May 1, 2026

Dell's AI Factory Comes to Life in the Associate Academy

In February in the WWT Associate Academy, Dell did far more than present a product portfolio. They showed us what it looks like when a long standing partnership leans into AI, data and practical tooling to drive real customer outcomes. Through a series of interactive sessions, Dell connected big trends like AI Factories and Modern Infrastructure directly to the day to day work of sellers and engineers.
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•Apr 22, 2026

Core Values that Aren't Just Wall Art: Rediscovering Hitachi-Vantara Through WWT's Associate Academy

What does a childhood TV have to do with enterprise storage? More than you'd think. This piece traces how a brand central to my early memories is now reshaping how organizations protect their most critical data — and why the WWT–Hitachi Vantara partnership, built on the importance of relationships, genuine values and real guarantees, is one worth paying attention to.
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•Apr 8, 2026

From Idea to Impact: Teaching AI-Powered Storytelling Through Creation

A hands-on, multi-part workshop series led by Shanice Brown introduced learners to AI-powered storytelling using Microsoft Copilot, Designer, Figma, and Clipchamp—featuring "Jace," an AI avatar guide who walked alongside participants through every step of the creative process.
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•Apr 7, 2026

Cyber Talent Needs a Higher Calling

The perceived talent shortage in cybersecurity is a misnomer; the real issue lies in the lack of qualified candidates and inadequate growth opportunities. To address this, organizations must focus on mentoring and nurturing talent with a strong value system, ensuring a resilient future for cybersecurity amidst evolving challenges.
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•Apr 7, 2026

From Observer to Catalyst: How Faculty Learned to Teach with AI in Four Sessions

Over four sessions in March 2026, WWT and GitHub took a cohort of educators from complete beginners to running fully automated classrooms — distributing assignments, collecting submissions, and setting up autograding from scratch. No coding background required. Participants left with a working GitHub Classroom, a reusable curriculum hub, and a question that had shifted from what is this? to what do I build next?
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•Apr 7, 2026
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It Didn't Win: How a Hackathon Build Became a Working Employee Skill Exchange

Built in nine hours at Love at Scale, a hackathon run by Lovable and SwenodeAI. The Barter Shop Corporate lets employees list what they can offer and what they need, then uses AI to find the matches. It didn't place. It did produce a working prototype and a question for WWT.
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•Apr 1, 2026

Commvault: They Don't Just Talk Resiliency. They Can Back It Up.

Backup and recovery aren't the same thing — and most organizations are one ransomware hit away from finding that out the hard way. This piece breaks down what it actually means to build a cyber resiliency posture in 2026: the right questions to ask, where identity fits in, and why the WWT–Commvault partnership is built on more than a product catalog.
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•Mar 31, 2026

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