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What this course is about
Emerging Technologies Foundations introduces you to five powerful technologies that are reshaping industries and creating new career opportunities: data, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, cybersecurity, and quantum computing.
You’ll learn what each technology is, how it works at a high level, and why it matters in today’s rapidly evolving digital world. By the end of the course, you’ll have the clarity to explore which technology excites you most and how to prepare for a future career in that field.
As you complete the course, you’ll also earn certificates and digital credentials that you can add to your resume, LinkedIn profile, and Credly account to showcase your understanding of emerging tech.
You’ll learn how to
- Understand the fundamentals of five major emerging technologies
- Compare their use cases, value, and impact on modern work
- Explore career possibilities across data, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and quantum computing
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- Understand key emerging technologies
- Define data, AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and quantum computing
- Describe what makes each technology unique and transformative
- Explore foundational concepts across all five technologies
- Data
- Identify the activities in the five-step data analysis process
- Artificial Intelligence
- Identify the different forms of AI and how they are used
- Cloud Computing
- Describe the four major cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS)
- Cybersecurity
- Determine strategies organizations use to protect systems, networks, and data
- Quantum Computing
- Understand the basic steps a quantum computer takes to process information
- Explore career pathways in emerging tech
- Understand which skills align with each technology
- Use this overview to choose which field you may want to pursue further
Showcase your learning
- Earn certificates and digital credentials
Add them to your resume, LinkedIn, and Credly profile to highlight your knowledge of emerging technologies
Finish Enterprise Computing Professional and IBM issues you a real credential — carrying its own serial number, a scannable QR, and a link a recruiter can check in seconds.
- Enroll Free — no card needed.
- Finish on IBM SkillsBuild Hosted by our partner — work through it at your own pace.
- Submit your proof A certificate or transcript from IBM SkillsBuild. An instructor reviews it, usually within a couple of days.
- Claim it 🎉 “Get certificate” appears on the course. Your credential is minted with its own serial, ready to share.
- Credential
- Completion certificate
- Issued by
- IBM
- Verification
- Serial + QR
- Expires
- Never
- Cost
- Included — free