Fast Lane

Fast Lane is an IT training and consulting company whose US site sells instructor-led courses, e-learning and certification preparation for the major technology vendors. Its home page puts the offer in one sentence: "Fast Lane offers leading IT training for top technology vendors including AWS, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, VMware and others worldwide. Whether as IT training in the classroom, online course, e-learning or blended learning, you will find the right qualification solution with us!" The buyers it serves are IT professionals preparing for a vendor certification, and companies and public-sector teams that need their engineers trained on a specific platform. The site has country views for the United States, Canada and worldwide.

What the training covers

The catalog is organized two ways, by vendor and by technology. The vendor list is long: AI CERTs, Arista, Aruba, AWS, Barracuda, Cisco, Citrix, CompTIA, Dell Technologies, EC-Council, Fortinet, Gigamon, Google Cloud, IBM, ISC2, KnowBe4, Microsoft, Nutanix, NVIDIA, Omnissa, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, ServiceNow, Splunk, SUSE and VMware. The featured technologies are artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data center, DevOps deployment, ITIL, the Internet of Things, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft's data and AI stack, networking and programming, Python, and wireless and mobility. Management courses cover project management, ITIL and DevOps Institute programs.

The cloud computing page shows how deep a single area goes. For AWS alone it lists essentials and sales training, certification bundles, architecture courses (AWS Technical Essentials, Architecting on AWS, Advanced Architecting on AWS, Migrating to AWS), developer courses (Developing on AWS, Developing Serverless Solutions on AWS, Running Containers on Amazon EKS), operations courses (Cloud Operations on AWS, DevOps Engineering on AWS), data engineering and analytics, security, and a machine learning track with generative AI, agentic AI and MLOps courses. It also offers exam prep sessions such as Exam Prep: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Exam Prep: AWS Certified AI Practitioner.

Google Cloud training is just as broad, from Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure through architecting with Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery and Looker data courses, data engineering, application development with Cloud Run, Apigee API courses, Terraform for Google Cloud, and a large set of AI and agent courses built on Gemini Enterprise. Microsoft cloud training lists Azure fundamentals, administration (Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104T00), migration, development, architecture (Design Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions) and specialty courses, plus GitHub courses on Actions, administration and foundations. VMware Cloud Foundation, IBM integration and API courses, CompTIA Cloud+, EC-Council cloud security, Cisco cloud connectivity and ISC2's Certified Cloud Security Professional round out the cloud area.

Data and AI training sits across these vendors. On AWS that means Data Engineering on AWS, Building Data Lakes on AWS, Data Warehousing on AWS and Practical Data Science with Amazon SageMaker, with an exam prep session for the AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate. On Google Cloud, a "Google Sparks" group of short courses covers AI governance, agent observability and Gemini for Google Workspace, and a Workforce AI Training group teaches business users to write prompts and use Gemini Enterprise. These suit non-engineering staff as well as developers.

For developers, the coding side includes Python, the AWS developer and serverless tracks, GitHub workflow automation, Google Cloud application development, Apigee API development, and courses on AI-assisted development such as Get started with AI-assisted development and Spec-Driven Development with Kiro.

Formats and hands-on work

The delivery formats named on the home page are classroom training, live online courses, e-learning and blended learning. The menu adds onsite and customized training, digital courseware, remote labs and a Fast Pass offer. Upcoming courses are listed on a schedule, and some are marked as "Guaranteed Dates," meaning the class is confirmed to run. A video on the home page explains the benefits of live online training.

Practice-based formats are a visible part of the catalog. AWS JAM days pair a course with a hands-on challenge day (for example Architecting on AWS with AWS Jam), and there are AWS and Google Cloud hackathons on containers, Kubernetes CI and CD, serverless and APIs, monitoring and agentic AI. Hack Academy, promoted at the top of the home page, takes this further for teams: "Teams solve real AI, cloud, and data challenges in an immersive environment," under the line "Stop Following Instructions. Start Solving Problems." The exclusive offers also include Advanced Master Classes, AI Adoption and Change Management, and Next Generation AI Skills.

Certification preparation

Certification is central to the offer. The home page tells visitors to "prove your skills through IT certification," and a Certification section lists the vendor programs Fast Lane trains for, including AWS, Cisco, CompTIA, CWNP, EC-Council, Fortinet, Google Cloud, IBM, ITIL, ISC2, Microsoft, NetApp, Nutanix, NVIDIA, Palo Alto, Red Hat, Splunk and SUSE. The training prepares learners for those vendors' exams; the certifications themselves are issued by the vendors. Course names such as Microsoft Azure Administrator Hack the Cert and the AWS certification bundles show how the catalog maps courses to exams.

Pricing and free options

The pages publish no course prices. Visitors pick a country view (United States in USD, Canada in CAD), and the cloud page asks visitors with questions to use the contact form or call 1-855-77 TRAIN. There are free options: a free Google Cloud Fundamentals promotion and a free course, Developing Cloud-Native Applications with Microservices Architectures (DO092), listed under free courses on the cloud page. A Cisco Extended Access ILT promotion also appears.

Services for organizations

Fast Lane is also a training services and consulting firm. Education services include change management, digital learning solutions, content development, managed training services, event management, academy and talent programs, individual company training and remote labs. A Federal Training Solutions line serves government buyers. Consulting and professional services cover cloud, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity (including Active Directory security analysis and penetration testing), collaboration and modern workplace, data center and networking, as well as mentored IT services and an Expert 4 Hire staffing service. The home page shows "Award-Winning" and "Partner Recognition" panels and promotes Splunk learning paths.

Who it suits

Fast Lane suits IT professionals who need instructor-led preparation for a specific vendor exam and want to choose between a classroom, a live online class or a blended format. It suits companies that run several vendors' platforms and want one provider for AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Cisco and VMware training, with onsite delivery, remote labs and team formats like Hack Academy and AWS Jam days. Public-sector teams have a dedicated federal offer.

It suits self-taught learners on a small budget less well, since most of the catalog is scheduled, vendor-aligned instructor-led training with no published prices and no low-cost subscription.