In Cloud computing promises new career opportunities for IT professionals. In many cases, existing core skill sets transfer directly to cloud technologies. In other instances, IT pros need to develop new skill sets that meet the demand of emerging cloud job roles.
Companies that consider moving to cloud computing will want to educate their IT professionals about the potential opportunities ahead so that they can build staff capabilities and skills ahead of the change. Chief Information Officers (CIO) who want to generate more business value from IT by necessity have to be in the front line of cloud skills education both for themselves and to build training capacity for their IT staff.
The emerging cloud world offers those with the capability to build and grow their portfolio of skills. This paper explores the advantages of moving to the cloud and outlines the delta skill sets IT pros will want to acquire. It describes what the cloud offers and how it applies to and impacts existing infrastructure, including such issues as cost, security, data control, and integrity.
The bulk of an IT professionals skills remain relevant in a cloud environment. System configuration tasks such as creating routing rules, configuring archiving, and managing policies are still necessary. The change is moving from building and supporting local IT infrastructure to managing IT services in the cloud, which requires an extension of skills and capabilities. For example, many IT professionals have the capability to manage virtual storage and the virtualization of servers, but will need to adjust their skill sets to function within a private or public cloud. IT professionals with the flexibility to adapt their technical skills while retaining and growing their business skills will be the highest in demand.
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