Q: As relevant and useful as it is, the hype on Cloud Computing, thus far, detracts from the some of the major impacts that the cloud model will have on the way organisations manage ICT. The hype is commonly focussed on the benefits of cloud – as if that was not clear for all to see! Instead we need to start asking more questions about the types of changes that will occur in work practices, especially to those engaged with ICT management – at all levels. What skills will be outdated and what new skills will replace them in the epoch of cloud computing?
A: My suspicion here, to use an extreme analogy, is that IT departments will begin rejecting technical graduates in favour of law students, as the focus moves from supporting and developing vendor technologies, towards developing and supporting the service level agreements of cloud providers.
What do you think?
A: My suspicion here, to use an extreme analogy, is that IT departments will begin rejecting technical graduates in favour of law students, as the focus moves from supporting and developing vendor technologies, towards developing and supporting the service level agreements of cloud providers.
What do you think?
Well, I believe the vendors will be in need of technical graduates. And so many more of them because of the complexity of maintaining infrastructure, platform, database, software and technical support for a heterogeneous range of companies.
ReplyDeleteAlso, most of the major companies will only use partial cloud (probably for insensitive data). So again more techies to manage two types of services. As you mentioned, new skills should be acquired.