Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The future of the data center professional

I believe we are moving toward outsourcing of infrastructure vis a vis IaaS clouds including outsourced private clouds.   There are larger roles available in cloud utility providers.   At the same time, internal organizations will need to strengthen their architect/outsourcing manager roles.  

The new skills include more knowledge of various virtualization technologies, knowledge of APIs of specific clouds, negotiation skills with cloud providers, x-cloud architects, heterogenous infrastructure application/systems management knowledge and skills, new disaster recovery architects, and more specific consulting skills aligned with cloud independent managed service providers.

There is a bold new world that is rapidly evolving for data center professionals.   The biggest concern might be being left behind.

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