How
Cloud Computing is Changing Many Job Descriptions
12/26/11
“Just as cloud computing is a game-changer for many
companies, it is also changing the nature of jobs – not only within the
information technology department, but in other parts of the enterprise as
well.” This quote is very significant to the overwhelming technological
advances recently unleashed in the past year. Cloud services, which allow you
to be able to have information at a reach away even if it was saved on a
different piece of machinery is now tangible in this virtual cloud service. With
that being said, obviously the dynamics of some core jobs are now evolving as
to fit this new frame of ideas and ingenuity. For senior-level executives, especially chief information
officers, the changes reflect the more strategic role IT plays in the direction
of businesses. For the business, it introduces more reliable and predictable
supporting technology.
According to Greg Shields, IT was
sort of lost in their own web of technology and were “making up the rules as we
go”. This led to companies and organizations coming together to find what has
worked the best through testing elsewhere. The ability to identify and leverage resources, whether
they come from the cloud or the company’s own data center, is becoming a key
part of IT leaders’ responsibilities.
The ability to introduce and develop valuable cloud computing engagements
or infrastructure may even be the ticket to the corner office, as recently
discussed in a study from CA Technologies. It concluded that out of 685 CIOs,
54% believed that cloud computing has let them spend more time on business
strategy and innovation. This shows that the time management of businesses is
actually changing in reflection to this technology.
As a result of the shift to cloud, there is now a large growing demand for
professionals and managers that are more focused on business development than
they are in application development. This shows that the businesses need new
big picture things rather than the little things. Also, there will be greater
opportunities for enterprise architects, and some offshoots will include cloud
architects, cloud capacity planners, cloud service managers and business
solutions consultants. Jobs being created may not always bear the term “cloud”
in their titles, but cloud will form the core of their job descriptions.
I agree that cloud computing has changed the technological world and it makes everything easier because you can access different types of files saved on different types of machinery. There are a lot of businesses and organizations that are utilizing this technology and only more will continue to do so as time goes on. I definitely think that cloud computing is a “game changer” as well. It just makes everything so much easier and more importantly more efficient. The efficiency that cloud computing brings to the table is what will attract the business owners to utilize it if they haven’t already. Cloud computing allows companies to identify and leverage resources, which is huge in the business world, especially nowadays where the slightest upgrade in technology makes a difference. I think cloud computing will only continue to grow in popularity as time goes on and soon will be a necessity in the business world.
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