I want to know as much about new things as I possibly can, and this cloud stuff is no different. Trying to understand how and when it will impact businesses is like wishing for snow days. Its going to happen, I just don't know when.
I've been asking a lot of questions about the cloud, and with studies like "Risk outweighing the benefits" of cloud computing, it appears the technology professionals are not yet ready to fully embrace the cloud. Why?
I've been asking a lot of questions about the cloud, and with studies like "Risk outweighing the benefits" of cloud computing, it appears the technology professionals are not yet ready to fully embrace the cloud. Why?
The two issues I am finding at the top of many IT professionals lists are Security and Job Extinction.
Let's be clear about this, the cloud will create more jobs than it will eliminate. Mostly through reallocating skills, entrepreneur ventures and large cloud providers gobbling up talent…hmmm, does the boom of the internet in 1995 ring a bell.
If a company decides to roll their infrastructure into the cloud, on the surface it appears they won't need internal IT resources. Not true, remember going forward it's all about the application. IT professional's will need to re-tool skills, but at the end of the day, IT jobs will migrate into supporting applications instead of servers. Most Infrastructure IT professionals will find themselves in high demand from cloud computing service providers, which is a good position to be in.
Let's be clear about this, the cloud will create more jobs than it will eliminate. Mostly through reallocating skills, entrepreneur ventures and large cloud providers gobbling up talent…hmmm, does the boom of the internet in 1995 ring a bell.
If a company decides to roll their infrastructure into the cloud, on the surface it appears they won't need internal IT resources. Not true, remember going forward it's all about the application. IT professional's will need to re-tool skills, but at the end of the day, IT jobs will migrate into supporting applications instead of servers. Most Infrastructure IT professionals will find themselves in high demand from cloud computing service providers, which is a good position to be in.
I am not a security professional and definitely not an expert in fire-walls or complex routing. So when I investigate security one of the first thing I ask is how sensitive is your data? And make sure you ask the right people too, the sales/marketing department will give you a much different perspective than IT or research and development. Set your sites on getting the perspective of the executive committee. Have you really ever ask to present your solution to an executive committee?...sorry,topic for another day.
The reality is, how many end-users have been through a security audit? How many have completed a process similar to SAS-70? Security with a cloud provider, more than likely, is far superior than your existing environment. Most providers will have mulit-layers of storage to protect you data. And a few, like profitability.net's public cloud, will offer 3 Layers with vulnerability scanning built into their compliance portal. Combine that with multi-layered physical security, bio-metrics, electronic locking cabinets and the redundant infrastructure of a data center, and you have a solution that removes the fear of security!
The cloud is ready, its time to put your trust in a proven provider!
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