How cloud is redirecting technology career paths
Cloud isn't just an in-demand skill -- it is changing the nature of tech responsibilities. 'The IT skillset has evolved to support modernization.'
Cloud isn't just an in-demand skill -- it is changing the nature of tech responsibilities. 'The IT skillset has evolved to support modernization.'
Only a handful or enterprises can be considered 'all-cloud,' while one-third are 'mostly cloud' at this point. Most IT executives still see cloud as an IT optimization play,
Organizations waste 32% of cloud spend, up from 30% a year ago. 'More and more users are swimming in the FinOps side of the pool, even if they may not know it - or call it FinOps yet.'
Applications and data may be getting handed over to the cloud, but oversight of cybersecurity, monitoring and new service development remains an in-house commitment.
11 cloud vulnerabilities that keep customers up at night.
AWS executive's advice to aspiring tech professionals: 'The skills needed often more closely align with the type of company or place you work, not simply the role you're in'
Recent survey of 7,000 companies finds only three percent rely on a single provider. This may be helping to alleviate skills issues as well.
Inefficient cloud operations are emerging as a top barrier to realizing the full value of cloud.
The next phase for cloud is coalescing public and private data centers across the globe into a 'single infinitely powerful computer' that is easy to access and use. IBM has a roadmap.
'Repatriation' from the cloud on the horizon? Andreessen Horowitz partners discuss the paradox of long-term cloud adoption. 'You’re crazy if you don’t start in the cloud; you’re crazy if you stay on it.'