IT Training Solutions

*There is no way to get around this, if you are in IT and you stop learning, then you are doomed to be replaced in the near future.

Today’s laid-off systems administrators, however, are not likely landing these newly formed IT 2.0 jobs. They have been too busy applying duct tape and Band-Aids to existing infrastructures to stay on top of the cutting edge. Nearly a year and a half ago, already, I heard a FedEx Corporate Services IT executive bemoan how ill-equipped his team was to deal with the division’s increasingly fabric-like infrastructure. He was neither the first nor the last to express that sentiment. Source: Gigaom

The next big thing to learn is cloud computing.
Business and IT budgets are already being framed around the idea of outsourcing many applications and functions to cloud systems. The problem is going to be finding education, but that does not mean you cannot purchase time on Amazon’s Web Service (AWS) and go play around with what you want to work on, and what you think can and cannot be done. There is a large body of very good information on how to connect and how to use these services. Although at times the information might be confusing if not in conflict with each other, there are always opportunities for people to learn how cloud computing works and what you can do with it.

The good part is if you get started now, when the Business office starts picking up and wants to use these services, you already will have hands on practical experience in cloud computing based on your own learning, and as education/training catches up with where business is going, this might just end up being something you can do that could be quite lucrative for you.


*This post was originally published on itcertificationnews.com by Dan Morril