“Will you be doing network management, PC deployment, break and
fix, server maintenance, applications development, sitting behind a
help desk, plodding through data in search of business intelligence
(BI) – or what?“And where will you be doing whatever it is you end up
doing?“The trends are very clear, so listen up. While there will
always be a tremendous need to “run the engine” –
keep operational technology going – where that takes place is
changing dramatically. Providers are leaving the vertical corporate
nests for outsourcer opportunities. This is not all bad for
internal IT professionals who work in infrastructure. Their jobs
will not go away, they will just move. Sometimes they’ll move
down the street; sometimes they’ll move across the
planet.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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