I was interviewed recently by AXELOS (owners of ITIL) regarding the disruptive nature of cloud computing and its effect on traditional IT jobs. A transcript of that interview is included below with a link to the complete interview.

Cloud computing is a disruptive innovation for business and IT, changing how technology services are provided for both consumers and service providers.

In practice, cloud computing promises to deliver various IT and compute services quicker, faster and cheaper – without the need for ownership of the whole IT infrastructure. Even typical IT service providers may no longer own certain parts of their IT infrastructure. They may choose to outsource that to a cloud provider in order to capitalize on the economies of scale and lower costs.

But what are the competencies needed to manage this shift in the IT landscape?

Organizations are slowly becoming aware of the need to upskill both their technical and business knowledge in order to 1) understand the shift cloud computing introduces 2) understand how to capitalize on the benefits that cloud adoption brings and 3) understand how to manage procure, integrate and manage cloud computing and cloud based services.

Even if the organization outsources various elements of its IT to a cloud provider it is true to say that, in this hybrid IT cloud model, training and education will be needed for practitioners to understand, work with and benefit from cloud computing.

Staff within technology and outsourced IT providers will absolutely need to be upskilled and certified to handle the requirements of designing, transitioning and managing cloud computing and cloud based services in hybrid IT environments.

Want to know more? Read the complete article here: www.axelos.com/news/it-profession-and-the-cloud