What Cloud Computing Means to Your Job
Grazed from New York Times. Author: Quentin Hardy.
Technology has been accused of making many a job disappear, like the production line or the accounting office. And it is not done yet. A company often resembles its communication and technology system. In the era of cloud computing that the tech industry is moving into, that seems to suggest that companies will have smaller departments, quickly analyzing data and endlessly experimenting.
That means change is on the way at the many companies that will adopt cloud computing over the next few years. Middle managers: This is not good news for you. “Technology shapes styles of work,” said Ed Lazowska, who holds a chair in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington…
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