Cloud Computing – An HR Decision

Grazed from ChannelPartnersOnline. Author: Matthew Toth.

In writing this, I understand that the general disdain with which the phrase “cloud computing" is treated with by IT professionals. It’s a word whose nebulous nature allows an unlimited number of definitions and henceforth, myriad solutions (infrastructure-as-a-service, disaster recovery-as-a-service and so on) carriers can claim the phrase as their own. Since this article will not define specific applications or solutions, the phrase suits the context of this article.

Technology continues to evolve at an exponential rate. Technology combines with more technology and it breeds … drumroll … more technology! So what does this mean for today’s organization that needs to stay on the cutting edge? It means that an organization needs to continually invest in the recruitment, training, retraining and retention of IT professionals…

The fallout from the failure to do so will result in technological lag as they fall behind their peers that are able to utilize technology more effectively to communicate with customers, reach out to new ones, increase productivity, fully protect themselves in the event of a catastrophe or data breach, etc…

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