Is Your IT Job Safe From the Cloud?
August 5, 2013
Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Rhonda Sherwood.
Is cloud computing the single greatest threat to your IT career? If the thought has crossed your mind, you’re not alone. Some in IT fear the cloud; others worry that it could be a threat to data security. But more and more organizations are realizing that it’s the smart way to go. And that means there’s a good chance you’ll soon be faced with the next step in your IT strategy: Taking your service-as-a-software solution to the cloud. Does that mean it’s time to rethink your career?
There are many misconceptions surrounding the cloud. But often they have more to do with concerns over job security than anything else. Hosting providers often get the same questions from IT managers: What will my department do once my company decides to take its email architecture and services to the cloud? If my organization hosts its SharePoint site with you, will my team become obsolete?..
Not one iota. IT departments will now be able to benefit employers more than ever with all the new projects they’ll be able to spearhead. A cloud provider will simplify your email and backup solution, and make the updates you already didn’t have time to make on Exchange servers. A cloud provider will not only free up some of your time, but enhance user experience, too…
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