Impact of the Cloud on IT Professionals and the IT Industry
Cameron Seay, Montressa L. Washington, Rudy J. Watson · 2016
Widespread adoption of cloud computing have significant impact on IT professionals and the IT industry. It is important to understand and address the impacts. The implication is that many of the traditional technical roles will migrate from the consumer organization to cloud service providers. As these roles migrate, they will evolve as a result of requiring individuals to possess skills that up until now have been identified as different disciplines such as networking, database, hardware, software, and security. Cloud computing will blur the lines across these disciplines. This chapter brings into focus the drivers of transformation in the current IT industry, the rationale behind the changes to job roles, and a perspective of the probable future state of the IT industry as a result of the growth of cloud computing.