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Data center jobs and staffing and professional development

• September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17

  CI tried, but did not eliminate data center specialists

  The emergence of converged and hyper-converged infrastructure has increased the role of data center generalists, which leaves a question about the role of specialists.

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Tech spending priorities to shift with DevOps transition

  IT organizations should get ready to cede some budgetary control to business units, as software -- and software developers -- become key agents of commerce.

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  IT operations pros contend with DevOps culture

  Plenty of tools exist to ease the technical challenges of DevOps, but you can't abstract away or automate cultural requirements like teamwork and trust.

• March 28, 2016 28 Mar'16

  Mainframe programmers can be young, cool and relevant

  When a 47-year-old mainframe programmer is one of the youngest in his department, it's clear more efforts are needed to attract young IT pros to careers in mainframes.

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  The 10 biggest data center news stories of 2015

  Data center teams modernized and adapted throughout 2015, with help -- and hindrance -- from major changes in the IT industry, which ranged from new job demands to transitions among providers.

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  IT management less time-consuming, security concerns grow

  While virtualization, networking, IT management, and backup and storage remained in the top-five list of IT tasks again this year, another area crept up the list.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Data centers seek creative skills to drive innovation in IT

  Now more than ever, data centers need creative employees to adapt and outwit problems for a more efficient, reliable IT infrastructure.

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Traditional IT employees must adapt to cloud way of life

  Traditional IT employees need to understand the big business picture and what the cloud offers to remain relevant.

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  IT pros weigh Dell versus HP as one swells, the other splits

  Dell will become a much bigger company following the purchase of EMC and VMware, begging the question of how it will match up against a newly split HP.

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  After a long slump, IT certification pay bounces back

  Largely vendor-driven IT certifications decreased in value for a seven-year stretch, until a recent turnaround, with security getting a renewed focus.

• September 18, 2015 18 Sep'15

  Iceland's blueprints for a data center industry

  Icelanders are fond of saying they're a "new" country -- and they're developing a new data center industry from scratch as well.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  HP Enterprise to cut up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split

  A leaner, more nimble HP Enterprise will have as many as 30,000 fewer employees after the company splits in November.

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  IT jobs surge in upper Midwest, Rockies, led by Java

  IT jobs are being filled at the highest rate away from some of the traditional technology hotspots -- including many Midwestern states.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Big data projects go beyond IT infrastructure

  Big data creates a big test for enterprises: finding the right employees who can meld the technology and business needs in a way to make the data useful.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Top of the news feed: Cloud, IoT shake up data center jobs

  So far this year, top news stories covered shakeups in entrenched data center technologies and technology trends that may force IT pros into new roles.