Opinion

Opinion

Data Center jobs and staffing and professional development

• Hone these top 5 data center skills in 2019

  As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and artificial intelligence.  Continue Reading

• Open source strategies bring benefits, but don't rush in

  Before your organization can reap the benefits of open source, it's important to understand your options and map out a plan that will guarantee success.  Continue Reading

• IT culture is insane. Yes, this means you

  IT needs to embrace the chaos and change its ways -- fast. If it doesn't, a stagnant IT culture can prove disastrous for the data center, the IT team and the company.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• How learning Linux jumpstarted my career

  Choosing an alternative to Windows 98 and learning Linux -- back in the 90s -- led Jack Wallen to his current career. How did you get started with Linux?  Continue Reading

• Make this your most modern IT year yet

  No one sticks with their New Year's resolution -- where is that gym card anyway? -- but you can pick up seven modern habits and feel good about fit, healthy IT ops.  Continue Reading

• Siloing stifles data center growth

  It's time to knock down those silos, one by one. IT is transforming from a siloed set of reactive cost centers into a service provider with a focus on helping the business compete.  Continue Reading

• Failure provides the best data center training

  Incompatible programming languages, limited management capabilities, outages -- these problems and frustrations of IT life actually have the most training potential.  Continue Reading

• Following both sides of the decentralized vs. centralized IT debate

  Consumerization and cloud have pulled technology control away from IT. But management issues may push enterprises back to a centralized IT model.  Continue Reading

• Making mainframe technology hip again

  IBM keeps improving mainframe technology, but what is the long-term forecast for big iron as third-party tools decline and mainframe experts retire?  Continue Reading

• Memorable technology quotes from Gartner and AWS re:Invent

  These technology quotes overheard at Garner events and AWS re:Invent show the diversity of IT personalities.  Continue Reading