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The cloud’ s silver lining
Just as writing has come to mean texting, blogging, or any form of digital writing, the cloud today means one or all of the three Cs: computing, connectivity, and communication. And just as nearly all thought to putting pen to paper has disappeared, all reference to the natural cloud is long forgotten. The three Cs have altered the way we consume services. The adage, change is the only constant holds true in the IT landscape like no other, forcing IT admins to constantly learn new skills and make strategic decisions, writes Vidya Vasu, Head of the ManageEngine community and Free Tools.
What does the changing IT landscape mean for IT admins? Many things. It demands that IT admins become business-aware and are equipped to transcend to roles beyond enabling IT. For instance, a typical IT admin may need to play the role of a developer, a quality analyst, or a data analyst, even while remaining in control of IT operations. Moreover, with 74 % of enterprises moving into multi-cloud environments, another area IT admins may need to tackle is cloud heterogeneity. Market consolidation, the exponential rise in cloud adoption, and digitalisation primarily mandate blended expertise for IT admins of today and the roles that await them in future.
On top of all of that, IT admins are on the cusp of yet another digital revolution— dubbed by some as the third digital revolution— where they will have to keep up with market conditions to stay relevant. Until recently, it was
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