On a human level, the move toward addressing network, systems and application management as a continuum, supportive of process requirements and best practices, is putting subtle but very real pressure on IT organizational structures. Old ways of doing business--and the work identities of more than a few IT professionals--are under fire.
The past was about managing discrete systems or devices, using niche tools wielded by closet dwellers with specialized expertise. The future will demand the same, if not more, intelligence, plus significant communication between IT and business colleagues--in plain English, please.
What does that mean for tech pros? Managing individual devices has become more challenging. Networks are denser, more complex and more frequently subject to change. Managing virtualized environments and supporting huge application payloads--some n-tiered, Web-based or otherwise modular--are also raising the pressure level.
All this is driving a trend toward hiring well-rounded professionals whose deep device and engineering expertise is combined with a collaborative mind-set. Working as a "genius in isolation" with an array of scripts and processes that can never be shared won't get the job done. We must work as a team, using standardized methodologies and consistent approaches for uniting IT across domains.
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