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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)
They are talking about this topic: Industry Trends
The quotes below are about this issue:
One of the most prominent industry trends is virtualization through the development of cloud computing infrastructures. Employers predict this will continue to increase.
| "Question: In the next few years, what are some of the big trends that you see occurring that could affect your workforce? Employer: The cloud. That's the current trend. Cloud computing." |
Southwest |
| "I think cloud computing is interesting, but it speaks to kind of a larger movement that a lot of things are being centralized. That's kind of what's always happening in IT. We're centralizing, we're extracting more and more as time goes on. I think a lot of times the really technical stuff maybe isn't needed quite as much. I think it may trend that way at maybe a higher level like management." | Southwest |
| "From my perspective, it's a bit different because we do the infrastructure. So, it's going to increase the demand for our services because the infrastructure that provides the bandwidth or the wireless services is going to put more demands on the infrastructure. So, we're going to have to find new ways to either increase bandwidth through equipment or build out new infrastructure to service the needs of the cloud, if it grows at the rate that we project." | Southwest |
| "What we have found is that clients don't want to move everything to the cloud. They're maybe going to do one or two applications—maybe to QuickBooks or something like that—but the infrastructure just isn't there to move everything to the cloud. So, it's going to be some time..." | Southwest |
| "Question: If we think about centralization of services and the storage or application, do you think that's going to mean a concentration of a fewer number of employers or certain occupations? In other words, not every organization is going to need network folks because it's a subscription-based service. But the providers of the services will still need those folks. So, do you see any occupations that will become more concentrated? Employer: That's a tough one. It really is right now because I don't know that cloud computing is talked a lot about and there's the movement into it, but it's still relatively young. I don't know that there's a good answer to that question today. Theoretically, that's the goal. As you centralize and move your services out to some other location, you shouldn't have the need of that expertise in-house anymore." |
Southwest |
| "The cloud basically pretty much covers all of those jobs wrapped up in one way or another. All the skills that are required to make it all happen. The cloud is going to centralize services in Minneapolis. When you log into your computer, you're going to pull up Windows from Minneapolis or wherever you may be sitting. It doesn't reside on your computer anymore." | Southwest |
| "Employer: Cloud computing is a buzzword. So, if somebody walks into my office and says, 'I know cloud computing,' I would laugh at him or her. That wouldn't be a very good statement to make in most cases. I would ask, 'What is it you know about cloud computing? And how does it work?' Question: What particular skills does it involve? Employer: Pretty much the skill set we're talking about today." |
Southwest |