Wanted: New Skills for a Hybrid IT World
Keeping one foot in the cloud and one in the agency can present organizational challenges, particularly in regard to IT skillsets and network management.
Keeping one foot in the cloud and one in the agency can present organizational challenges, particularly in regard to IT skillsets and network management.
Achieving security is still a concern in hybrid cloud environments. The answer is to shift to a model of cloud security where identity is the new firewall, devices are the new perimeter, and flexibility is built in to the approach.
Digital transformations in government are not easy or automatic — they are a journey. Still, tools and methods are available to accelerate strategic planning and execution, while providing a means to improve user experiences and maximize resources.
Learning from the past to predict the future.
As the roles and responsibilities of government IT professionals continue to evolve in 2017, these professionals will want to focus on investing in new skills in several key areas to better their chances for success.
In surveying 116 public sector IT professionals, we found that agencies are actively moving much of their infrastructure to the cloud, while still keeping a significant number of applications in-house.