[MLUG] Cloud Computing

[Yanik Doucet]

And I'm seeing more and more sysadmin job posting with "cloud computing"
experience as a plus or even requirement.



On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Alexandre Blanc <alexandre at inforeseau.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> IMHO, i'd say that the cloud is not a real problem and won't drop
> sysadmin jobs, at the end (maybe some managers think they'll save some
> money this way, but won't last).
>
> Cloud allow basically to share hardware resources that you don't have to
> maintain (but somebody still has to do the job...), and the installed
> systems on those, still have to be maintained (still need a sysadmin!).
>
> There's also the fact that it's much more complicated to keep the
> control on the processes, on the confidentiality and more.
>
> A last point, even if "shops" move to the cloud, they still need a local
> network and clients (even thin clients) to access and manage the datas.
> So, sysadmins still have to keep all of this connected together.
>
> We'll see in the very next future, but, my guess is that sysadmin will
> still be needed wherever there's something about using any kind of
> computers, and network.
>
> Alexandre BLANC (Sysadmin / Netadmin)
>
>
>
> Le mardi 05 avril 2011 à 09:42 -0700, Leslie S Satenstein a écrit :
> > With many shops moving to the cloud, what is the impact to the
> > system-maintainer / system-administrator?  Will there be a drop in
> > jobs?
> >
> > Would you recommend a person, as a good career, study to be a
> > sysadmin?
> >
> > Maybe my question belongs on Facebook, but then too much spam.
> >
> > ------------------
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> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> >  Leslie
> >
> > Mr. Leslie Satenstein
> > 40 years in IT and going strong.
> > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day,
> > and tomorrow will be even better.
> >
> > mailto:lsatenstein at yahoo.com
> > alternative: leslie.satenstein at itbms.biz
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