IT Skills for Tomorrow and ThereafterAre you ready for the CIO's 2008 'must call on Monday' list. Forrester Research lists the capabilities IT workers will need to meet the requirements of their CIOs in 2008. [Computerworld Breaking News]
Simon Yates,
an analyst at Cambridge-based Forrester, said IT workers should
develop cross-technology skills and become more business and
application savvy as executives look to IT to boost their capabilities
while cutting costs. [emphasis mine]. The State of California is certainly trying to cut costs. Reducing costs has been a constant in government IT.
Yates said data center professionals can better serve CIOs in 2008
by evaluating virtualization tools, helping to sharpen IT best
practices and helping to improve disaster recovery capabilities.
Forrester interviewed its CIO clients and concluded that mounting business continuity and disaster recovery
demands will drive server, storage and management technology investments
in 2008.
Compare with California "new" IT classifications "for state jobs, still "DRAFT Information Technology Specialist (Skills-Based) Series Specifications" on the State of California CIO's website.
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