For some IT pros, advances in automation and AI are viewed as a threat to traditional job roles. But in a new piece from Information Week, INAP’s Josh Williams, VP of Solutions Engineering, shares his thoughts on how IT roles will evolve in the rapidly changing technological landscape.
“The types of roles, personalities I’ve seen that are successful in the new way of moving is people who not only understand technology but understand how technology affects the business.”
Williams shared what skills he thinks will be needed from the IT professionals of the future, with an emphasis on the convergence of business and IT.
“Instead of being an IT administrator, you’re a facilitator, an IT business analyst being able to say what are the requirements for the business. We’re working with dev, infrastructure and picking cloud technology. Can we support them? How do we support them? Is it valuable? Does it differentiate us? Does it make us faster, more cost effective or competitive in the marketplace?”
Read the full story at InformationWeek.com.
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