Another insightful post from the man with his finger on the Industry Pulse - Eman Conde.
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How do I begin? The days are still running into each other as they scramble to exit my calendar and somehow I remain lucid amidst this chaos. How I do it sometimes takes reflection. Yup reflection on where this journey has taken me and glimpses of what might have been. In London on my last trip I was excited to be in the House of Parliament, me a lowly servant of mankind, in the shadows of history. Lunching among the MPs (that’s Member of Parliament for those of you who are not familiar with the vernacular) I was amazed at where I was. Chatting with an MP who was my host I had a surreal feeling of being out of place. Then I took a call from a DoD (Department of Defense) channel partner that needed 4 CCIEs to help them make Gold status. I simply took the call, feeling I was being rude at the time only to reveal to my host the significance of that call. After lunch I was very pleased with how my trip to London was working out. Back home in Delaware I was still on cloud nine when I received an email inviting me to speak with a staff member of the Obama Whitehouse. Seems they were looking for help with companies trying to participate in procurement and some of the stimulus dollars being used for a large WiFi effort. I took a call from the representative and after the call I was again stunned by what I was doing as the CCIE Agent™. I walked into my living room and sat next to my wife and shared with her my amazement at what I was getting involved in. Well the initiative with the stimulus and procurement support fell through for me, but still having been called was an honor. On the heels of this experience I was put on retainer to place CCIEs on two very high profile Top Secret projects. The success in getting these CCIEs the best pay they could find anywhere in the USA was a real boon for them and their careers.
Trends are a constant as the IT industry evolves. I just skipped over a few trends for CCIEs with the employment market shifting constantly one trend is more work in the Defense/Government sectors here in the USA, another is the rush for stimulus dollars, and still another the creation of roles that allow CCIEs to make a significant impact on the trends being shaped in general. My favorite industry trend one I have been keeping an eye on is Cloud Computing.
Recently I was contacted by one of the three companies participating in the VCE Coalition and asked to support the effort with staff as it ramped up. The Virtual Computing Environment coalition is composed of Cisco, EMC and VMware collaborating as a means to offer a one-stop shop for companies headed into Cloud Computing. This is a very exciting coalition and a significant move in the development of Cloud Computing.
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There is a lot more being said about this new technology paradigm. In recent months when speaking with IT neophytes I have been sharing my prediction that Cloud Computing will create a new wave of blended technologist. How to prepare for this new shift is a great opportunity that I am certain will create a lot of great opportunity across the board. From Sales through delivery at a lot of levels I think this solution is going to take wing.
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