RE: Gartner sees declining need for tech skills

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 Well... Let me start practicing then...

Ahem <clears-throught>

"Would you like frys with that ma'am?  How about a nice cold soft drink?"




Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of TheGesus
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 10:55 AM
To: Funsec@Linuxbox. Org
Subject: [funsec] Gartner sees declining need for tech skills

"Gartner said it.  I believe it.  That settles it."

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/E56ABCB13F80C097CC257173001B899B?OpenDocument

"The need for employees with specific IT skills will decline 10% per
year as companies move to commodity and virtualised systems, according
to Gartner.

...

"Gartner analysts also predict that by 2010, the IT industry will
recognise that the Linux and Windows operating systems have 'closed
the gap with Unix' in terms of management, reliability and
performance, says John Enck, another Gartner analyst. That will lead
to declining interest in new Unix installations..."

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