6 Hot Networking And Data Center Skills For 2024
NETWORKWORLD, Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
Skills shortages remain the biggest barrier to infrastructure modernization initiatives. In-demand areas include AI, automation, infrastructure management, and network security.
Many enterprise IT execs plan to enhance their network and data center infrastructures, particularly in areas of sustainability, energy efficiency, hybrid cloud, and cybersecurity, in 2024. They may find themselves stymied, however, by a lack of trained professionals capable of doing the work.
'We remain in a skills crisis,' says Paul Delory, research vice president at Gartner. 'We've been in one for several years, and it has not abated. Lack of skills remains the biggest barrier to infrastructure modernization initiatives.' He adds that organizations struggling to hire outside talent to fill these skills gaps should prioritize efforts to train internal staffers to take on these roles.
For network and data center professionals, or those aspiring to careers in these areas, this is a time of opportunity. Here are six of the network and data center skills expected to be in high demand in the coming year.