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| January 24, 2013 08:07 AM EST |
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Peak Systems today released the second in a six-part video series
that features Silver Peak founder and CTO, David Hughes, looking ahead
into the key information technology (IT) trends for 2013. In this video,
Hughes looks at how virtualization
is driving shifts in the roles of IT.
Hughes underscores how the growth of virtualization will shift
responsibilities within IT departments in the near future, and how
today, it is already driving organizations to reconsider functions of
certain roles.
“You can already see it happening today where functions that were once
the sole domain of a network admin are becoming part of the virtual
administrator or virtual system manager’s role,” says Hughes.
Hughes goes on to say there is going to be a degree of cross-training as
well a “blurring of the boundaries that exist between silos” pointing to
the network,
application
and storage
silos most companies employ today.
Due to the shift in roles and blurring of functional boundaries, Hughes
also provides IT professionals with advice for preparing their careers
in light of these changes.
Each video in the series examines areas of IT and networking that Hughes
feels will be accentuated during the coming year. The first video in the
series featured Hughes’ thoughts on the hype and reality of software
defined networking (SDN).
Additional Resources
About Dr. David Hughes
Dr. David Hughes is founder and CTO of Silver Peak Systems. He started
Silver Peak in 2004 after a year as an Entrepreneur in Residence at
Benchmark Capital. David holds fifteen patents covering packet
scheduling, routing and control algorithms. He earned his PhD in
electrical and computer engineering from Wollongong University,
Australia, and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from
Auckland University in New Zealand.
About Silver Peak Systems
Silver Peak software accelerates data between data centers, branch
offices and the cloud. The company’s software-defined acceleration
solves network quality, capacity and distance challenges to provide fast
and reliable access to data anywhere in the world. Leveraging its
leadership in data center class wide area network (WAN) optimization,
Silver Peak is a key enabler for strategic IT projects like
virtualization, big data and disaster recovery. Download Silver Peak
software today at silver-peak.com/marketplace.
Note: Silver Peak Systems and the Silver Peak logo are trademarks of
Silver Peak Systems, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks,
registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of
their respective owners.
