Podcasts Technology The Cloudcast The Cloudcast #245 - The Chaotic State of IT in 2016

The Cloudcast #245 - The Chaotic State of IT in 2016

Published: April 9, 2016, 4 a.m.

b'Brian talks with Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja, Co-Host of The Geek-Whisperers) about the chaotic state of the IT industry, how much location impacts day-to-day work, and how people are making positive transitions in their work.
\\n
\\nShow Links:
\\n

\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nTopic 1 - Is the IT industry in a more chaotic state than it\\u2019s ever been?
\\n
\\n
    \\n
  • Public Cloud vs. IT vendors\\u2028
    • \\n
  • Open Source Software vs. IT vendors\\u2028
    • \\n
  • People openly looking for new jobs \\u2028
    • \\n
  • IT customers being very confused about what to buy/use/trust\\u2028
    • \\n
  • Are we at the end of a 20yr cycle (Vendor-VAR-Customer-TechSwimLanes)?
    • \\n
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nTopic 2 - What\\u2019s the pulse of your community? What are the most frequently asked questions (on-the-record and off-the-record)?
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nTopic 3 - Let\\u2019s talk about location. 10 years ago, teleworking was all the rage. Now, it feels like we\\u2019re back to a Silicon-Valley-centric world.
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nTopic 4 - What do you feel like a lot of people are focused on, which is actually a bad thing or a false hope? What are the good things that people are focused on?
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nTopic 5 - What do you feel like a lot of people are focused on, which is actually a bad thing or a false hope? What are the good things that people are focused on?
\\n
'