Storage Management Needs Network Admins

Storage administrators have been in high demand, but according to this Computer World report, as companies become more virtual and demand access through different modes of communication, they will require more network administrators and fewer storage administrators.

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"Over the past two or three years, he says, storage administrators had been in high demand because it was a time of heavy IT investment and a number of storage implementation projects were underway at large companies. 'Fast-forward to today, and most companies are in maintenance mode versus implementation mode, mostly for budgetary reasons,' he says. That means there should be an uptick in demand for networking administrators. What's more, companies will be highly focused on connectivity over the next 18 months, he adds. 'It's all about access. That's more related to a networking administrator than a storage administrator,' he says.

"As companies become more virtual and demand access through different modes of communication, they will require more network administrators, Willmer adds."

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