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IT professionals have to work constantly to ensure that their skills are up to date.
Today, IT pros must guarantee that their cloud-focused skills are resume-ready.
And just what are those skills? According to a Forbes.com blog post by
contributor Joe McKendrick, there are eight key skills. To those, I add two more.
1. Business and financial skills
The intersection of business and technology is always an overarching concern,
but it is especially so when it comes to cloud-based computing.
2. Technical skills
With the cloud, organizations can streamline their IT resources, offloading much
of day-to-day systems and application management. But that doesnt mean IT
abdicates all responsibility. Theres a need for language skills to build applications
that can run quickly on the Internet.

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3. Enterprise architecture and business needs analysis

Cloud computing requires that IT pros cross disciplines, especially where serviceoriented architecture comes into play.
4. Project management skills
Organizations must not let the flexibility of the cloud lead to missed deadlines or
amorphous goals. That could negate the cloud cost advantage.
5. Contract and vendor negotiation skills
To deal with service-level agreementsand the problems involved when those
SLAs are breachedIT pros need experience with contract and vendor
negotiations.
6. Security and compliance
IT professionals dealing with the cloud must have a firm grasp of security
protocols and the regulatory mandates related to their industries, both within and
without the United States.
7. Data integration and analysis skills

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