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IT is a field where you need to be constantly learning new things and develop new skills. If you like challenges very much, IT is the right business for you. 10 skills are necessary during the next five years.
NO. 1: Voice over IP
VoIP is used for telephone services due to the factors of cost and convenience by many companies and customers. There is a growing trend of companies who are expected to go to VoIP, to either supplement or replace their traditional phone lines.
NO. 2: Unified communications
With the growing popularity of VoIP, unified communications which refers to the convergence of different communications technologies are likely to be the wave of the future.
NO.3: Hybrid networks
All-Windows or All-UNIX network is already past. New versions of Linux such as Ubuntu becomes popular to end users. However, customers may continue to use Windows due to personal preferences or application requirements. Therefore, the new trend is people may learn to use different operating systems.
NO. 4: Wireless technology
Wireless networking is in an initial stage. But in the future wireless could be faster and more secure technologies.
NO.5: Remote user support
It will be necessary to learn the knowledge with respect to different VPN technologies and technologies for preventing those that don't meet minimal criteria such as anti virus installed and updated, firewall enabled.
NO.6: Mobile user support
IT staff need to develop a plethora of skills to support mobile users.
NO.7: Software as a service
Web 2.0 is the new generation of the Internet, it is all about Saas (Software as a Service). SaaS involvesdelivering applications over the Web, rather than installing those applications on individual users' machines.
NO.8: Virtualization
More and more companies look to virualization to save hardware costs.
NO.9: IPv6
With the number of users on the internet growing steadily, the address space will need a further expansion. IPv6 also is more secure with IPsec.
NO.10: Security
More issues and challenges are brought by technologies such as VoIP and mobile computing. Authentication methods are likely to be more important in the future.
[Article sourced from:http://jobfunctions.bnet.com]
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