The latest trend in IT is the democratization of IT

Cloud, cloud, cloud, and did I mention "Cloud?"

Yes, that was the buzz at Interop in Las Vegas this year, but you had to dig down deeper and realize that "the cloud" offered a much deeper story. Since the cloud offers professional grade IT capabilities to literally anyone, there's been an extreme democratization of IT. Many users are doing IT on their own which is requiring IT departments to work directly with their users, explained Lenny Heymann, General Manager of Interop, the largest independent conference on IT networking.

Heymann is fascinated with how the cloud is forcing the role of IT to change and become more of a partnership with an organization's users. It's less of an us vs. them mentality.

That relationship building will be a critical distinction for the next wave of IT professionals. If you can actually work with the users and foster a partnership, you'll be a more successful in IT, said Heymann.

The cloud has finally broken through to be completely legitimate to all. Naysayers are dropping away, said Heymann. But to limit the cloud to just be an issue of "How to map current IT problems" is missing the point. The cloud is a real change in business, specifically in the data center where more will spring up and have greater significance.

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