1. IMPACT
Welcome
This is your second edition of
A Spring Technology quarterly digest
The forefront of
December 2011
and only slightly behind is Amazon Web
Impact, a quarterly review of Services (AWS). While this may be a
issues facing the world of IT. the cloud good predictor for future sales for these
companies, what it also shows is where
This month’s edition focuses
Cloud computing continues to gain candidates need to up skill themselves to
on cloud computing, who is momentum in the technology space. As be best positioned to secure a role in the
at the forefront of the cloud, organisations across the UK cement their future going forward.
the impact cloud computing is status as cloud leaders, they have begun
having on recruitment and what to shape the market place and put some “Salesforce.com is one of the best cloud
people say will be innovations clarity around what cloud computing providers with more than a decade
in the cloud in 2012. actually is and, more importantly, where experience in the cloud. Salesforce.com
it’s heading. This clarity and direction has always been ahead of its competitors.
enables IT professionals to begin planning Marc Beniof, Salesforce.com CEO,
for their career progression. recently announced Social Enterprise
revolution which will help Salesforce.
Who is at the forefront of cloud com customers to now use social media
computing? Four names spring to mind networking sites to communicate to their
when the words cloud computing are clients in a much more robust way.
uttered in the market place. They are:
•Salesforce.com Salesforce.com is nowhere near what
•Microsoft Dynamics CRM they could be in the next 4-5 years
as organisations are now realising the
•Oracle Cloud Computing
benefit of the cloud computing in which
•AWS (Amazon Web Services) Salesforce.com is the leader.”
These four organisations are shaping the Ali Najefi
cloud market place. Considering these are Senior Salesforce.com Developer
the biggest players in cloud computing, Salesforce.com
we have undergone some insight to
determine what peoples' interest over
time has been in the three products
(since 2004) and forecast interest over Totals
2012. Oracle cloud has barely rated in "salesforce.com"
“The ‘cloud computing age’ Google Insights web search and fails to
is undoubtedly upon us with forecast in 2012. We see that Salesforce. "microsoft dynamic...
organisations looking at com continues to lead in the search
"oracle cloud"
shifting from internally hosted stakes and will continue this trend in
2012, a clear second is Microsoft Dynamics "amazon web service...
applications to cloud based
enterprise solutions. The take
up of these new solutions was Search interest over time
slow at first but is gaining pace
with the market leaders in
business applications defining
forecast**
their products and services.”
Richard Protherough
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Associate Director
Spring Technology Google insight - Dec 2011
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“Cloud computing is about
creating internal efficiencies
Cloud skills in opportunities for hackers to mount
attacks on security. With cloud technology
and providing an effective IT demand and salary becoming increasingly popular and
security threats increasing we are also
platform for employees to work
and organisations to engage
rise on the horizon seeing a sharp spike in the number of
vacancies for security professionals with
with their clients. In turn A brief overview of the impact cloud a cloud background.
the use of the cloud creates computing is having on salaries and
vacancies across the UK and Europe: Salaries
organisational wide savings on
minimizing the IT infrastructure In demand Salaries across cloud computing
Non technical skill sets: professionals are currently steady;
and software required for an
•Administrators however we anticipate that, with more
organisation to undertake their implementations and developments
activity.” •Consultants
poised for next year, salaries are likely
•Project Managers to rise sharply.
Richard Protherough
Associate Director Technical skill sets:
Spring Technology •Developers
•Programmers What our clients
•Architects are saying
Across the UK there is a high demand Spring Technology recently contacted a
for developers, who have a minimum of number of IT managers to discuss what
three years' experience in developing 2012 will hold for the IT industry. High on
applications within a cloud environment. everyone’s list was cloud computing, for
Developing in a cloud environment is better or worse.
considerably different and takes a certain
type of developer in order to overcome The main responses were:
problems posed by developing in this •Organisations would engage in projects
environment. There are no straight to connect and integrate corporate
forward answers and therefore developers systems through a cloud.
with good problem solving skills and past •Organisations would continue to push
Regional offices experience are in short supply and high the boundaries of cloud based services
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Refreshingly uncomplicated recruitment cloud based software into organisations
Recruitment made easy for you. Our primary and the mapping of requirements with •However not all respondents were as
focus is removing the burden you face when convinced with the clouds capabilities,
engaging in the recruitment process. Your
applications. Also in high demand are
those business development managers with many stating that integration
opinion drives our service offerings, ongoing
process and performance improvement, who can sell cloud computing solutions, of platforms will continue to push
ensuring we remain as efficient and effective and that have the ability to not only technological boundaries. However,
as possible so you get the best results. You’re cloud computing would gradually decline
guaranteed a no fuss premium recruitment
understand the functionality of the
software but to be able to articulate as it was more geared towards marketing
service, which is strengthened by our
specialist knowledge and a credible market and communicate the benefits to hype than true technological innovation.
voice. We are connected and engaged with potential buyers.
IT industry leaders, ensuring you benefit from
the latest market information allowing you
to make informed decisions, to drive your In last quarters' edition of Impact we
organisation forward. Cutting through the red mentioned that cloud computing has
tape, focused on solutions, delivering on time created heightened security concerns
and to your requirements.
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