Cloud Computing Adoption to Outpace Employee Skillsets in 2014

Fifty percent of organizations will spend more on IT in 2014, investing heavily in public and private cloud-enabling technologies like infrastructure and virtualization, according to a survey of 1,000 IT professionals. However, half of all respondents participating in cloud initiatives within their organizations need more education on the technology and note their current skillsets do not adequately prepare them to do their jobs well in the coming year.

The survey, conducted by next generation IT monitoring software provider ScienceLogic, found that lack of education is not the only headache employees will face in the coming year. While IT spend is increasing in 2014, survey results reveal a lack of industry investment in employees, with 40 percent of respondents confirming they would make the same or less money year-over-year in 2014.

Other key survey highlights include:

-- Overall IT spending in 2014 will increase by a net margin of 35 percent compared to 2013

-- Almost two thirds of respondents intend to increase their budgetary spend by 6-20 percent year-over-year

-- The ratio of respondents that will increase IT spend vs. reduce IT spend is 4:1

-- Organizations will spend the most IT dollars on network infrastructure, but there is a growing need to spend on additional storage, Big Data, and mobility-related infrastructure

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