Up in the Clouds at Cumulux

  By Daniel Margolis —

Cloudy Skies Forecast
It's been difficult for Cumulux to hire IT pros with skills specific to cloud computing because the field is so new. "We are in the very early stages of the technology and the paradigm, so I'm just taking IT professionals who have a high degree of common sense and experience relevant to what I'm looking for, as we are all learning the potential impact of cloud computing," Srinivasan said.

Srinivasan feels that a year from now, cloud-computing-specific skills will be visible in the IT talent marketplace and that Cumulux is in the vanguard in making this happen. He said, "Those skills are not available in the market, but we are actually incorporating that knowledge into our employees."