What skills do you need to start a career in cloud computing? inpeaks.com

As organizations progress and move towards cloud for better database management, the demand for cloud computing professionals is increasing. Large or small, companies are shifting their focus to cloud servers—for better security, scalability, reduce cost (server bills) and more computing power for performance.

Increasing adopt of cloud services
In the past few years, cloud computing has picked large traction among companies —

Almost 94 percent of enterprises use a cloud server, FlexerRight Scale reports.
50 percent of enterprises spend more than $1.2 million on cloud services annually.
By 2020, 83 percent of enterprise workload will be on cloud. While 41 percent enterprises will use a public cloud. 22 percent will use a private cloud and 21 percent will use a hybrid cloud model.
66 percent of enterprises have a central cloud computing team or cloud center of excellence; Right Scale’s state of cloud 2019 report says. The objective of teams is – to cut down cost by optimizing use (among 68 percent enterprises), figure out which applications should run on which cloud (for 62 percent of enterprises) and setting up policies for cloud usage (for 59 percent).

As could be seen from the above statistics, cloud computing is a great industry to get into. Now and for the future. However, it is easier said than done. A career in cloud computing demands an extensive set of skills—from knowledge of an array of public and private cloud platforms to programming skills.