93% 42%
82% 18%
of IT managers believe in-house skills are critical to designing and architecting virtual environments.
of IT managers consider it critical to have in-house cloud architecture and design skills.
By 2013, nearly 2/3 of all information storage capacity will exist in virtual and cloud environments.
Half of all IT managers polled expect cloud computing will have a moderate to high impact on their teams’ skill requirements.
of the same managers believe their teams have the necessary virtualization skills in-house.
of the same managers believe they have the necessary cloud skills in-house.
WANTS HAS
50%
2013
EMC - Managing Information Storage: Trends, Challenges, and Options, 2011-2012
What IT What IT
By 2018, analysts also anticipate a wide gap between the supply of and demand for data-savvy managers and professionals.
According to McKinsey, by 2018, supply will only meet 50%-60% of actual demand.
190,000
1.5M
Source: McKinsey Global Institute: Big Data – The next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity. May, 2011
Number of Big Data-savvy managers needed by 2018
HELPWANTED
74% of organizations use some form of analytics
only 34% perform Big Data analysis
46% indicate the barrier to adopting Big Data analytics is skills and staffing
• Big Data analytics• Big opportunity • Big skills shortage
Source: TDWI report: Big Data Analytics, by Phillip Russum, Sept., 2011
Number of skilled data-analysis professionals needed by 2018
SUPP
LY
DEM
AND
2018
Big Data: so much opportunity, so few skilled analysts
74%
34%
The EMC Education Effect
32% 35% 28% 37%
faster implementations
improvedoperations
fewererrors
increased productivity
Source: EMC 60/120 day post-training survey
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After completing EMC training courses, IT managers report