Mark Bowker
Senior Analyst
Enterprise Strategy Group
Mark Bowker joined ESG in 2006 and currently champions ESG’s Data Center Transformation practice, focusing on all things virtualization and cloud computing. In his current role, Mark researches the various virtualization technologies available and the impact these solutions have on IT strategies and the broader marketplace. His other research areas include cloud computing, data center management, and application workload deployment in next generation data centers, as well as the external influences that drive the adoption of these technologies.
Prior to ESG, Mark ran the IT organization for a business consulting and technology services company and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He has experience in designing, implementing, and expanding network and system infrastructure for global organizations.
Mark holds a BS in Management Information Systems from American International College and a continuing education certificate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in UNIX administration and C++ programming. He is also a private pilot. You can usually find him flying around the skies of New England on the weekends.
As organizations move applications and systems to the cloud, they will need to arm employees at all levels and across all functions with new skills and cloud intelligence. From selling the organization on cloud through implementation through making it work long-term, there are so many stakeholders than need to be involved, and all of them will need to learn new skills and new approaches. Panelists and attendees in this session will consider:
> The new technology skill sets for application developers, IT operations, networking and security groups
> The new business skills required of the CIO and business managers
> The new procurement paradigms
> The new skills required of the organization’s legal department