Cloud computing technology provides flexibility, agility and scalability in an increasingly connected world, but the technology is evolving at an alarming rate. With its rapid growth, more and more organizations are looking to achieve greater operational efficiency and move away from traditional networks. According to research firms, by 2020, cloud-free policies for organizations will become as rare as today's internet-free policies. Suffice it to say, the outlook for cloud computing jobs is quite promising. Let's discuss this in two parts.

On the one hand, there is the increase in integrated productivity

Modern organizations implement a variety of cloud-based applications and services. However, it is becoming increasingly important to integrate information between applications. Because cloud-based environments typically increase the number of systems in use, organizations often find themselves in need of cross-platform integration and the need to aggregate all relevant data together. For this reason, the collaboration landscape will only grow in 2019, and one will see more cross-platform collaboration.

Integration isn't just limited to apps, however, and as more and more organizations store workloads in both private and public clouds - one will see hybrid computing become the norm in 2018. Creating, managing and strengthening these connections will be very important in the next few years.

On the other hand is the rise of the cloud workforce

In the new economy, more and more organizations are abandoning their offices in favor of a workforce made up of cloud employees. Gone are the days of conducting business from physical office locations. It's no secret that people are currently experiencing the rise of the cloud workforce as cloud-based applications and technologies effectively facilitate remote work and personal interactions. This will allow employees to collaborate with coworkers and get information updates globally more easily than ever before - without the need for face-to-face interactions.

People will see an uptick. A recent survey at the Global Leadership Summit in London found that 34 percent of business executives want more than half of their company's full-time employees to work remotely. Businesses will become more global as employees work in different time zones. Business leaders will be seen to recognize the benefits of distributed teams Developing a cloud-based workforce requires the full participation of all key stakeholders and accomplishes alignment of business strategies and goals. But with cost savings, having greater flexibility, and excellent use of real estate, many businesses will look to the cloud as a means to increase productivity.