Industry Spotlight: Bridging the Datacenter Talent Gap with SMU’s Dr. Klyne Smith

Industry Spotlight: Bridging the Datacenter Talent Gap with SMU’s Dr. Klyne Smith

One of the most difficult challenges the infrastructure industry faces is that of acquiring talent.  The reason simply is that the pool of people with relevant experience is too small, because the education system of today isn’t oriented toward serving this need.  There is no clearer example of this than within the modern datacenter, which house an integrated nexus of technologies rarely taught in the same parts of a college campus.  With us today is Dr. Klyne Smith, who co directs the M.S. in Datacenter Systems Engineering program at SMU.  SMU’s program is one of the few out there that are taking the problem head on. … [visit site to read more]