Top IT skills that can get you a better job
Date: 22-Mar-2010
Bangalore: With the job markets opening up, it is time for all the
aspiring techies to be equipped with the right skills that can land
them in a job now. Recently, several reports have indicated that the
job market is booming again after the slump due to the economic
slowdown. Based on inputs from some industry watchers, Siliconindia has
come out with the list of the Top IT Skills currently in demand.
SAP
The surging demand in the ERP market is expected to increase the
adoption of SAP in organizations around the globe. "The demand for SAP
market is currently booming and with many companies adopting ERP these
days, SAP continues to dominate this space," says Harry CD, Executive
Director-Operations at 3G Labs India. Currently, SAP and Oracle are the
two major ERP players, however the former is having an advantage over
the latter when it comes to the demand in the market. The reason behind
this dominance of SAP in the ERP market is because of the customer
satisfaction, according a study conducted by Panorama Consulting Group.
Analysts have also predicted that SAP's Business ByDesign offering will
do well this year, which will drive the demand for more SAP
professionals.
Some of the applications developed by SAP that are seeing major demand are:
SAP Web Dynpro: It is a proprietary web application user interface
technology developed by SAP. The increasing number of web applications
around the globe needs professionals having this skill.
SAP Plant Maintenance: It deals with the preventive maintenance of
manufacturing equipment that accompanies a streamlined production
process. SAP PM also monitors downtime of equipment, workforce
production hour as well as the time, materials and labor necessary for
such maintenance.
SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer: With the boom in the retail segment
this is one tool that is bound to see growth in the coming days.
Advanced Planner and Optimizer is designed to help a company improve
production planning, pricing, scheduling, and product shipping. It
works by getting real-time updates from retailers about customer demand.
SAP Governance, Risk management and Compliance: Today, every
organization must chart its own course to embrace governance, risk
management and compliance framework, weighing critical business
requirements with organizational maturity and top-level commitment.
Companies may choose to start by identifying one or two high-priority
risk areas and initiate a business-specific or initiative-driven
deployment of the applications.
Java
Today, Java is being used in more than 4.5 billion devices around the
world and the usage is expected to rise further because of the growth
in the number of mobile phones, personal computers and smart cards.
Java applets help to have an improved functionality while browsing the
internet also making it more attractive. "Java is in demand because
there are more companies developing user interface and web applications
for their clients. The rise in popularity of software as a service
(SAAS) model is also giving the edge to Java professionals," says Rishi
Das, Co-founder and CEO of CareerNet Consulting.
C++
Many believe that the demand for C++ has always been there and there
are not many signs that show the fall of this computer language in the
near future. Satish Kumar, a HR executive with an IT firm believes that
the demand for programmers like C++ remains constant because these are
used in segments such as automobile, healthcare and communication
systems, which are always in the growth trajectory.
PHP
PHP, which facilitates the production of dymanic web pages, was created
by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995 and its growth has been phenomenal. Last
year, PHP was estimated to have been installed on more than 20 million
websites and over one million web servers, the number would have
multiplied today considering the current surge in the online world.
Today, there are several companies that are getting into this space
that is driving the demand for professionals with knowledge about PHP.
Posted By : Neha
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