What major topic I expect at work

I expect the two dominat topics in IT in the near future to be:


  • Identity Management and
  • System Monitoring.

  • It's not that I hope to limit my interest onto these two subjects - but they are what I expect to be the most imminent themes and there I expect most job chances.


    Therefor I strive to get deeper into these themes. LDAP and AD are the topics I've focussed on lately.


    In addition, I believe IPS to be of predominant interest for many companies very soon. I believe IPS systems to substitute classical content security in parts. Snort, Sourcefire and TippingPoint are the products I've so far come in touch with. I intend to get into this a bit deeper in the near future.

    I've programmed a management system for a host based IDS for one of my customers which is beeing deployed there since four years now. Nagios and OESP the the platforms which I could already collect some experience with.

    A potential employer would be particularly interesting for me if their interests would concide with mine in theses fields.