The challenge for any corporation that wants to manage data in a network is to find individuals who possess the right combination of skill sets. Locating individuals with networking, server or storage management skills is already tough. Finding one with all of them is almost impossible.

Because of this talent shortage, technologically savvy companies are looking to train motivated individuals with the desire to learn this set of skills. And for individuals who want to learn and move up, 2007 is shaping up as an opportune time to enter the data storage management field.

Jerome Wendt is the president and lead analyst with DCIG Inc. He may be reached at jerome.wendt@att.net.