Remote infrastructure management (RIM) is being called the next “mega” IT trend by industry analysts and gurus. However, what is not being talked about enough is the exciting career opportunities offered by this industry which are unique not only in its growth opportunities, but also in the challenging mission-critical work environment that it offers.

**Estimates from IDC, Gartner and others indicated that as much as 80-90% of the infrastructure management can be done remotely. **


 One of the important drivers that make RIM an attractive career is the exciting and challenging environment it offers to employees. The turf is mission critical environment of some of the world biggest and most complex IT infrastructures. For instance, if you are running the system of a bank, every second of downtime can mean loss of millions of dollars, thereby making the operations mission critical.

Few of the RIM Serivces portfolio i saw are ::

» End User Computing Services
» Datacenter Services
» Networking Services
» Managed Security Services
» Application Operations Services
» Process & Tool Consultancy

A lot of companies are moving the focus to this business, to name a few BIGG ones are HCL , Accenture .

Now the Techies {Network and System Admins} too have a oppourtunity to make it BIG like the Development OffShoring we have alredy seen.