In my last post, I noted some recent research about the shortage of skilled IT talent and the challenges this poses to any organization trying to keep its information technology capabilities competitive.
Topping the list of skills companies struggle to acquire these days are those related to ‘big data’ — such as data scientist, data specialist and data architect — as well as information security and Java-related skills.
Is your business one of the 43% with understaffed IT operations?
Recruiting IT talent has become a significant issue for most businesses; in many organizations, more than 33% of HR spending is allocated to IT staffing solutions, i.e., hiring and retaining IT talent.
Keeping IT talent has become a struggle, too; an annual turnover of 25% of a company’s IT staff is common — and surprisingly so, given that, on average, IT staffers report being approached by recruiters six times a month.
If you work in healthcare IT, you’re probably feeling under siege from all sides — because the role of IT in healthcare is changing. Fast.
Given the current cost of healthcare in the US, it’s no surprise that IT would play a key part in what’s become a national priority: Create higher value at lower cost.
But that only intensifies the pressure …
Pressure comes from on high, in the form of new CMS rules (CMS, for the uninitiated, runs Medicare/Medicaid and pays some 40% of the nation’s healthcare bills).
Not long ago, there were few options for organizations interested in a quality video conferencing experience. Happily for today’s shopper, implementation choices range from free(ish) web-based options to dedicated conference room systems to managed cloud-based services. So where — or how — to begin? Some people start with a budget figure, but that can be a pitfall. Most video conferencing projects fail because the user experience is poor. If no one uses it, then no matter what you’ve paid, you’ve
As we watch dreams of mobility coming true around us every day, the appeal of desktop virtualization is obvious. Pile on seemingly perpetual Windows end-of-life concerns, and that appeal only grows.
VDI — virtual desktop infrastructure — enables enterprises to optimize costs by continuing use of legacy systems, while also running the latest applications and remotely publishing them to any device. Managing VDI is complex, however – the acquisition, care, and feeding of its infrastructure is costly and demands expertise many do not have.
Enter desktop virtualization services, which take VDI either wholly or partly into the cloud.
The traditional benefits of DaaS — an OpEx advantage trading upfront costs and endless management and maintenance hassles for predictable pay-as-you-go dynamic scalability — are gaining even more clout as DaaS solutions mature.
It’s been shown that desktops in the cloud pay off – and this trend promises to continue:
