Dennis McCafferty

Forecast 2019: IT Pros Expect Staffing Increases, Higher Salaries With skills gaps in cyber-security, infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) driving demand, far more organizations are likely to increase IT staffing next year as opposed to those expected to reduce their tech department headcount, according to a recent survey from Spiceworks. The “2019 State of IT” […]

Under Pressure: Developers Struggle With Dependencies, Security While developers are under constant pressure to produce new projects, very few get to spend more than one-half of their day doing any actual programming, according to a recent survey from ActiveState. The resulting “Developer Survey 2018” report reveals that these professionals are frequently saddled with duties that […]

AI Drives Competitive Edge With Improved Products, Worker Creativity Companies are gaining a notable competitive edge through their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments, according to a recent survey from Deloitte. The resulting “State of AI in the Enterprise” report indicates that AI is leading to improved products and, in many cases, a more creative workforce. However, […]

How Complexities—and a Lack of Data Access—Create Analytics Issues While company leaders recognize the immense potential to gain a competitive edge via analytics, experiences with these solutions result in “too many questions and not enough answers,” according to a recent survey from Teradata. The resulting report’s title asks the question, “Is Analytics Being Used for […]

Abandoned Projects Leave Companies ‘Behind the 8-Ball’ on Mobility While the majority of digital leaders feel that their company is making great progress toward a digital transformation, they also indicate that they’re “behind the 8-ball” in attempting to deploy mobile tech to support business goals, according to a recent survey from Dropsource. The resulting report, […]

IT Earns Strong ‘Vote of Confidence’ for Tech and Business Support The majority of tech leaders are highly confident that their department can satisfy core IT demands while helping support lines-of-business initiatives, according to a recent survey from TEKsystems. The resulting “2018 Reality Check” report compares survey respondents’ perspectives about the state of IT heading […]

How Modern App Tools, Practices—Including DevOps—Deliver on KPIs Organizations that are considered “highly mature” in modern application development are much more likely to see higher profits while successfully achieving their key performance indicators (KPIs), according to a recent survey from CA Technologies. The resulting report, titled “What Business Executives Are Learning about Software Development and […]

CX Goals Are Driving Digital Transformations—but Better Data Needed For the vast majority of organizations, the digital transformation is primarily about achieving customer experience (CX) goals, according to a recent survey from Experian. The resulting report, titled “Mastering the Customer Experience,” indicates, however, that a lack of insightful data is presenting the biggest barrier in […]

Despite a Lack of Deployment, AI Viewed as Top Talent Management Tool While most organizations recognize the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions as game-changing talent-management tools, comparatively few companies are actually deploying AI for this purpose, according to a recent survey from Eightfold.ai. The resulting “Talent Intelligence and Management Report 2018” indicates that many […]

Analytics-Fueled AI Drives Better Business Decisions and Productivity With artificial intelligence (AI) deployments growing more commonplace for enterprises, the majority of organizations indicate that these efforts have met with success, according to a recent survey from SAS, Accenture Applied Intelligence and Intel. The resulting report, titled “AI Momentum, Maturity and Models for Success,” indicates that […]

Burned by Data Losses, Companies Increasingly Turn to Cloud for Backup With a significant share of organizations still experiencing potentially crippling data losses, many are increasing their backup and disaster recovery efforts, according to a recent survey from Unitrends. The accompanying report, titled “The State of Cloud and Data Protection 2018,” indicates that companies are […]

IT Spending Forecast Remains Mixed Despite Overall Revenue Surge While business revenues are expected to increase for a clear majority of companies next year, IT budget growth projections are more conservative, according to a recent survey from Spiceworks. The resulting report, titled “The State of IT 2019,” indicates that roughly one-half of organizations will keep […]