Dennis McCafferty

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 […]

‘Enough With Help Tickets!’—IT Prefers to Work on Game-Changing Tech With IT Professionals Day falling on Sept. 18, tech department employees said they’re most likely to spend at least part of their day responding to user requests and help desk tickets, according to a recent survey from SolarWinds. But, if they had more time to […]

IT Turning to the Cloud to Handle Growing Big Data Demands Intro: Organizations are drowning in big data, according to a recent survey from Qubole. The resulting report, titled “An In-Depth Look at Big Data Trends and Challenges,” reveals that the number of enterprises with more than 100 terabytes in their data lake is significantly […]

Generation Gap: Millennials Play Larger Role in Enterprises’ Tech Use In the modern age of bring your own device (BYOD) and an overall more tech-sophisticated employee, it’s common for professionals to recommend tech solutions at work. Apparently, though, a certain segment of staffers—specifically Millennials—feel more empowered to do so, according to a recent survey from […]

What’s Driving Companies to Launch Open-Source Programs The majority of organizations—and nearly three-quarters of large enterprises—have either launched a formal open-source program or plan to do so, according to a recent survey from the Linux Foundation. The programs are intended to improve code needed for both internal purposes and for external, commercial products. They also […]

Inefficient Collaboration Tools Hindering Project Management Teams With project management emerging as a common role for professionals these days, better strategies and tech tools are required to enable teams to collaborate more effectively, according to a recent survey from Planview. The resulting report, titled “Everyone Is a Project Manager,” reveals that collaboration inefficiencies are literally […]

Maintenance Burden Keeps IT From Demonstrating Innovation Capabilities All too often skilled IT department professionals are primarily perceived as a “maintenance squad” for critical infrastructure and systems, according to a recent survey from Ivanti. The resulting report, titled “The CIO’s Conundrum,” reveals that relatively few organizations view IT as a go-too resources for high-priority digital […]