Category: IT Team

April 16, 2024

As of the first quarter of 2024, 83% of developers were involved in devops-related activities such as performance monitoring, security testing, or CI/CD, according to the State of CI/CD Report 2024, published by the Continuous Delivery (CD) Foundation, a part […]

March 25, 2024

When there’s a major systems outage or performance issue, IT teams come to the rescue to restore services as quickly as possible. Some IT organizations follow IT service management (ITSM) incident management practices to restore service, then follow problem management […]

March 15, 2024

Consider these statistics: 75% of IT decision-makers have reported gaps in the skill sets of their IT staff – and this is a 145% increase over the past seven years, reported Skillsoft. Six in 10 large enterprises reported a skills […]

February 19, 2024

Officials at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology found themselves in a position familiar to most IT organizations: aware of the need to do more to attract IT workers given that they — like most employers — faced fierce […]

February 13, 2024

While the past few years have left us with a business landscape scarred by the impact of economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the current AI movement has become a rocket ship for significant transformative changes set to accelerate new opportunities. Alongside […]

February 7, 2024

When public access to the internet emerged in the late 1990s, CIOs were faced with a question: Do we allow our employees to search freely, or do we put restrictions on access while at work? We all know how that […]

February 6, 2024

The question of the day is no longer “What’s the best cloud?” It’s now “How do we build a team of people to build a net-new generative AI system?” Budgets have dropped. The board of directors wants one of these […]

February 2, 2024

For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. Just 28% of IT leadership roles are filled by women, according to DDI’s 2023 Global Leadership Forecast, and many […]

February 2, 2024

Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative AI (genAI) has become a high priority for enterprise CEOs and boards of directors. A PwC report, for instance, found that 84% of CIOs expect to use genAI to support a […]

January 31, 2024

The biggest companies in the world are keeping tech workers’ wages low by buying up companies instead of hiring their talent, creating an increasingly limited number of potential workplaces for developers and other high-tech professionals — all while draining talent […]

January 11, 2024

When I last dedicated an episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast to the state of tech talent, we were just coming out of a multi-year “sellers” market, and we could sense that we were hitting an inflection point. Fast-forward a […]

January 9, 2024

At some time or another, you have almost certainly looked around your workplace and wondered why it doesn’t seem to operate as well as you think it should. It could be processes that don’t seem to work, too many meetings […]

January 8, 2024

Software developers are vital to the success of your enterprise, and as a manager, you need to know how to keep them happy at work. We’ve already discussed the 9 ways to keep your developer team happy. Now, let’s examine […]

December 27, 2023

Making an international move can be dauting — but moving for a new job can take some of the pressure off. Using your skills and expertise to land a job in another country can offer a unique opportunity to experience […]

December 18, 2023

I recently moderated a session for the CSO Cybersecurity Summit on building resilience and addressing employee anxiety amid organizational transformation. My session focused on the stresses and burnout experienced by security teams, including recent data showing that 94% of chief […]

December 18, 2023

It’s no secret that software developers are in demand. Even in uncertain economic times, organizations are eager to find and retain people who know how to code. An important question for development team leaders, then, is what factors make developers […]

December 4, 2023

The job market for software developers has always been competitive, but we’re about to experience a talent crunch unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this industry. Generative AI is everywhere, and anyone who works in software is trying to figure […]

November 20, 2023

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. And like the Holy Grail, it has been elusive. But based on our work with companies from a range of industries, we think we may have figured out a […]

November 6, 2023

When employees disengage from work — often called quiet quitting — it starts a ripple effect that can damage everything from their career trajectory to your team, company, and the global economy. Gallup estimates that this phenomenon cost the economy […]

November 6, 2023

Customer experience leaders want better cross-department collaboration, empowerment as an agent of change and the ability to change company culture to become more customer-centric and establish the right customer experience model. Those are the top three reasons CX leaders gave […]