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My Team Lacks the Skills Necessary to Build a Scalable Technology Footprint
Attracting and retaining top talent, such as enterprise architects, security experts, software engineers, and data analysts, is an incredibly difficult feat for CIOs year after year. In fact, 82% of Fortune 500 executives don’t believe their companies attract highly talented people. Talent acquisition remains among the top three concerns cited by IT executives because they realize that people are the foundation of a strong technology strategy. Highly efficient organizations leverage their internal resources to focus on building innovative new products and services. A strategic technology partner can provide enterprise architects, managed cloud services, and best practices for thousands of implementations, along with the technical expertise necessary to support and grow their organization.
Increased Business Disruptions
75%
of organizations will experience visible business disruptions due to gaps in their infrastructure and operations skills, which is an increase of over 300% since 2016.i
Lost Productivity
71%
of IT leaders reported decreased efficiency due to a lack of specialized technology skills, like enterprise architects, on their IT teams.ii
Delays in Launches and Migrations
69%
of the time the lack of technology skills negatively affects project completion and time-to-market.iii
