If we learned anything over the past year, we came to understand how critical digital capabilities have become to keep organizations and their work-from-anywhere employees connected and going. That's given IT leaders and professionals a seat at the table when it comes to assuring both the day-to-day operations of their businesses, as well as providing strategic device for the future.
At last, the room goes quiet when it's the IT executive's turn to speak.
But there is also great dissatisfaction with the state of IT rumbling within the corporate ranks. There's a pervasive feeling among many that their organizations are falling behind the technology curve, even at a time when dependence on IT is increasing.
That's the takeaway from a survey[1] of 1,739 line-of-business managers across the world, released by MuleSoft, which finds only 37% believe they currently have enough skills and technology to keep pace with digital projects during this period of upheaval. The majority, 58%, even feel IT leaders are spending too much time "keeping the lights on" rather than supporting innovation. Forty-four percent even go as far as to say they think their organization's IT department is a blocker on innovation.
It's not necessarily the fault of IT, who are tasked with bringing what are often vast spaghetti-works of disconnected and legacy systems into the 21st century, while also holding their organizations together in one piece through the Covid crisis. Oh, and without the adequate budgets to do so. "Overall IT budgets are expected to decline slightly year-over-year in 2021," according to a survey[2] released by SWZD.
And, by the way, requirements have just changed for the umpteenth time this month. In addition, already-stretched IT teams can't