Happenings

By Mbula Schoen, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner Following numerous announcements of layoffs across the tech industry, many tech and business leaders have concluded that the tech talent crunch is over. Appearances can be deceiving, however. In a recent Gartner survey, 86% of CIOs reported facing more competition for qualified candidates and 73% were worried […]

Cloud Drives Digital Business Transformation Through Emerging Technologies, Including Generative AI Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 21.7% to total $597.3 billion in 2023, up from $491 billion in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. Cloud computing is driving the next phase of digital business, as organizations […]

High Inventory and Low Demand Led to Second Consecutive Quarter of Historic Year-Over-Year Decline Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55.2 million units in the first quarter of 2023, a 30% decrease from the first quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. An unfavorable combination of oversupply and continued low PC demand due to […]

Less than half of data and analytics (D&A) leaders (44%) reported that their team is effective in providing value to their organization, according to a new Gartner, Inc. survey. Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) must focus on presence, persistence and performance to succeed in their role and deliver measurable business results. “D&A is in the business […]

Fifty percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) will adopt human centric design to reduce cybersecurity operational friction; large enterprises will focus on implementing zero-trust programs; and half of cybersecurity leaders will have unsuccessfully tried to use cyber risk quantification to drive decision making, according to the top cybersecurity predictions revealed by Gartner, Inc. “There’s […]