As technology evolves, the skills gap within IT departments continues to widen. New technologies are being adopted more quickly to keep pace with business changes, necessitating a constant update of skills. Yet, fully outsourcing these skills isn’t always the solution, as they are a core part of any IT organization. To effectively address this issue, we need a strategy that focuses on continually closing the skills gap.

As we transition into the next era of information technology, organizations face increasing pressure to deliver value to customers more rapidly. As well as higher quality, flexible access to data and applications and uncompromised security. Concurrently, they must manage growing complexity, including increasingly distributed hybrid cloud architectures and data sprawl – and accompanying costs – in order to remain competitive.

Organizations today face a myriad of risks that can affect their operations, reputation and bottom line. Prime among them are the existential threats to your data, including infrastructure risks and data risks. Comprehensive data governance solutions enable you to address both your infrastructure and data risk to build a resilient and secure environment that supports your operations and protects your valuable data assets.

Enterprise computing goes through constant cycles of reinvention, often driven by the arrival of an innovation with the potential to change everything. As a service business models and GenAI are both great examples. As anyone in this space can attest, the pace of change can age you quickly. But at the same time, it’s what makes the business so exciting. And dare I say, it’s what keeps everyone in it young. It’s a bit of a conundrum if you think about it.