A survey of 418 hiring managers published this week by the Linux Foundation found 59% of respondents changed or revised their technical hiring plans for 2023 because of economic uncertainty. Among those organizations, the primary strategy for addressing these concerns was to freeze hiring (34%), followed by a focus on hiring to address specific skills […]
TechStrong Con: Downturn Brings Additional Sense of DevOps Urgency
Regardless of whether the overall economy is experiencing a correction or is on the cusp of a recession, organizations are going to prioritize some projects over others as resources become more constrained. During the “DevOps: Has the Bubble Burst?” panel made up of DevOps executives and investors from venture capital firms that kicked off the […]
Coronavirus Impact: Enterprises Must Focus on What Works
As the economic slowdown continues, CIOs, CFOs and enterprise technology teams continue to grapple with frozen budgets and how their enterprise will keep their operations functioning as they attempt to move forward with crucial digital transformation efforts, and possibly shelve those initiatives deemed less critical. How are CIOs deciding what projects get postponed? Many projects […]
How 200 CIOs Responded to a Fully Remote Economy
The COVID-19 global pandemic has ushered a significant priority shift for the digital workplace. As development teams become completely remote, executive priorities are rapidly adapting to meet the gravity of these unanticipated times. But, were IT leaders prepared for such a dramatic shift? What are they doing to evolve? To answer these tough questions, let’s […]
Coronavirus Economic Shutdown: Analysts Hit the Brakes on Global IT Spending Estimates
By most accounts, 2020 was set to be a pretty good year for U.S. gross domestic product and enterprise IT budgets. That was before the novel coronavirus, and the subsequent economic shutdown that is designed to blunt its spread and avoid overwhelming the nation’s health system. Analysts are now slashing their economic growth rates and […]