An insufficient number of qualified IT professionals is still a huge problem for business. The data from the EU’s statistical office shows that 60 percent of companies in the EU struggle with staff gaps in IT departments. In turn, the Polish Economic Institute reports that 20 percent of companies have had to abandon some project due to a lack of suitable employees.
Shortage on the IT market
The lack of qualified staff in the market has a real impact on Polish economy, which is in the middle of digital transformation and the fourth industrial revolution. In fact every sector needs modern IT to develop dynamically. Without adequate specialists this growth is simply at risk – says Mariusz Juranek, Commercial Director at Polcom.
In the contact of introduction NIS2 directive, this is a particularly significant challenge. The European regulation imposes the key service operators to have a qualified security team and a system for continuous monitoring of IT infrastructure, in order to face the growing number of cyber threats. According to the Polcom and Intel report “Investment in the time of crisis. Cloud and new technologies. Perspective for 2022-2023” there were 7 million hacking attacks in 2021.
Therefore, the question is not “if” but “when” more companies will be targeted by hackers. Data leakage is a complex problem, generating not only financial consequences but also image damage that is difficult to repair.
Secure cloud computing
A professional partner offering cloud services plays a key role not only in the effective management of IT infrastructure, but also in the digital transformation process, by sharing their knowledge and experience. Qualified engineers ensure that systems are monitored, potential threats are detected and security incidents reported, but also actively support the organization in implementing security policies and provide guidance on optimizing the system used.
Investment optimisation through the cloud is also an issue of particular importance in the face of the economic downturn. The traditional IT model generates significant costs and every infrastructure upgrade entails further expenditure. With cloud computing, the organizations uses computing power in a service model and only pays for the resources actually consumed.