Latest Tech Industry Stats from Surveys: Week of July 20, 2020

Latest survey results from Ascend.io, Vena Solutions, CloudBees, and more, this week in IT.

84% of respondents said information inaccessibility stop them from doing their jobs: ASG Survey

Accelerated Strategies Group (ASG) released a survey commissioned by CloudBees exploring the struggles of enterprises delivering software efficiently and strategically. The study, titled 2020 State of Software Delivery Management ReportOpens a new window revealed that 84% of respondents found it challenging to accomplish their tasks to the best of their abilities due to the inaccessibility of information. 65% said they’re unable to quantify the cost of feature delivery delays, blocking their ability to accurately project overall lost opportunity costs.

Three report studies 3 areas where Software Delivery Management can most impact organizations looking to improve their ability to deliver software effectively, including:

1. Quantifying the impact of investments in software delivery
2. The capability of software delivery teams to communicate and collaborate
3. End-to-end visibility into the value flow of software delivery streams

Data Teams are Operating at Max or Over Capacity: Ascend.io Survey

Data engineering company Ascend.ioOpens a new window surveyed over 300 professionals to collect insights on their teams’ current workload, productivity bottlenecks, and perspectives on automation and low-code technologies. The survey revealed that 79% of respondents are taking up responsibilities that are not in their core job function, and 97% say that they are operating at max capacity or are over it. 89% are taking to automation, low-code, or no-code technologies, and 73% see it as an opportunity for career advancement.

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Sean Knapp, CEO, and founder of Ascend.io, speaking to Toolbox about the findings said, “Data initiatives today are being slowed down – or have come to a grinding halt – because teams are overloaded with time-consuming data engineering tasks. Without enough data engineers to keep up, automation and low-/no-code solutions will be increasingly important to accelerate productivity and keep pace with business demand.”

90% Security Professionals SayPhishing and Ransomware are Top Risks: Balbix Report

Balbix recently released its 2020 Cybersecurity 360 ReportOpens a new window that highlights the state of enterprise cybersecurity posture amidst COVID-19. The report cited that 89% of security professionals are concerned about phishing, web, and ransomware attacks. Despite this, only 48% confirm that they have continuous visibility into the risk area of phishing, web, and ransomware.

74% APAC and Japan Professionals Say Cybersecurity Enhancement an Investment Priority: CrowdStrike Report

CloudStrike, the company that delivers endpoint protection through the cloud, released its 2020 CrowdStrike Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) State of Cybersecurity ReportOpens a new window . The report, which studied the responses from over 2000 business leaders across Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Japan found that aside from prioritizing enhancement of cybersecurity for additional investment, 67% feel their organizations should invest more in building a remote work environment.

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85.4% Of Respondents Believe AI is Driving The Overall Growth: Epicor Report

Industry-specific enterprise software provider Epicor Software CorporationOpens a new window released a report that predicts that over the next 12 months, organizations will be prioritizing better technology (41.4%), better planning (38.9%), and working more efficiently (40.9%). 85.4% of respondents said AI drives overall company growth, and 37.9% of respondents felt it increased competitiveness.

NTT DATA Reveals Where Enterprises Actually Use Data

Digital business and IT services provider NTT DATA unveiled its study “The Big Pivot: From Data Islands to Data InsightsOpens a new window ” which revealed that only 10% of organizations are using data effectively, even when 79% of organizations recognize its strategic value. The study further unveiled that 37% are effectively using data to adapt or invent a new business model, and only 31% are using data to enter new markets.

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Surfshark Delivers Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index

Privacy protection company SurfsharkOpens a new window conducted a survey measuring internet quality, affordability, e-security, online government services, and e-infrastructure. The report highlighted that the pandemic had a significant impact on the internet stability. 49 of 85 countries experienced drops in mobile and 44 in broadband speed due to the WFH trend. It also found that e-security, e-infrastructure, and e-government have a more significant correlation with digital quality of life than GDP per capita.

Dom Dimas, Head of the DQL research at Surfshark, in conversation with Toolbox shared, “The impact of COVID-19 on the internet infrastructure has once again shown digital wellbeing is becoming increasingly important. However, despite its rising significance, there is no proper way to measure any country’s overall digital performance. The Digital Quality of Life (DQL) research aims to start a conversation about the state of our digital lives. The study provides insight into the overall digital quality of life across 85 countries based on five fundamental pillars (internet affordability & quality, e-government, e-security, and e-infrastructure).”

57% of Organizations Challenged by Disconnected Data: Vena Report

Vena Solutions surveyed 350 business leaders and finance and operations professionals on how their organizations are facing the challenge of today’s unprecedented change. The results were published in the Vena Industry Benchmark ReportOpens a new window . The report showed that only 44% of respondents have an early warning system to receive operational and financial reviews. 57% are dealing with disparate and disconnected data sources as their primary challenge.

“Businesses today need to be able to plan with agility to keep ahead of constant change,” said Darrell Cox, Chief Finance Officer at Vena Solutions in a conversation with Toolbox. “The inaugural Vena Industry Benchmark Report provides valuable insight to help them do that, and context to help finance and operations teams drive decision making going forward. Having ready access to this kind of information is critical to agile finance-led business planning for long-term success.”

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