CIOs Failing To Safeguard Valuable IT Skills

CIOs Failing To Safeguard Valuable IT Skills

Chief information officers (CIOs) are failing to invest in staff with specialist knowledge of IT services and business alignment, despite recognising the importance of such skills, according to new research.


Application management firm Micro Focus surveyed 450 companies globally for its Safeguarding the Corporate IT Assets report, and found that many organisations are not devoting the time or budget to safeguarding the skills needed to exploit their most valuable IT assets.



While two-thirds of human resources directors believe that IT skills are the most in need of recruitment, just 13 per cent of UK CIOs are hiring staff who understand IT services and business alignment.



However, nearly two-thirds said that skills to modernise core IT assets are the most valuable in a recession, rather than skills to implement new replacement technologies.