IT Professionals Worldwide Feel Ill-Equipped for the Shift to Remote Work

IT Professionals Worldwide Feel Ill-Equipped for the Shift to Remote Work

Article by Shelagh Dolan  |  Jun 5, 2020
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With most companies working remotely, many IT departments realize that they don't have the right infrastructure for this transition amid the pandemic.

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According to May 2020 data from AppDynamics, 90% of IT professionals worldwide cited quickly acquiring and scaling the necessary technology to be a major challenge, while 89% and 86% of respondents noted expanding network capacity and addressing a surge in help desk requests, respectively.

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