The news of Brexit rocked the tech sector this week as CIOs sought to determine its impact on global businesses, tech spending, data management, hiring and more. In this week's edition of news for IT pros, you'll find a collection of articles to help you make sense of tech life after Brexit and more news for CIOs.
Tech after Brexit: Where do we go from here? [ZDNet]: UK editor in chief for ZDNet, Steve Ranger, lists the possible positive and negative impacts of Brexit on the tech industry. Although, until negotiations are hammered out, he says, “there's likely to be plenty of the uncertainty.” Ranger suggests that the biggest threats will be around talent: “If companies can't fill tech roles quickly in the UK, that's going to put the brakes on growth, as new projects pile up uncompleted. An even worse scenario looms: as developers can work remotely just as well from Paris as from Birmingham, many companies may simply hire developers to work from abroad, further undermining the UK's tech sector.”
Brexit: Answers to 8 crucial questions for business and technology professionals [TechRepublic]: Conner Forrest provides a list of critical questions that will help CIOs understand the impact of Brexit on their business. From how to prepare your business (“There isn't much you can do yet, but there are a few things that can get you ahead of the curve.”) to whether or not it will affect spending (“Short answer: Yes.”), this article will provide some early answers to the questions on the minds of CIOs.
Brexit: CIO strategy following currency and market turmoil [ComputerWeekly]: Cliff Saran says, “CIOs may have to rethink their IT plans, especially those relating to future upgrades” in the wake of Brexit. Saran highlights predictions from analysts Canalys, Gartner, and Forrester about declining IT spending in 2016 and 2017 and the short term effects on CIO budgets. “With costs set to increase, and spending in IT set to fall, Forrester recommended that CIOs use cloud computing, DevOps, automation and cognitive systems to help their businesses strip out IT operations costs.”
Brexit spells turbulence for cloud computing: 6 stormy scenarios [ZDNet]: In the midst of uncertainty around Brexit, Larry Dignan speculates a few scenarios that may play out – from the highly likely, to what may be possible over time – as well as their impacts on cloud providers.
More news for CIOs
Driving a digital transformation [Software Development Times]
Corporate boards seek more IT expertise, but CIO presence still small [TechTarget]
