A new survey describes an IT spending landscape shaped by remote work and its consequences, as spending growth slows slightly, with security and networking as priorities.
NEWTON, MASS. (PRWEB) November 30, 2021 Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a leading IT analyst, research, and strategy firm, and a division of TechTarget,
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Employee monitoring is on the rise. ESG s international 2021 Technology Spending Intentions Survey noted that almost half (48%) of senior IT decision makers questioned had been asked to increase employee monitoring since the start of the pandemic, while GetApp s Employee Monitoring Survey reported that one in four UK SMBs have implemented employee monitoring software in that time.
Other experts, however, say these statistics should be viewed with caution, as employee surveillance is an under researched area with little hard data available. Dr Alan Warr, chair of BCS Consultancy Specialist Group notes that employee monitoring has – to some extent – always been around, particularly in regulated industries, but that over the last few decades use of digital monitoring tools has steadily risen and will continue to do
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IT Organizations Faces More Challenges Than Ever
Multiple factors are making IT more complex as organizations cope with changing networking, storage, and security requirements. In ESG s 2021 Technology Spending Intentions Survey,