Survey Reveals Major Increase in Upgrades to
Over the past eight years, the most consistent data point in the
Key Findings
· In addition to cybersecurity, other top concerns include high availability/disaster recovery (59%) and modernizing applications (56%).
· 24% of respondents do not adhere to any compliance mandates. “While this figure has dropped significantly from 40% in 2018, it’s astonishing to see one-quarter of organizations still do not adhere to any compliance requirements,” said Huntington.
- The biggest increase is those adhering to HIPAA regulations (21%). “This could correlate to a higher number of respondents in the healthcare industry responding to the survey or a result of COVID-19 dominating headlines and reinforcing healthcare privacy,” added Huntington.
· Remote operations brought new challenges including security concerns with remote access (46%) and supporting employees working from home (42%).
- Many organizations are making changes to better support remote operations such as automating manual processes (38%), leveraging
· RPG usage has soared to 93%. “We are seeing more and more people writing in a combination of languages, especially because modern RPG looks and acts like other languages, which also makes it easier to teach. This is promising for the future of
· 73% of respondents are considering upgrading to Power10. According to Huntington, “This is no surprise, as we know there are tangible benefits to new hardware around security, virtualization, and high availability. The launch of Power10 also means that older hardware will begin to phase out which software it supports.”
· A new finding this year was a 33% increase in IT and business automation. Per Huntington, “The combination of supporting a remote workforce and the shortage of IT resources could be driving this.”
Aside from year-over-year trends and data points, the report findings also answer the following questions:
· Are more organizations adopting
· Are shops expanding their
· How does
· Are IBM i customers staying current on the latest OS levels?
Methodology and Demographics
This survey represents the viewpoints of
This year saw a trend upward in responses from smaller organizations (less than 500 employees). 50% of respondents work for an organization with fewer than 499 employees, an increase of 4 points from the previous year. This correlates with smaller manufacturers running
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