Business networks are vital for success in the modern landscape.
With 68% of UK businesses struggling to fill roles where digital skills are required, organisations need to ensure their IT is as effective and reliable as possible. These networks underpin almost every part of a business’s operations and enable them to function seamlessly amidst the skills shortage crisis.
At the same time, the range of technologies that businesses can use – and are increasingly expected to use – has massively expanded, especially in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Many organisations have separate networks that are connected to IoT, with a distinct corporate network to improve security, which is crucial as 32% of businesses overall recall experiencing breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. This network segmentation not only enhances cybersecurity but also allows for efficient integration of emerging technologies while safeguarding critical business operations.
A more complicated network is naturally more complicated to manage, whether it’s evolving the network with new technology to suit changing business needs, or troubleshooting problems when they arise. A network with multiple interfaces that don’t directly connect or communicate with each other can only make problems worse. All this requires a considerable commitment to specialist skills and manpower, which amid a growing shortage in skilled IT talent worldwide, is increasingly difficult for businesses to implement.
Addressing Challenges Stemming from IT Talent Shortages
A lack of skilled networking personnel can quickly have an impact that spreads throughout an organisation.
Network mismanagement
Teams don’t have the resources or the time to fully investigate problems and tickets, or aren’t able to set up the network properly in the first place.
Lack of digital experience monitoring
Larger and more complex networks require greater visibility to detect the root cause of any problems. According to UK Government figures, only 32% of businesses monitor user activity on their networks, underlining the difficulty in establishing and maintaining full visibility.
Lack of evolution and resilience
Without the staff to evolve a network, it can easily stagnate without new innovations, or the right updates and patches to software. This means the usefulness of the network, and by extension the business as a whole, can quickly fall behind.
Difficulties in business transitions
Hybrid networking, and the flexibility, resilience and scalability involved, has added further complications, especially around the volume of mundane and repetitive tasks network admins have to deal with.
What this means for you and your business
Empowering solutions: Leveraging SCC to address talent shortages and beyond
When you partner with SCC, you get end-to-end services from engineers who understand the challenges of the networking talent shortage. They can assess, design, and implement your networking requirements, and put all the building blocks in place to evolve and improve them over time. Additionally, our long-standing partnerships with world-leading technology vendors allows us to blend technology with expertise and deliver the best solution for the present and future of your network.
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