PTT for Living in the IT era

1. GROUP 6
ABEGAYL DELATINA
CHRISTINE JOY TABURA
ROI EMMAN BELONIO
LENEA BAGALLON
JOHN CARLO BEATRIZ
CARL EFHRAIM BARAQUIA
REPORTER IN LIVING IN THE IT ERA

2. IT TRENDS, ISSUES AND
CHALLENGES

3. Information Technology Trends
New trends arise within this industry
every year, and it becomes important for
professionals to be familiar with these
different trends and all that they entail. No
matter what profession one is working in,
being familiar with these can improve your
professional standing and can help one
understand what the potential upgrades are
for the industry that you are already working
in.

4. 1. Cloud Computing
One of the biggest trends that have emerged
during the past year is that of cloud computing.
More and more industries are realizing that it is
important for a company to have a designated place
for all of their digital information and resources, and
having a well-protected place that can take care of
everything and keep the information safe has almost
become a necessity.

5. 2. Mobile Apps
Mobile applications have only grown in popularity over
the past few years, and this year, they are surfacing in bigger
and better ways.
3. Big Data Analytics
Big data analytics is a trend that has grown over the
past few years, and this is something that is now being
implemented in almost every kind of industry that makes use
of large-scale production processes and manufacturing and
supply.

6. 4. Automation
Automation is one trend that has largely hit the
manufacturing and production units and is something that is
estimated to only grow more in the coming years.
5. Artificial Intelligence
While automation is growing, artificial intelligence is now
starting to see the light of day. The past year saw the
introduction of several new mediums of artificial intelligence

7. Issues
1. New security threats
Headline-grabbing recent events may spark surprising
new security threats, says Rick Grinnell, founder and
managing partner of Glass wing Ventures.
2. Data protection
Forward-thinking organizations are now implementing
privacy by design in their products, but making sure those
efforts meet GDPR standards is an ongoing concern. Google,
for example, just saw a record fine by French regulators over
how the company collects data.

8. 3. Skills gap
More than one of our sources mentioned the much-
discussed skills gap in IT, but with a twist — some tech leaders
now see the problem more self-inflicted than intractable.
4. Multi-cloud security
When exploring new cloud-based services, CIOs now
need to ask about security across multiple platforms, says
Laurent Gil, security product strategy architect at Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure.

9. 5. Innovation and digital transformation
According to Gartner data, about two-thirds of business
leaders think their companies need to speed up their digital
transformation or face losing ground to competitors.

10. IT challenges
1. Workload
Both IT staff and decision-makers are overwhelmed with work
demands. It’s sort of a chicken and egg scenario—decision-makers are
using increasing workloads as an excuse not to authorize training, and
staff are struggling to complete assignments because they lack the
proper skills.
2. Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity challenge is two-fold:
Cyberattacks are growing in size and sophistication
Millions of cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled.

11. 3. Skills gaps
Over 80% of North American IT departments have skills gaps.
Globally, IT skills gaps have increased by 155% in three years. They can
no longer be ignored, especially as a lack of necessary skills can be
credited for increased employee stress, development and
deployment delays, and increased operating costs.
4. Digital transformation
Digital transformation is latest disrupter. It has led to
technology no longer providing a sustained competitive
advantage. It now plays a supporting role to people with the
right skills. Expertise is needed now more than ever to manage
and implement all of the new technologies.

12. 5. Cloud computing
Cloud is the top investment area worldwide for IT
departments. Organizations require an infusion of cloud skills to
match their monetary investment in cloud platforms. Much like
cybersecurity, cloud professionals are in high demand and short
supply. According to IT decision-makers, cloud computing is the
second most challenging hiring area in the world.