The working conditions survey interviewed 1,202 members of SAK-affiliated trade unions by telephone in February and March 2018. The SAK Good Job Barometer gauges the quality of working conditions by measuring employment essentials and elements of a smooth working experience.
This partial report of the working conditions survey concerning digitisation was produced as part of the SAK Time of Opportunities project.
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (North America)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in North America.
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT, Public Sector ResultsSolarWinds
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering organizational impact
(North America, Public Sector)
Cybersecurity breaches in the government seem to be all over the news. The sheer number and wild variety of sources for these breaches led us to wonder what federal agencies are really dealing with. SolarWinds® partnered with leading government research provider Market Connections to survey 200 federal IT and IT security professionals to find out their top cybersecurity concerns and the obstacles they face when implementing IT security strategies.
The results of our survey include:
Detailed insight into the threats, challenges, and sources of cybersecurity breaches the government faces in its IT infrastructure
Top hindrances in the implementation of appropriate IT security tools
Strategies and courses of action being deployed by federal IT professionals to remediate cybersecurity threats
These results demonstrate that a broad and concerning range of cybersecurity threats plague government agencies. Federal IT pros must consider taking a more pragmatic and unified approach to addressing the availability, performance, and security of their infrastructures.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
This survey of IT professionals at public sector agencies found that:
1) Nearly all respondents said increasing network complexity has affected their job responsibilities in the last 3-5 years.
2) Compute virtualization and cloud computing had the largest impacts and are seen as most important for remaining competitive.
3) Only about 30% of respondents are confident in providing guidance on strategic technology decisions due to complexity.
4) Most want more training to provide better guidance on emerging technologies.
The document discusses bridging the gap between IT managers and users to improve productivity. A survey found users feel IT departments are behind in supporting current working trends like remote working. There is also a disconnect between how IT managers think they are supporting productivity and users' experiences. The document suggests better communication is needed between IT and users, and that users should have more input into technology decisions and strategies to fully realize productivity gains from new technologies and working styles.
Over half of IT professionals feel infrastructure complexity has greatly affected their role in the last 3-5 years. Cloud computing is seen as the most disruptive emerging technology and the most important for investment. While most IT professionals are confident in providing strategic guidance, the majority only get occasional opportunities. To feel more empowered, around half need more training in their areas and a better understanding of the business.
Nearly half of IT professionals surveyed indicated that additional training in their areas of responsibility would empower them to provide more strategic guidance to business decisions. Around a third felt they were already confident in this role, while another third wanted a better understanding of business operations. Infrastructure complexity was found to have greatly impacted most IT roles in the past 3-5 years. Data analytics and security were seen as the skills most important for the future.
The document discusses the results of a survey of 298 IT professionals in the US and Canada on emerging technologies and their impact on the role of IT. Key findings include:
- Over 90% of IT professionals said infrastructure complexity has affected their role in the last 3-5 years.
- Top emerging technologies impacting businesses were compute virtualization, mobility, and cloud computing. BYOD was seen as most disruptive.
- Cloud computing and mobility were seen as most important for investment to remain competitive in the future.
- Information security and cloud skills will be most in demand, while server management and virtualization skills are most likely to be automated.
- The IT role needing most adaptation is information security.
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (North America)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in North America.
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT, Public Sector ResultsSolarWinds
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering organizational impact
(North America, Public Sector)
Cybersecurity breaches in the government seem to be all over the news. The sheer number and wild variety of sources for these breaches led us to wonder what federal agencies are really dealing with. SolarWinds® partnered with leading government research provider Market Connections to survey 200 federal IT and IT security professionals to find out their top cybersecurity concerns and the obstacles they face when implementing IT security strategies.
The results of our survey include:
Detailed insight into the threats, challenges, and sources of cybersecurity breaches the government faces in its IT infrastructure
Top hindrances in the implementation of appropriate IT security tools
Strategies and courses of action being deployed by federal IT professionals to remediate cybersecurity threats
These results demonstrate that a broad and concerning range of cybersecurity threats plague government agencies. Federal IT pros must consider taking a more pragmatic and unified approach to addressing the availability, performance, and security of their infrastructures.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
This survey of IT professionals at public sector agencies found that:
1) Nearly all respondents said increasing network complexity has affected their job responsibilities in the last 3-5 years.
2) Compute virtualization and cloud computing had the largest impacts and are seen as most important for remaining competitive.
3) Only about 30% of respondents are confident in providing guidance on strategic technology decisions due to complexity.
4) Most want more training to provide better guidance on emerging technologies.
The document discusses bridging the gap between IT managers and users to improve productivity. A survey found users feel IT departments are behind in supporting current working trends like remote working. There is also a disconnect between how IT managers think they are supporting productivity and users' experiences. The document suggests better communication is needed between IT and users, and that users should have more input into technology decisions and strategies to fully realize productivity gains from new technologies and working styles.
Over half of IT professionals feel infrastructure complexity has greatly affected their role in the last 3-5 years. Cloud computing is seen as the most disruptive emerging technology and the most important for investment. While most IT professionals are confident in providing strategic guidance, the majority only get occasional opportunities. To feel more empowered, around half need more training in their areas and a better understanding of the business.
Nearly half of IT professionals surveyed indicated that additional training in their areas of responsibility would empower them to provide more strategic guidance to business decisions. Around a third felt they were already confident in this role, while another third wanted a better understanding of business operations. Infrastructure complexity was found to have greatly impacted most IT roles in the past 3-5 years. Data analytics and security were seen as the skills most important for the future.
The document discusses the results of a survey of 298 IT professionals in the US and Canada on emerging technologies and their impact on the role of IT. Key findings include:
- Over 90% of IT professionals said infrastructure complexity has affected their role in the last 3-5 years.
- Top emerging technologies impacting businesses were compute virtualization, mobility, and cloud computing. BYOD was seen as most disruptive.
- Cloud computing and mobility were seen as most important for investment to remain competitive in the future.
- Information security and cloud skills will be most in demand, while server management and virtualization skills are most likely to be automated.
- The IT role needing most adaptation is information security.
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
The document is the 2016-17 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary and analysis of survey results on topics related to test data management in the Turkish software industry. Some of the key findings from the surveys include:
- Over 70% of organizations report that software testers are responsible for test data generation.
- Over half of organizations spend between 11-50% of their testing efforts on test data management activities.
- The top challenges in creating test data are having up-to-date and consistent data that resembles real production data.
- Most organizations manually generate test data or use subsets of production data for testing. Very few use full database virtualization.
-
Automation of IT systems can save public sector organizations time and money while increasing productivity, according to a survey of 162 IT professionals. Network configuration management was found to be the most beneficial automation tool, saving over 58% of respondents' time. While 53% of respondents said automation had not changed their IT staff sizes, 67% saw increased productivity and over 84% believed automation saved time. However, integrating tools, budget constraints, and lack of training were cited as challenges to successful automation rollout. Compliance reporting requirements were also driving many organizations' decisions to adopt automation.
This document summarizes the key findings of a global study on the future workforce conducted by Penn Schoen Berland between April and May 2016. It finds that while today's workforce is still reliant on older technologies like desktops and landlines, employees expect smart offices utilizing technologies like the Internet of Things within the next 5 years. However, the transition is not uniform across regions or generations. Younger millennials are more open to new technologies and mobile work. The summary outlines trends in technology preferences, productivity challenges, and expectations for how communication and workstyles will change as connectivity improves.
Mobile Business Budgeting Survey from SageCLOUD9RT
Surprisingly, fewer business owners and managers are equipping their people with mobile devices this year over last, according to a 2nd yearly mobile business budgeting poll from Sage, with barely half of those firms responding (54 percent) providing their staff with smart devices, down from nearly 70% in 2013.
International Technology Adoption & Workforce Issues Study - UK SummaryCompTIA
85% of UK executives indicate at least some degree of gaps in IT skills at their business exists. 62% of UK executives believe the cybersecurity threat level is increasing. Find out more on how companies are adopting new technology and how it's impacting their workforce.
Data Quality Doesn’t Just Happen: And Here’s What Some of the Industry’s Most...InsightInnovation
Data quality isn’t always the sexiest topic, but it’s critical and one that buyers and suppliers often neglect to have. The ramifications of ignoring it can cost millions of dollars. Some of the industry’s largest buyers and suppliers have found a simple solution though and it’s one that is available to everyone else too. Come here about how the issue of data quality concerns haven’t gone away, and what others are doing to make sure they and their insights are protected.
Only few organizations wise up to new digital competitors, as they usually come from outside their own sector and are not taken seriously at first. Their allegedly inferior propositions confuse prominent players, who should in fact be the very first to be fully aware of potentially disruptive innovation.
To swing into action rapidly, existing organizations would be well advised to properly analyze anything resembling digital competition. Evidently, there are clear patterns behind the startup success marking a new techno-economic reality. Ecosystems, APIs, and platforms characterize this New Normal where customers have more freedom of choice and better service at lower costs.
These successful disruptors are called two-sided market players, also known as multi-sided platform players. Companies like Uber and Airbnb are getting all the media attention, however there are over 9000 players (and counting) active in almost every industry.
The new VINT report explores the new digital competition and presents:
A analysis of the success factors of disruption
10 design principles of the new digital competition like Unbundle your organization processes, APIs first. Access over ownership and Building trust with social systems
The need for every business to develop a API-strategy
An appeal to the CIO and the IT department to use a leading digital approach and map out an offensive technological route.
The State of UC: Future Adopters Poised to Reap Benefits via CloudMari Hansen
Companies like yours are successfully addressing communications and collaboration challenges with UC. Learn what holds others back - and how to overcome those obstacles.
Three key findings from the survey:
1) The top 3 business initiatives IT will support are increased operational efficiency, improved customer experience, and cost reduction. The top 3 IT initiatives are cloud computing, modernizing legacy systems, and data governance.
2) Over two-thirds of respondents said siloed data negatively impacts their organization. The most common IT challenge was skills/staff shortage.
3) While most organizations are somewhat effective in getting value from data, making data accessible across the enterprise and delivering insights to business users outside of IT were challenges.
The impact of coronavirus on the tech industry - March 2020 CodinGame SurveyAude Barral
The health crisis caused by the Coronavirus has far from spared the tech industry.
Toward the end of March 2020, CodinGame surveyed over 2,700 developers from 150 countries. In this report, CodinGame provides exclusive data on the impact of the current situation on the economic stability of computer programming jobs around the world.
Report: How Engaged Are Employees During COVID-19?Sarah Jackson
Over 1 in 5 Canadians and Americans surveyed became unemployed, furloughed, or laid-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Canadians more likely to be unemployed. While most employees feel their attitude towards work has stayed the same, around a quarter of Canadians and Americans say their productivity and collaboration with coworkers has decreased since the pandemic. Canadians and Americans working for medium or large companies were more likely to report decreases in collaboration, satisfaction, trust, and engagement with their employer compared to those at smaller companies.
To better understand America’s software development talent shortage and devise solutions, the nonprofit TECNA (Technology Councils of North America) partnered with the global learning leader, Apollo Education Group, and its subsidiary, University of Phoenix, to conduct a research study on software development talent acquisition, skills gaps, and educational requirements. The findings can help employers, higher education institutions, and regional technology councils improve the size, quality, and sustainability of the software development workforce. View this presentation for the full report and findings.
Communication Challenges in Federal TeleworkGov BizCouncil
To better understand federal teleworkers' experience with telework and mobile technologies, Government Business Council and Verizon Wireless undertook an in-depth research study of over 350 federal leaders from over 20 departments and agencies.
- Companies are increasingly allowing employees to use personal mobile devices like smartphones and tablets for work purposes, both basic tasks like email and more advanced functions like CRM and project management.
- Over 70% of companies have changed at least one business process, like in sales, marketing, HR or IT, to capitalize on this trend and better support the use of mobile and consumer technologies in the workplace.
- Companies that have embraced these changes are seeing benefits like improved sales, profits, product development timelines, and employee satisfaction. However, many C-level executives are more focused on potential benefits while IT leaders remain cautious and focused on security and other risks.
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
The document is the 2016-17 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary and analysis of survey results on topics related to test data management in the Turkish software industry. Some of the key findings from the surveys include:
- Over 70% of organizations report that software testers are responsible for test data generation.
- Over half of organizations spend between 11-50% of their testing efforts on test data management activities.
- The top challenges in creating test data are having up-to-date and consistent data that resembles real production data.
- Most organizations manually generate test data or use subsets of production data for testing. Very few use full database virtualization.
-
Automation of IT systems can save public sector organizations time and money while increasing productivity, according to a survey of 162 IT professionals. Network configuration management was found to be the most beneficial automation tool, saving over 58% of respondents' time. While 53% of respondents said automation had not changed their IT staff sizes, 67% saw increased productivity and over 84% believed automation saved time. However, integrating tools, budget constraints, and lack of training were cited as challenges to successful automation rollout. Compliance reporting requirements were also driving many organizations' decisions to adopt automation.
This document summarizes the key findings of a global study on the future workforce conducted by Penn Schoen Berland between April and May 2016. It finds that while today's workforce is still reliant on older technologies like desktops and landlines, employees expect smart offices utilizing technologies like the Internet of Things within the next 5 years. However, the transition is not uniform across regions or generations. Younger millennials are more open to new technologies and mobile work. The summary outlines trends in technology preferences, productivity challenges, and expectations for how communication and workstyles will change as connectivity improves.
Mobile Business Budgeting Survey from SageCLOUD9RT
Surprisingly, fewer business owners and managers are equipping their people with mobile devices this year over last, according to a 2nd yearly mobile business budgeting poll from Sage, with barely half of those firms responding (54 percent) providing their staff with smart devices, down from nearly 70% in 2013.
International Technology Adoption & Workforce Issues Study - UK SummaryCompTIA
85% of UK executives indicate at least some degree of gaps in IT skills at their business exists. 62% of UK executives believe the cybersecurity threat level is increasing. Find out more on how companies are adopting new technology and how it's impacting their workforce.
Data Quality Doesn’t Just Happen: And Here’s What Some of the Industry’s Most...InsightInnovation
Data quality isn’t always the sexiest topic, but it’s critical and one that buyers and suppliers often neglect to have. The ramifications of ignoring it can cost millions of dollars. Some of the industry’s largest buyers and suppliers have found a simple solution though and it’s one that is available to everyone else too. Come here about how the issue of data quality concerns haven’t gone away, and what others are doing to make sure they and their insights are protected.
Only few organizations wise up to new digital competitors, as they usually come from outside their own sector and are not taken seriously at first. Their allegedly inferior propositions confuse prominent players, who should in fact be the very first to be fully aware of potentially disruptive innovation.
To swing into action rapidly, existing organizations would be well advised to properly analyze anything resembling digital competition. Evidently, there are clear patterns behind the startup success marking a new techno-economic reality. Ecosystems, APIs, and platforms characterize this New Normal where customers have more freedom of choice and better service at lower costs.
These successful disruptors are called two-sided market players, also known as multi-sided platform players. Companies like Uber and Airbnb are getting all the media attention, however there are over 9000 players (and counting) active in almost every industry.
The new VINT report explores the new digital competition and presents:
A analysis of the success factors of disruption
10 design principles of the new digital competition like Unbundle your organization processes, APIs first. Access over ownership and Building trust with social systems
The need for every business to develop a API-strategy
An appeal to the CIO and the IT department to use a leading digital approach and map out an offensive technological route.
The State of UC: Future Adopters Poised to Reap Benefits via CloudMari Hansen
Companies like yours are successfully addressing communications and collaboration challenges with UC. Learn what holds others back - and how to overcome those obstacles.
Three key findings from the survey:
1) The top 3 business initiatives IT will support are increased operational efficiency, improved customer experience, and cost reduction. The top 3 IT initiatives are cloud computing, modernizing legacy systems, and data governance.
2) Over two-thirds of respondents said siloed data negatively impacts their organization. The most common IT challenge was skills/staff shortage.
3) While most organizations are somewhat effective in getting value from data, making data accessible across the enterprise and delivering insights to business users outside of IT were challenges.
The impact of coronavirus on the tech industry - March 2020 CodinGame SurveyAude Barral
The health crisis caused by the Coronavirus has far from spared the tech industry.
Toward the end of March 2020, CodinGame surveyed over 2,700 developers from 150 countries. In this report, CodinGame provides exclusive data on the impact of the current situation on the economic stability of computer programming jobs around the world.
Report: How Engaged Are Employees During COVID-19?Sarah Jackson
Over 1 in 5 Canadians and Americans surveyed became unemployed, furloughed, or laid-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Canadians more likely to be unemployed. While most employees feel their attitude towards work has stayed the same, around a quarter of Canadians and Americans say their productivity and collaboration with coworkers has decreased since the pandemic. Canadians and Americans working for medium or large companies were more likely to report decreases in collaboration, satisfaction, trust, and engagement with their employer compared to those at smaller companies.
To better understand America’s software development talent shortage and devise solutions, the nonprofit TECNA (Technology Councils of North America) partnered with the global learning leader, Apollo Education Group, and its subsidiary, University of Phoenix, to conduct a research study on software development talent acquisition, skills gaps, and educational requirements. The findings can help employers, higher education institutions, and regional technology councils improve the size, quality, and sustainability of the software development workforce. View this presentation for the full report and findings.
Communication Challenges in Federal TeleworkGov BizCouncil
To better understand federal teleworkers' experience with telework and mobile technologies, Government Business Council and Verizon Wireless undertook an in-depth research study of over 350 federal leaders from over 20 departments and agencies.
- Companies are increasingly allowing employees to use personal mobile devices like smartphones and tablets for work purposes, both basic tasks like email and more advanced functions like CRM and project management.
- Over 70% of companies have changed at least one business process, like in sales, marketing, HR or IT, to capitalize on this trend and better support the use of mobile and consumer technologies in the workplace.
- Companies that have embraced these changes are seeing benefits like improved sales, profits, product development timelines, and employee satisfaction. However, many C-level executives are more focused on potential benefits while IT leaders remain cautious and focused on security and other risks.
Companies are increasingly embracing consumer technologies like smartphones and tablets in the workplace. Over 70% of companies have changed business processes to capitalize on this trend. Employees are using mobile devices for both basic and advanced work functions. As a result, companies are seeing benefits like improved collaboration, sales, and time to market for new products. However, some gaps remain between business and IT leaders on how to best manage these changes.
A critical gap exists between the enterprise mobility vision and
real-world implementations.
Enterprise mobility and trends like bring your own device
(BYOD) aren’t just hot topics of conversation.
According to the over 1,600 IT and security professionals we surveyed, mobility is a top priority for most IT departments.
Unfortunately, there’s a critical gap between the vision these IT leaders have for enterprise mobility and the real-world implementations.
The insights gathered from IT professionals in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa demonstrate that organisations from around the world share many of the same priorities, challenges and risks.
To better understand the challenges and changing priorities that IT professionals face during the COVID-19 pandemic, the customer experience agency Scheduling shares the results of AppDynamics global research that involves IT top management and IT resource management.
Technology has both positive and negative impacts on small businesses. Positively, technology enhances efficiency, increases customers, and helps save time and money. However, technology is continuously improving and becoming more expensive. It also poses risks like data leakage and hacking. A survey found most small businesses agree technology helps with growth but some doubt its contribution. Analysis of data found technology contributes to smooth operations for most small businesses but fails to provide outcomes for some. In conclusion, technology can help small businesses flourish if deployed carefully considering both benefits and drawbacks.
The Connected Workforce: Maximizing Productivity, Creativity and ProfitabilityInsight
This Insight-sponsored report by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services reveals how IT executives are using end-user computing and collaboration to drive business outcomes. Explore real use cases, common challenges and how to approach new opportunities.
Get the report here: http://ms.spr.ly/6006rNwJA
Wearable technology has left the realm of science fiction and landed squarely in the real world. This Spiceworks white paper, based on a recent survey of IT pros, looks at barriers and benefits to adoption of wearables in the workplace. To learn more, visit http://smbz.us/1bbIhQv
Emerging Technologies for Revenue Agencies - Accenture Researchaccenture
Emerging technologies have ushered in a new era of capability for revenue agencies. But how far have they progressed with these technologies? What exist to further development? And what can be done to speed up their implementation? Accenture’s Public Service Emerging Technologies Research surveyed nearly 800 public service technology leaders, in nine countries, to shed light on these questions.
This document summarizes research on Generation Z employees and IT professionals regarding technology use in the workplace. Some key findings include:
1) Younger employees expect more advanced technology at work than is currently provided, such as laptops instead of desktops, but are aligned with security and policy compliance.
2) Businesses with more Generation Z employees are more likely to allow personal device use at work and have policies to manage it.
3) Younger workers communicate differently at work than with personal contacts, preferring in-person and email over social media for work.
4) Both groups agree end user influence over IT is increasing, especially in businesses with more younger employees, driven by demands for mobility and
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (United Kingdom)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in the United Kingdom.
The document discusses the results of research conducted by Telstra on how employees are adopting and utilizing technology tools for communication and collaboration in the workplace. Some key findings include:
- Nine out of ten IT leaders find it challenging to implement all the technology tools employees expect.
- Around 40% of organizations have achieved "superuser" status by working closely with employees to exceed expectations of the modern workplace.
- Employee expectations are increasingly driving technology adoption in organizations, but almost half of respondents thought their organizations prioritized other IT projects over meeting employee needs.
- Cloud-based unified communication solutions could help meet employee expectations and deliver benefits like better decision making and job satisfaction.
This third annual survey by TECNA, a non-profit trade association of regional technology organizations which serves as a leading voice in growing the North American technology economy, provides current and future technology trends locally, regionally and nationally. The survey was conducted in partnership with CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry.
This document summarizes the key findings of a survey about how companies are responding to the challenges of the application economy. Some of the main points include:
- Half of companies report their industry is being disrupted by the application economy and 44% are experiencing disruption internally.
- Companies are responding by increasing investments in software development by an average of 25% and bringing more development in-house.
- Leaders in responding to the application economy are seeing over double the revenue growth and 50% more business from new products/services.
- However, many companies still report obstacles like budget constraints, security concerns, and lack of skills in responding effectively to the application economy.
- Organizations are increasingly adopting mobile-driven EHS management software, RFID, and NFC tags to conduct inspections and audits to quickly identify and correct process deviations in order to improve workplace safety.
- These technology solutions automate the collection and analysis of safety data, reducing the time spent on data entry and paperwork by 60-70% while improving data accuracy. They also allow real-time monitoring and identification of potential safety issues.
- NFC tags programmed with asset details like maintenance schedules can be read by mobile devices to automatically populate inspection forms, replacing manual data entry and increasing efficiency. This improves data accuracy, accessibility, and transparency of safety performance.
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (Singapore)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in Singapore.
The document summarizes the results of a survey of over 200 small and medium enterprises in Greece. It finds that while business revenues have stabilized over the past year, professionals still struggle with issues like finding qualified employees, competing on price, and lack of support from the government. They rely heavily on digital tools and online advertising to promote their businesses.
Cloud for Busieness Managers: the Good, the Bad and de UglyMiguel Garcia
This document summarizes the findings of independent market research on business managers' use of cloud applications. Some key findings include:
- 71% of large companies have adopted cloud apps, with motivation being quick access to software. However, 54% report staff downtime and missed deadlines due to integration issues.
- 83% feel they cannot get the full benefits of their cloud apps, often due to poor integration. Three-quarters say innovation has been hindered by integration problems.
- Over half of companies have abandoned at least one cloud app in the last three years due to integration issues. However, 81% feel full integration is important.
A new report from Dynamic Markets shows that – far from improving agility and effectiveness – 52 percent of organizations have missed deadlines and 75 percent have damaged their ability to innovate due to poor integration between cloud applications and other operational systems.
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Työmarkkinakatsaus on SAK:n asiantuntijoiden kahdesti vuodessa kokoama talousanalyysi. Katsauksissa seurataan Suomen talouden kehitystä erityisesti työmarkkinoiden näkökulmasta.
Avaamme tilannekuvaa eri mittareiden avulla. Katsaukset seuraavat erityisesti bruttokansantuotteen, inflaation, korkojen, vaihtotaseen, investointien, liikevaihtojen, ansio- ja kustannustason sekä työllisyyden ja työttömyyden kehitystä.
Katsauksen on koonnut SAK:n ekonomisti Tatu Knuutila.
Tässä tutkimuksessa olemme tarkastelleet laajasti SAK:n nais- ja miesvaltaisten alojen vastaajien arvioita työelämästä ja elämän arvoista. Kysyimme mielipidettä yhteensä 55:ssä eri asiassa. Tarkasteltavana olevista asioista lähes 90 prosenttia on sellaisia, joissa ei havaittu juurikaan mielipide-eroja nais- ja miesvaltaisten alojen välillä.
Suuri osa vastaajista odottaa työltä työturvallisuutta ja hyvää työporukkaa. Monen odotukset kohdistuvat myös työpaikan jatkuvuuteen ja siihen, että esimies on helposti lähestyttävä.
SAK:n uusi strategia täsmentää keskusjärjestön roolia ja uudistaa sen toimintatapoja vastamaan työmarkkinoilla ja yhteiskunnassa tapahtuneita muutoksia. Strategiakausi ulottuu vuoteen 2028.
SAK:n keinovalikoimassa on jatkossakin neuvotteleminen niin työnantajien kuin kolmikantaisesti yhdessä työnantajien ja kulloisenkin hallituksen kanssa. Aiempaa tärkeämpään rooliin strategiassa nostetaan vaikuttaminen poliittiseen päätöksentekoon Suomessa ja Euroopan unionissa. Myös asiantuntijuuden ja viestinnän rooli korostuu.
Strategiassa huomioidaan myös digitalisaation ja ilmastonmuutoksen työntekijöille aiheuttamat haasteet. Muutos kohti ekologisesti kestävää taloutta on toteutettava oikeudenmukaisesti.
SAK:n Digiosaaminen ja teknologian muutos SAK:n aloilla -tutkimus piirtää kuvaa eri alojen digitalisaatiokehityksestä. Se katsoo kehitystä nimenomaan suorittavaa työtä tekevien työntekijöiden työn näkökulmasta.
SAK:n Verianilla teettämän tutkimuksen mukaan suomalaisista 52 prosenttia hyväksyy Orpon-Purran hallituksen suunnittelemia työelämäheikennyksiä vastustavat lakot. 42 prosenttia vastaajista ei hyväksy lakkoja. Erityisen vankkaa kannatus on SAK:n ja STTK:n jäsenliittoihin järjestäytyneiden palkansaajien keskuudessa.
Orpon-Purran hallituksen suunnittelemat leikkaukset ja heikennykset kohdistuvat erityisesti työväestöön ja kaikkein heikoimmassa asemassa oleviin. Lue SAK:n esitteestä, millaisia muutoksia työlainsäädäntöön, lakko-oikeuteen ja sosiaaliturvaan hallitus on toteuttanut tai esittää.
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How is new technology changing the work of employees?
1. How is new technology
changing the work of
employees?
SAK working conditions survey 2018
Working life research
2. 2SAK working conditions survey 2018
TECHNOLOGY HAS A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE in the world of work nowadays. This is a veri-
table megatrend that affects all levels of society in Finland. More than nine out of ten members
of SAK-affiliated trade unions now use some digital communication facility such as e-mail or a
mobile phone at work.
Digital technology has been deployed in a wide variety of ways at workplaces. New machinery
and appliances have made working processes more technical, and some jobs can now be wholly
automated. Digital work monitoring or reporting has increased control over some forms of work,
and may have affected the scope and quality of social interaction at work, with interpersonal
communications becoming increasingly digitised.
The 2018 SAK working conditions survey sought to gain an overall impression of how technolo-
gical progress and its deployment are visible at work, and how the members of SAK-affiliated
trade unions are experiencing the resulting changes. The survey interviewed 1202 people by
telephone in February and March 2018, with respondents selected as a representative sample of
SAK-affiliated trade union members by union, sex and age group.
This partial report describes how digitisation is affecting the work of employees organised in
SAK-affiliated trade unions. How many jobs have changed due to new technology, and what is
the experience of employees when these changes occur? While there are many ways to interpret
this evolution in the world of work, our analysis enables us to track the factors that affect positive
and negative experiences of digitisation.
Are the following technologies used in your work?
Communication by e-mail or mobile phone
Working with electronic devices, such as scanners,
virtual reality headsets or diagnostic equipment
Working with computerised machinery
Using technical appliances or software to measure work performance –
e.g. the time spent on various work stages
Customer evaluation of work outcomes or quality, e.g. using feedback
devices, text messaging or similar technical arrangements
Software-guided working, such as planning of routes,
production or scheduling
Working with robots
None of the above
Don’t know/won’t say
0 % 23 % 45 % 68 % 90 %
85 %
42 %
37 %
25 %
24 %
18 %
9 %
8 %
0 %
Use of technologies at work is common
Mobile phones and e-mail are quite widespread nowadays, and few people still regard their use
as a new phenomenon or a new technology that affects their own work. We have accordingly
excluded from further analysis the 20 per cent of respondents who reported using only a mobile
phone and e-mail. Responses from this group differed considerably from those provided by the
72 per cent majority using at least one other new technology at work.
3. 3SAK working conditions survey 2018
More than one respondent in three already works with computerised machinery, and an even
higher proportion use various diagnostic or corresponding electronic devices, but fewer emp-
loyees work with the kind of robots that often feature in popular news reports. Only about one
respondent in ten works in one way or another with robots of this kind.
How many of these technologies (excluding mobile phones or e-mail) are used at work?
Age
-30
31–40
41–50
51+
Sex
Female
Male
Main economic sector (by union)
Industry
Transport
Public
Private services
Size of workplace
1–9
10–49
50–249
250+
All respondents
0 % 25 %
One Two Several
50 % 75 % 100 %
New technologies are used across all economic sectors, with the most diversified applications
found in industry. Their use is naturally more common and more versatile in larger workplaces.
Men are more likely than women to use new technology at work, with young employees tending
to use it more and in a wider range of ways than older employees. Negative experiences of
new technology are also more common in older age groups. A majority of respondents under
thirty years of age have favourable experiences of the impacts of new technology on their own
work, whereas this balance of attitudes is reversed among older respondents. Negative aspects
of using new technology are reported with increasing frequency as the age of the respondent
increases.
Motives for deploying new technology:
improved performance and greater control
The questions of the SAK working conditions survey concerning the use of new technology
fall roughly under two headings. The first of these asks whether the technology relates to job
performance, such as working with electronic appliances, computerised machines or robots, or
whether the work is inherently controlled by software.
The other heading covers questions that seek to assess whether the technology is used for
measuring job performance or evaluating work outcomes. Such technologies may be applied
even when no new technology is involved in doing the actual work. They are used for improving
measurement and evaluation, or effectively for increasing control.
26 % 24 % 30 %
24 % 22 % 28 %
26 % 25 % 22 %
30 % 17 % 18 %
29 % 23 % 17 %
25 % 20 % 29 %
26 % 18 % 28 %
29 % 24 % 23 %
30 % 27 % 16 %
26 % 21 % 22 %
28 % 14 % 16 %
30 % 22 % 21 %
26 % 26 % 27 %
19 % 24 % 40 %
27 % 21 % 23 %
4. 4SAK working conditions survey 2018
Technology for enhancing job performance is clearly more common than technology associated
with assessing or measuring work outcomes in all economic sectors and in all sizes of workplace.
Some 61 per cent of employees organised in SAK-affiliated trade unions use at least one perfor-
mance-enhancing technological device at work. Some 40 per cent of these employees have jobs
where work outcomes are evaluated or measured by new technology, meaning some control-re-
lated device.
Variation between economic sectors is minimal in this respect. Performance-enhancing te-
chnology is slightly more common in industry, where there is also a lower incidence of control
technology than in other sectors. The most problematic sector is transport, which has the highest
incidence of technological arrangements related to evaluating and measuring work outcomes.
Positive and negative impacts of new technology at work
New technology has shaped the work of a large proportion of respondents, and whether this
change is viewed positively or negatively depends on several factors. Most people are pleased
to see machines take over strenuous or monotonous work, but technological progress can also
leave employees with a narrower range of duties and a forced pace of work.
Impressions of the change in actual work also depend on the individual concerned. Some
people welcome increased competency requirements as an opportunity to demonstrate their
own skills, while others find such situations stressful and oppressive. An increase or reduction in
personal contact with customers, for example, may likewise be considered a good or bad thing
depending on the aspects of a job that the individual finds rewarding.
How do these claims describe your own work? Responses from the 72 per cent whose work
involves using at least one new technology other than e-mail or a mobile phone.
I can use the new technology required in my
work well enough
New technology has made my work more
interesting
My work has become more mentally exhausting
with new technology
I feel that I am at the mercy of new technology
at work
New technology has increased control and
supervision of my work
My employer has arranged enough training in
using new technology
My work is often delayed or interrupted due to
slow appliances or malfunctions
New technology has reduced the number of
hazardous or physically cumbersome duties
New technology has brought a greater sense of
safety to my work
0 % 25 %
Well Fairly well Rather badly Not at all No response
50 % 75 % 100 %
56 % 39 % 4 % 1 %
15 % 34 % 20 % 1 %30 %
6 % 17 % 19 % 57 %
11 % 24 % 22 % 44 %
16 % 31 % 18 % 35 %
22 % 38 % 21 % 1 %19 %
15 % 31 % 28 % 25 %
7 % 18 % 15 % 58 % 2 %
10 % 24 % 16 % 50 % 1 %
5. 5SAK working conditions survey 2018
About half of the employees who had experienced new technology felt that their work had
become more interesting. This is a significant and positive finding. One in three employees also
felt safer at work, and a quarter had noted a reduction in hazardous or physically cumbersome
duties.
On the other hand, many respondents had unfavourable experiences of the introduction of
new technology at work. Almost a quarter of these employees felt that work had become more
mentally exhausting, and more than a third reported an experience of being at the mercy of new
technology. Experiences of lost working fluency due to slow appliances or malfunctions were
even more clearly common. Nearly half of all employees also felt that control and supervision of
their work had increased.
Experiences of technological change are inconsistent, with simultaneously positive and nega-
tive impacts felt in the world of work. About one in eight (12 per cent) employees organised in
SAK-affiliated trade unions have both favourable and unfavourable experiences of significant
impacts of new technology on their work. Half of the respondent employees report no such
experiences. About one employee in six (16 per cent) has experienced only favourable impacts
of technological progress, and a slightly larger group of employees (22 per cent) has only negati-
ve experiences to report.
The following graph shows favourable and unfavourable experiences of introducing new
technology, sorted by the age, sex and main economic sector of respondents. This summary
analysis enables us to compare the incidence of positive and negative experiences of deploying
new technology in relation to background factors.
Favourable and unfavourable experiences of deploying new technology
in relation to background factors.
Age
-30
31–40
41–50
51+
Sex
Female
Male
Main economic sector (by union)
Industry
Transport
Public
Private services
Neither Unfavourable BothFavourable
0 % 30 % 60 % 90 %
53 % 19 % 18 % 10 %
57 % 13 % 20 % 10 %
51 % 16 % 21 % 12 %
44 % 16 % 27 % 13 %
58 % 11 % 23 % 8 %
45 % 19 % 21 % 15 %
45 % 23 % 19 % 14 %
50 % 11 % 29 % 10 %
51 % 13 % 24 % 11 %
59 % 9 % 23 % 9 %
6. 6SAK working conditions survey 2018
Younger employees of not more than 30 years of age have better experiences of new technology
than their older peers. This is hardly mysterious, as they have pursued their entire working careers
in a world of which technology forms an integral part. During their relatively brief span of techno-
logy-saturated adulthood and working careers, new technology has not required younger people
to change their working practices in the same way as their older colleagues have experienced.
The disparity between favourable and unfavourable experiences is positive (+1) among emp-
loyees not more than 30 years of age, whereas it is negative in other age bands. Conditions are
most difficult for the oldest age band, comprising employees over 50 years of age. 27 per cent
of this group have only unfavourable experiences, compared to 16 per cent with only favourable
experiences, so the disparity grows to -11.
Conditions are more favourable for men than for women, and it is clearly more common for men
to have positive experiences. They also have fewer negative experiences than women. The dis-
parity between favourable and unfavourable experiences is -2 for men and -12 for women.
The difference between the sexes reflects differences between economic sectors. New techno-
logy has clearly been deployed more successfully in the male-dominated industrial sector than in
other economic sectors, with industry remaining the only economic sector returning a preponde-
rance of favourable over unfavourable experiences of introducing new technology. The disparity
of experiences is +4 in this case.
Summary analysis
A principal component analysis of the statements shown in the graph on page 4 clearly
highlights three logical components explaining about 60 per cent of the deviation in
variables. The first component was strongly weighted by three statements: technology
has made work more interesting, it has reduced hazardous or physically cumbersome
duties, and it has increased feelings of safety. We called this component the favourable
aspect of deploying new technology.
The second component was weighted by the negative aspects of deploying new
technology: the work has become more mentally exhausting, employees feel that they
are at the mercy of technology, technology has increased supervision and control of
working, and work fluency is lost or interrupted due to slow appliances or malfunctions.
The third component was weighted by the statements concerning expertise or training,
i.e. “I can use the new technology required in my work well enough” and “My employer
has arranged enough training in using new technology”.
The favourable and unfavourable aspects of deploying new technology show some degree
of positive correlation (0.18). These aspects are not mutually exclusive, even though they
describe quite different impacts of new technology. Just over one respondent in ten returns
an average outcome of at least “quite a lot” for both dimensions. The impact of new te-
chnology on the work of these respondents is simultaneously both clearly favourable (work
becoming more interesting, secure and less strenuous) and clearly unfavourable (work be-
coming more mentally exhausting, feelings of being at the mercy of technology, increased
supervision and control, disruption due to slowness and malfunctions).
7. 7SAK working conditions survey 2018
The Good Job Barometer
As part of its 2014 working conditions survey, the Central Organisation of Finnish
Trade Unions (SAK) compiled a new Good Job Barometer describing the quality of
life at work. The SAK Good Job Barometer has two parts, one measuring employment
essentials and the other focusing on smooth working experience factors.
The Barometer assesses a total of ten aspects of working. The employment essentials
comprise health, safety, income, job security and suitability of work, and equitable
treatment of employees. A smooth working experience correspondingly involves
employee empowerment, meaningfulness of work and happiness, the pace of work,
support from the employer, and community support and solidarity at work. These di-
mensions are combined to yield a qualitative classification of working conditions into
five levels: good, fairly good, average, fairly poor and poor.
A disparity of -18 indicates that the worst problems are in the transport sector. Even though this
is also a male-dominated economic sector, it employs far fewer individuals than industry, so its
impact does not correct the proportion of men to the level of women in the overall analysis.
Workplaces hold the key to successfully deploying new technology
Despite the clearly evident disparities between age groups, sexes and economic sectors, good
and bad experiences of deploying new technology can be found in all sectors, in all age bands,
and in the experiences of both men and women. Fortunately there are no structural factors pre-
determining the successful deployment of new technology.
SAK uses its Good Job Barometer to gauge the quality of working life. There are no technology
factors built into this Barometer, so it can be used for analysing how experiences of the quality
of working life are reflected in the success of deploying new technology. The outcome of this
procedure shows a clear positive correlation between the general quality of working life and
favourable experiences of new technology.
25 per cent of employees working in conditions that are classified as good or fairly good under
the SAK Good Job Barometer have only favourable experiences of technological progress,
compared to only 9 per cent whose corresponding experiences were unfavourable. The overall
disparity between favourable and unfavourable experiences is accordingly +16. This disparity
falls to -4 among employees with average working conditions, and to alarmingly low levels when
working conditions are fairly poor or poor. Only 6 per cent of employees in these circumstances
have only favourable experiences of new technology, compared to 38 per cent whose experien-
ces are wholly unfavourable, meaning that the disparity of experiences reaches -32.
This analysis clearly illustrates an important point to bear in mind when improving employee job
satisfaction and the productivity of work are viewed as a social objective. Improving working
conditions is also an effective way of enabling the successful deployment of new technology,
meaning that workplaces already hold a crucial key to achieving this success.
8. Työpaikan koko
1–9
10–49
50–249
250+
SAK Good Job index
Good or fairly good
Average
Poor or fairly poor
All respondents
Neither Unfavourable BothFavourable
0 % 25 % 50 % 75 % 100 %
8SAK working conditions survey 2018
Favourable and unfavourable experiences of deploying new technology
at various levels of working life quality.
Employees can use new technology at work,
but there is room for improvement
Most respondents felt that their technological expertise was adequate. This aspect was studied
by examining attitudes to the claim “I can use the technology required in my job sufficiently
well”. Just over half (56 per cent) of all respondents felt that this claim described their circums-
tances well, with 39 per cent feeling that it described them fairly well. Four per cent felt that the
claim was a poor description and only one per cent felt that it was completely inappropriate.
While the general value of this finding is a matter of taste, it is anyway clear that there is a shortfall
in expertise, and that this has at least some impact on both the productivity of work and on job
satisfaction.
The working conditions survey clearly indicates that new technology increases the job skills
requirement. Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of employees who have encountered technologi-
cal progress reported that its deployment had increased the need for expertise. It is a matter of
concern that a fairly large proportion of respondents (40 per cent) felt that their employers had
failed to arrange enough training in operating new technology. This problem increases with age,
with older respondents reporting a greater issue of inadequate retraining. On the other hand,
there was no disparity between the sexes in experiences of inadequate training in operating new
technology.
This raises a concern with respect to achieving the goal of prolonging working careers, because
older employees are not receiving enough on-the-job training to update their skills. There is a
clear link between skills and the training arranged by employers. A much higher proportion of
employees are confident in their own abilities when the employer has provided enough training.
56 % 25 % 9 % 10 %
52 % 16 % 20 % 12 %
43 % 6 % 38 % 13 %
51 % 16 % 22 % 12 %
9. 9SAK working conditions survey 2018
Deploying new technology does not usually eliminate jobs
Nearly half of all respondents (48 per cent) reported that new technical facilities such as informa-
tion systems, automation, robots and navigators had become part of their work in recent years.
This means that technological progress has been quite commonplace at work.
Have any of the respondent’s previous duties been reassigned to machines,
appliances, robots or other devices? Percentage of respondents reporting
the deployment of new technology at work.
1 % 4 %
22 %
74 %
Yes, significantly
No reassignment at all
Yes, to some extent
Don’t know/won’t say
Respondents engaged in work where new technology had been deployed were asked whet-
her any of their previous duties had been reassigned to machines, appliances, robots or other
technological devices. Three-quarters of these respondents reported that no such reassignments
had occurred. In only four per cent of responses had duties been significantly mechanised. Some
degree of reassignment was reported in 22 per cent of cases. A total of 12 per cent of all respon-
dents to the working conditions survey had witnessed at least some mechanisation of duties in
recent years.
New technology changes work in many ways. While it may increase, eliminate or change indivi-
dual duties, it has not shown any inherent tendency to terminate entire workplaces, at least for
the time being. Even though tens of thousands of jobs have been transferred or eliminated in
Finland with the taking of production investment decisions, people in work do not currently feel
that the loss of entire workplaces due to deploying new technology has been more than a margi-
nal phenomenon in recent years.
10. SAK working conditions survey 2018
The SAK working conditions survey records the experiences and attitudes of SAK-affiliated
trade union members concerning work and working arrangements. The survey is conducted
every two years.
The 2018 working conditions survey interviewed 1202 people by telephone in February and
March 2018, with respondents selected as a representative sample of SAK-affiliated trade union
members by union, sex and age group.
This partial report describes how digitisation is affecting the work of employees organised in
SAK-affiliated trade unions. How many jobs have changed due to new technology, and what is
the experience of employees when such changes occur?
The Time of Opportunities project
This partial report of the working conditions survey concerning digitisation was produced as part
of the SAK Time of Opportunities project. In spring 2018 this project was examining the effects
of deploying artificial intelligence and other advanced technology on the work of employees
organised in SAK-affiliated trade unions.
The four-year Time of Opportunities project is studying the impacts of digitisation, globalisation,
climate change and depletion of natural resources on the world of work and on the everyday
lives of employees.
www.sak.fi/en/materials/time-opportunities
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions – SAK
Pitkänsillanranta 3, PO Box 157, FI-00531 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 774 000 - sak@sak.fi - www.sak.fi
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