Looking Ahead
As businesses at large grapple with how to capitalize on the advantages brought by factors such as big data, digitization, and the ability to place sensors on just about anything, anywhere, we wanted to see how enterprise IT professionals felt about the importance of such trends to their jobs. The jury still seems to be out for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with less than half of respondents (42%) saying an understanding of these technologies are important for their career advancement. Other selections -- digital transformation, integration of communications in business applications, the Internet of Things, and speech interfaces and technologies are more important to respondents in terms of career advancement. For our communications-oriented respondents, understanding how to integrate communications into business applications and workflows is particularly relevant, with nearly 80% identifying this knowledge as important or very important.
