CIOs need to consider the human side of digital transformation

With the push for digital transformation, we see a growing need for different IT skills. This is nothing new, but this time it’s happening faster.

Technology and skills evolutions of the past

Prior to being an analyst, I was in corporate IT and witnessed firsthand the impact technology evolution can have on people. I started my career as a Unix and Windows administrator at a time when 90 percent of the world was working on IBM mainframes.  I was the fourth open systems person hired into a company that had more than 100 mainframe administrators. Within three years, we had almost 200 Windows/Unix people and almost no mainframes — and none of the existing mainframe people made the jump to the new world.

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