Business Chief US+CAN Magazine June 2021 | Page 14

“ The top cyber threat is ignorance … the lack of applying basic security protections lead to the big incidents ”
55 % CIOs who plan to increase their total number of full-time employees in IT in 2021 , according to a recent survey from Gartner .
68 % Workers willing to retrain for new jobs post-pandemic due to concerns regarding automation with increased concern from workers in financial institutions , insurance or telcos , according to Bain .

THE BRIEF

“ WHEN WE LEVERAGE DIGITAL CORRECTLY , WE CAN CREATE A MORE HUMAN EXPERIENCE WHERE WE SEE OUR PEOPLE BETTER , UNDERSTAND GAPS , INEQUITIES , AND NEEDS , AND DRIVE FRESH INSIGHTS ”

BY THE NUMBERS

Global market share of leading cloud service providers
Cloud infrastructure services spending hit record highs in Q1 2021 , growing 35 % to
US $ 42bn , according to Canalys
Francine Katsoudas Chief People , Policy & Purpose Officer , Cisco �
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32 %

Amazon Web Services
( 35 % growth )

19 %

Microsoft Azure ( 50 % growth )
“ AI has already proven it delivers against costsaving expectations and is now evolving into more refined uses such as enhanced decision making ”
Brian Kropp Group Vice President , Gartner �
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“ The top cyber threat is ignorance … the lack of applying basic security protections lead to the big incidents ”
Ira Winkler Chief Information Security Officer , Skyline Technology Solutions �
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7 %

Google Cloud ( 56 % growth )

55 % CIOs who plan to increase their total number of full-time employees in IT in 2021 , according to a recent survey from Gartner .

68 % Workers willing to retrain for new jobs post-pandemic due to concerns regarding automation with increased concern from workers in financial institutions , insurance or telcos , according to Bain .

DID YOU KNOW ? NORTH AMERICA GIVES BIRTH TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF UNICORNS , AND CURRENTLY OWNS NEARLY HALF ( 49 %) OF THE 591 UNICORNS ALIVE GLOBALLY AS OF APRIL 2021 WITH CHINA OWNING 23 % AND EUROPE 12 %.
14 June 2021