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FEATURE: TRAINING
Bridging the
skills gap
IT is a fast-moving industry
that demands its professionals
move with the times. Small
surprise then that there seems
to be a constant shortage of
skills in key areas. Fortunately,
attempts are being made to
increase the number of skilled
professionals available to work
in the sector.
A
s economies race headlong into a period sometimes
referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, rampant
technological advancements are a key characteristic
of the time. Organisations in the Middle East join
others around the world in suffering constraints to
development, coping with a mismatch of skills due to changes in the
IT industry and ever-increasing competition for talent across different
verticals including engineering, aviation and construction.
The demand for skills
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), a leading cloud infrastructure, managed
hosting and security services provider, recently announced the growing
trend of Managed Security Services (MSS) globally as well as in the
Middle East.
One of the reasons the company cited for the increasing demand for
MSS, alongside the increased level of cyberthreats, was the in-house
shortage of security skills talent in many enterprises across the region.
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