VDI studyDigitalization versus skills shortage
A VDI survey shows: Germany is well positioned for Industry 4.0, but digital business models are lacking. This is also due to a significant shortage of IT specialists, which SMEs in particular can do little to counteract.
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... which has become even more acute. Less than 17% of respondents say that IT specialists are readily or very readily available. Over 31% disagree completely: They consider availability to be poor to very poor. The situation in large companies is interesting: last year, only around one in five respondents complained that the availability of IT specialists for large companies was poor or very poor. Now, almost one in three feels this way. But what reasons ...