Why the IT Skills Crisis Isn't What it Seems

Mainframes are the powerful, reliable, and secure backbone of IT infrastructure. However, modernizing them to meet the needs of the modern enterprise is no easy task. Ensono’s Oliver Presland and Vince DeYoung join Linda Graham to delve into this topic and the challenges businesses face in developing an impactful approach to mainframe modernization.

Oliver and Vince share their insights on how businesses can approach the issues around cost, security, and performance to develop a strategy that meets each organization’s unique requirements.

On the latest episode of Ensono Tech Corner, Ensono’s Head of Talent Acquisition Robin Monical chairs a discussion on women in tech and how to thrive in this still male-dominated field. Joining her are a panel of leading women from across Ensono: Sheethal Chacko, Senior Manager, Software Engineering; Michelle Egan, Senior Client Executive, State & Local Government; and Katie Branch, Senior Manager, Mainframe Systems Training and Development.

The panel discuss their varied experiences as women working in the technology industry, and offer listeners a range of practical advice on what women need to do to thrive in a career in technology in 2022.

On this episode of Ensono Tech Corner’s new series Dean’s List, Ensono’s Clint Dean, Vice President of State and Local Government and Higher Education, and Dean Johnson, Senior Executive Government Advisor of Public Sector in North America, speak with host and product marketing manager Jake Lindquist to deconstruct some of the challenges faced with cyber security in State and Local Governments. 

They’ll discuss the different approaches state governments take, the key concepts to keep in mind when building out cyber security, and how Ensono is able to help ensure that your digital space is as safe as it can be. 

On this episode of Heads in the cloud Ensono’s Senior Product Manager Stephen Lord, CTO of Public Cloud Gordon McKenna, and product marketing manager Jake Lindquist talk all things cloud.

They debunk the myth that migration to the cloud is often a long and difficult process and they address  the many ways that Ensono can help you migrate. 

Ensono’s Simon Ratcliffe and Hutton Henry from Beyond, a company that puts people at the heart of digital transformation, join forces to discuss the skills crisis within the tech industry. 

Simon and Hutton explore the role that unconscious bias plays in tech recruitment processes, the importance of soft skills within the industry and the reason why businesses must strive to understand people’s conative behavior to create the most innovative and transformative tech teams.

Ensono’s Simon Ratcliffe and Alex Hilton from Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) – a Not-For-Profit that aims to inform and educate businesses on cloud-based services, explore CIF’s annual research report to answer the question: where are all the truly transformational IT projects? 

Simon and Alex discuss the most notable changes they’ve seen in the tech sector over the last 11 years, the value of strategic contingency plans and the importance of looking beyond infrastructural projects on the road to digital transformation.