Grey box shifter Dell has revealed the findings of global research into the adoption of digital transformation and found that the UK has yet to work the concept out.
According to Dell’s bi-annual Digital Transformation Index, the UK is better prepared in many other countries, but even so 71 percent of digital leaders think that digital transformation should be more widespread across their organisations.
As a consequence 22 percent of firms believe they will struggle to meet customer demands in the next five years and 19 percent worry they will be left behind.
Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell said that soon every organisation would need to be a digital organisation, but Dell’s research indicates that the majority still have a long way to go.
The UK came out well behind the emerging markets, which are more digitally mature, including India and Brazil. But it was ahead of Germany on Dell’s ranking.
Customers indicated that where they expect the spending to come in the next one to three years will be in cybersecurity, IoT, multi-clouds, AI and taking a computer-centric approach.
To boost their chances of getting into a position to digitally transform the business, Dell has charted an increased focus by firms on increasing the skills in their workforce. The number of employees that have undergone coding training has risen from 27 percent in 2016 to 49 percent last year.
“Organisations need to modernise their technology to participate in the unprecedented opportunity of digital transformation. The time to act is now”, Dell said.
