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IT Recruiting is Still a Struggle. These Strategies Can Help

Recent headlines are shining a bright light on high-profile layoffs in the technology industry. But for many employers, IT recruiting is still an uphill battle — largely because the IT talent shortage continues to dampen hiring plans.

For years, organizations have posted more job openings than qualified candidates could fill. The opportunity cost is staggering. To put this into perspective, consider that by 2030, at least 85 million jobs could go unfilled. In financial terms, this shortfall could translate into $8.5 trillion in unrealized annual revenues.

A new intersection: IT Policy-as-Code

Moving commercial business policy forwards into the digital age requires a deeper reliance upon cloud-native automation control from the IT function. For this to happen effectively we need to form a new intersection between traditional business policy and a new breed of IT policy controls.

Go People-First in Challenging Times

In challenging economic times there are many initiatives organizations can put in place to help their people. But everything must be based on employee need.

Progress rolls out software release for Telerik and Kendo UI

Progress, the trusted provider of application development and infrastructure software, has announced the R1 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, two powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries for app development available.

5 Digital experience trends for Australian marketers to watch in 2023

I have an obsession with the digital experience space, both at a global level as well as what’s happening in my own backyard. One thing that has become absolutely clear in the past couple of years  is that regardless of organization size or industry, marketing and the digital function within have become key value drivers for business. Marketers are the ones who understand what customers expect and are doing their best to deliver against those expectations.

Progress Makes Building Engaging and Inclusive Apps a Reality with Latest Developer Tools Release

 Progress, the trusted provider of application development and infrastructure software, announced the R1 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, the most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries for app development available. With this release, Progress is continuing its commitment to support developers in building engaging and inclusive digital experiences across all platforms.

Progress introduces updates to its developer tools

Progress, provider of application development and infrastructure software, has announced the R1 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, the company’s .NET and JavaScript libraries for app development. 

Progress – Microaggressions in a Hybrid Work Environment and How to Handle Them With Dr. Shirley Knowles

On today’s episode of the RecruitingDaily Podcast, William Tincup talks to Dr. Shirley Knowles from Progress about identifying microaggressions in a hybrid work environment and how to handle them.

Overcoming the Barriers to Making DevSecOps a Reality

The race to digital is accelerating across every aspect of business. Since DevOps emerged around 15 years ago, those teams who have embraced the potential of a collaborative development and operations approach are thriving today. DevSecOps was coined only two years later, in 2009, expanding its scope to embed security as a catalyst for more rapid development of quality software.

The Four Keys to Achieving an Optimal Application Experience

To this point, many businesses have failed to look at application experience (AX) management holistically, as its own challenge with its own set of distinct––and interlocking––solutions. This oversight has been to their detriment.

Tips for Overcoming Hiring Challenges in the Global IT Industry

The talent shortage facing today’s global IT industry is undeniable, and it’s no secret that there are more jobs to fill than there are qualified candidates to fill them. Consider this: by 2030, a projected global human talent shortage of 85 million people could result in about $8.5 trillion in unrealized annual revenues, according to studies. 

Progress acquires NoSQL data integration engine MarkLogic

Progress Software Inc. today announced a deal to acquire MarkLogic Inc., the maker of a NoSQL database management system that’s primarily used for enterprise data integration.

Growth and evolution do not have to mean upward mobility: Sara Faatz of Progress

Sara Faatz is Director (Developer Relations) at Progress. She has spent most of her career in the developer space, building community, producing events, creating marketing programs and more.

Metadata Management Matters, Progress To Acquire MarkLogic

Data is differentiated and diverse. Sometimes we talk about data being multi-model, a data model being the abstract underlying logic that determines the relationship each piece of data we wish to manage might have with another piece.

How Organizations Can Benefit From Thinking About Their Critical Application Infrastructure Like a TSA Security Line

In any modern, digital-centric organization, application and network infrastructure must work together to provide an application experience that is both fast and secure. Compromising on either means organizations simply can’t work with optimal efficiency, and in the worst-case scenarios, poorly performing application infrastructure can impact everything from user experience and customer satisfaction to cybersecurity.

How software engineering teams can prepare for 2023

Amidst a fast-moving labor market and fast-growing IT industry inducing constant change, one thing is certain -- software application development teams are under pressure to deliver higher quality user-focused products, securely -- and at pace.

Empathetic software development: Creating accessibility-first apps for greater inclusivity

Accessibility-first apps require developers to consider each end user’s unique conditions and challenges. By taking into account different backgrounds and abilities, the app development process becomes more inclusive to wider groups of users.

Putting the ‘Human’ back into HR – How to support your colleagues in 2023

With Covid cases gradually back on the rise, murmurs of general strikes, and the ongoing  cost-of-living crisis all fighting for attention at once, it’s very understandable that your workers might be feeling incredibly tense at the moment.

12 Creative Ways to Source Candidates In 2023

What’s one creative way to find excellent candidates?

To help you discover creative ways to source candidates, we asked hiring managers, recruiters and business leaders this question for their recommendations. From asking your clients for referrals to holding an open house, there are several creative ways to locate job candidates outside traditional sources.

Codifying Endpoint Management

The dramatic shift to remote and hybrid work styles has challenged IT teams to handle this change without putting customer and employee experiences at risk or disrupting business continuity.

However, one of the biggest challenges is the endpoint management of their expanding ecosystems.