Emerging from Digital Shock

Citrix Survey Shows IT Leaders Preparing for New Work Order - Seite 2

All of this has taken a toll on IT teams, with over three-quarters (77 percent) reporting high stress levels. But there is a silver lining.

“This crisis has thrust IT teams – often the ‘unsung heroes’ of a business – into the limelight like never before,” Rajavel said. “They have worked to deliver secure, reliable work environments that are keeping employees engaged and productive and business moving in extremely challenging times. And in doing so, they will emerge from the crisis more strategic and valued by their organizations than they were going in.”

More than three-quarters of the IT leaders polled (77 percent) share this sentiment and say that IT is currently seen as “business critical to their organization,” while 55 percent believe that their new job title should be “working from home warrior” or “corporate savior.”

About the study

This study was based on interviews conducted in April/May 2020 with 3,770 IT decision makers within medium and large organizations* from the following seven markets: USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands. Respondents work in the following sectors: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Telecommunications / Media Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Other. The research was conducted by Censuswide (www.censuswide.com) on behalf of Citrix.

* “Challenging” to mean ‘Presenting some challenges’, ‘reasonably challenging’, or ‘extremely challenging’

About Citrix

Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is powering a better way to work with unified workspace, networking, and analytics solutions that help organizations unlock innovation, engage customers, and boost productivity, without sacrificing security. With Citrix, users get a seamless work experience and IT has a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments. Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organizations including 98 percent of the Fortune 500.

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