Technical Debt Is A Major Threat To Innovation
DevOps.com, February 16th, 2023
A survey published today suggested that technical debt is starting to take a heavier toll as IT environments continue to become more complex to manage.
The survey of 4,000 IT leaders at organizations with 1,500 employees was conducted by Foundry, the market research arm of International Data Group (IDG) on behalf of Insight Enterprises, a provider of IT services. The survey found that 86% of respondents reported their organization was impacted by technical debt over the past 12 months, with the top areas affected being the ability to innovate (43%), meet service level agreements (41%) and avoid downtime (37%).