{"id":98001,"date":"2023-09-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=98001"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:02:29","slug":"tool-sprawl-external-threats-and-security-are-top-concerns-for-it-admins","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/tool-sprawl-external-threats-and-security-are-top-concerns-for-it-admins","title":{"rendered":"Tool Sprawl, External Threats, and Security Are Top Concerns for IT Admins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JumpCloud\u2019s latest research reveals that admins are hungry for a platform solution that can better secure their organization and remove tech stack complexity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOUISVILLE, Colo. \u2014 Sept. 12, 2023 \u2014 <\/strong>JumpCloud Inc.<\/a> today announced the findings from its Q2 2023 small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) IT Trends Report, \u201cFlexibility and Ingenuity: What\u2019s Powering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise IT Management in 2023.<\/strong><\/a>\u201d The report provides updated survey results and new findings to the company\u2019s biannual SME IT Trends Report first released in June 2021. The latest edition of the report shows that just after SMEs successfully established the new workplace normal following the pandemic, significant turbulence in the greater macroeconomic environment has threatened to upend the system again. Instead of lockdowns and supply chain shortages, businesses now deal with layoffs and recession fears on top of external threats growing in sophistication, regulatory and compliance pressures heating up, and increasingly complex IT tool sprawl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

JumpCloud commissioned this biannual survey of SME IT admins to gain unique insights into the day-to-day experiences of IT professionals who power and secure operations without enterprise-level budgets and staff. The most recent survey results, polled from admins in the US, UK, and France, highlight that while IT teams are successfully managing the workplace, they need an IT environment built around an open directory platform. While 77% of SME IT admins want a single tool to do their job, organizations continue to force them to use many more. Consolidating tools shifts an enormous tech burden off of IT admins who are already overworked and overwhelmed with job responsibilities. Admins can leverage technology to manage a complicated, frustrating, and time-intensive process. With both security and employee experience top of mind for admins, heeding IT\u2019s call for centralized operations can result in a better UX for users, increased convenience and effectiveness for admins, and enhanced security for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cModern IT management is a balance of responding to current needs while remaining nimble enough to adapt to the unknown. Flexibility, ingenuity, and innovation have never been more critical for those in the IT trenches,\u201d said Rajat Bhargava, CEO, JumpCloud. \u201cAdmins want convenience and centralized management, as shown by the 77% that agree or strongly agree that they would prefer a single solution\/tool to do their jobs. Admins are hungry for an open IT approach that delivers on this promise, an approach that unifies and centralizes identity and allows organizations to scale while solving efficiency, complexity, and cost challenges.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of the JumpCloud Q2 2023 SME IT Trends Report are available in JumpCloud\u2019s e-book, \u201cFlexibility and Ingenuity: What\u2019s Powering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise IT Management in 2023,\u201d which can be downloaded for free here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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