Machine learning skills are lacking, CIOs lament - Microservices Matters

Like it or not, it appears that the continuing skills gap that continues to plague many sections of the software world, including development, testing and more, has found a new victim: digital transformation through the use of machine learning. A survey conducted by ServiceNow looked at the eagerness of organizations to incorporate machine learning as part of their digital transformation. Mainly, senior executives want to buy into machine learning in order to support faster and more accurate decision making. But the survey polled some interesting numbers that point to what appears to be a significant lack of machine learning skills needed to manage intelligent machines within organizations. The report shows that 72% of CIOs surveyed said they are leading their company's digitalization efforts, and just over half agree that machine learning plays a critical role in that. Nearly half (49%) say their companies are using machine learning and 40% said that they plan to adopt.