CLOUD & CYBER
46 of businesses using cloud services reported an increase in IT staff , with only 10 % and 7 % reporting decreases in IT staff and non-IT workers respectively .
Those statistics are certainly not universal , with some countries faring better on the productivity front than others . While Norway leads the world thanks to a GDP per hour of $ 75.08 , one country that lags behind its peers is the UK , with a GDP per hour of $ 51.38 . Compare that to France , Germany and the United states at $ 59.24 , $ 57.36 and $ 67.32 respectively .
One of the reasons for that is a so-called “ long tail ” of companies and workers with competitively low productivity and skills , with a stark regional divide showing up .
Corroborating those findings , AWS has commissioned an independent report from Public First to better understand the impact of cloud computing on the UK economy , and how it may be the key ingredient to increasing productivity and delivering more effective and creative businesses .
The report was made in consultation with academics including Richard Kneller , Professor of Economics , University of Nottingham , who explained some of its findings , saying
NOVEMBER 2020